Capgemini and PTC launch Center of Excellence in Mumbai for smart connected products

Mumbai – Capgemini and PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) today announced the opening of a Center of Excellence (CoE) located at Capgemini’s office in Mumbai. The facility is designed as a working CoE where Capgemini will build and showcase cutting edge industrial solutions to help customers around the world improve the way they design, manufacture, sell, operate, and service smart connected products. These solutions will be built on PTC’s leading ThingWorx®[1] industrial innovation platform.

Capgemini chose to set-up the CoE with PTC to maximize the breadth of the ThingWorx platform and tools, including its complementary portfolio of products that covers Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Augmented Reality (AR)/ Virtual Reality (VR) and Computer Aided Design (CAD). As a systems integrator partner with PTC, Capgemini is already leading multiple digital transformation programs and solutions globally on PTC technologies.

“This Center of Excellence with PTC is a part of our commitment to build solutions for our customers’ needs driven by connected devices. It will also serve as a center that consolidates our global best practices and will showcase the transformations we are enabling with the ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform,” said Sanjay Salunkhe, Global Head – Product and Engineering Services, Capgemini. “We are delighted to work with PTC in creating this CoE and to enable customers to move rapidly from proof-of-concepts to industrialized deployments to benefit from the potential of smart connected products.”

“Companies are investing significant resources to transform their businesses and having clear direction and the right technologies is critical for success,” said Craig Hayman chief operating officer, PTC. “We are pleased to partner with Capgemini for this Center of Excellence to help accelerate these transformations and help companies achieve value through connected products more quickly.”

[1] The ThingWorx platform includes technologies and tools that enable the industrial enterprise to quickly and easily develop, deploy and extend IoT apps and game-changing AR experiences.

About PTC

PTC helps companies around the world reinvent the way they design, manufacture, operate, and service things in and for a smart, connected world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 were first to market with Internet-based product lifecycle management. Today, our leading industrial innovation platform and field-proven solutions enable you to unlock value at the convergence of the physical and digital worlds. With PTC, manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the Internet of Things and augmented reality technology today and drive the future of innovation.

About Capgemini

A global leader in consulting, technology services and digital transformation, Capgemini is at the forefront of innovation to address the entire breadth of clients’ opportunities in the evolving world of cloud, digital and platforms. Building on its strong 50-year heritage and deep industry-specific expertise, Capgemini enables organizations to realize their business ambitions through an array of services from strategy to operations. Capgemini is driven by the conviction that the business value of technology comes from and through people. It is a multicultural company of 200,000 team members in over 40 countries. The Group reported 2016 global revenues of EUR 12.5 billion.

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