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Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire is the breakthrough version of PTC's industry- leading product design and development software. It is the world's first completely integrated system for product development and the core of PTC's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. The student edition is available for personal or educational use.
Through its University Plus program, PTC makes Pro/ENGINEER, MECHANICA(R) and other PTC software modules for use on campus. Journey's student editions allow students to use this software for educational purposes at home and other off-campus settings.
"PTC and Journey are committed to helping educators provide students with the real world skills they will need when they go to work in private industry," said Journey Publishing General Manager Janet Drumm.
John Stuart, senior vice president of education and partners at PTC, said, "We are making this affordably priced edition of our software available to students to prepare them for leadership roles in product development. We are aware through our customers that leading manufacturers need engineers with a good understanding of product lifecycle management and the technology that supports it."
The Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Student Edition includes interactive surface design, advanced assembly, Behavioral Modeling(R), mechanism design, design animation and simulation (MECHANICA motion, structure and thermal). In addition, this release includes Peer-to-Peer Collaboration, powered by Groove Networks technology.
Students at 50 top U.S. engineering colleges, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report, are learning to use Pro/ENGINEER. In the U.S. and around the world, professors at more than 1,250 universities teach with Pro/ENGINEER.
Pricing and Availability
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Student Edition is currently available for shipment. Journey Publishing offers this student edition at significant discounts to qualified buyers.
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Student Edition is priced at US $199.98 for academic use and $299.98 for personal use. Upgrades are also available through June 30, 2003.
Student Editions will be available in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand and Japan.
Orders may be placed at the Journey Publishing web site at http://www.proestudent.com/ or http://www.journeyed.com/ or by calling Journey at 800-874-9001. For information about the PTC Partnership for Innovative Learning go to the following URL: http://www.ptc.com/for/education/index.htm
About Journey Publishing, Inc.
Journey Publishing, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Journey Education. Journey Education Marketing, Inc. is the leading multi-channel software marketer to the post-secondary academic market that includes students, faculty, staff and educational institutions. Journey offers more than 6,000 academic software and technology products at deep discounts to verified academic buyers. For more information on Journey, visit http://www.journeyed.com/ .
About PTC
PTC develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers get superior products to market before their competitors. PTC is the world's largest software company with a total commitment to product development. The company services more than 33,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available at http://www.ptc.com/ .
Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These risks and uncertainties include the ability of PTC and Journey to effectively coordinate and manage joint activities (including sales, marketing, development and support) in order to deliver products and services that meet evolving customer requirements, together with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed from time to time in reports filed by PTC with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.
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