World’s Premier Chemistry Company Chooses Aras for Program and Project Management

ANDOVER, Mass. and Munich, Germany – August 21, 2014 – Aras®, the next leader in enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, today announced that Dow has selected the Aras PLM solution suite for project management in one of its Core Research and Development groups. Dow will use Aras to streamline its processes for assessing and tracking new projects in its R&D and Engineering team.

Working with Aras partner FISHER/UNITECH, Dow will implement Aras program management and project management to allocate and track valuable design and engineering resources. “With Aras, we have a single, scalable software solution for managing and coordinating a diverse set of projects,” said Dan Woodman, Associate Director of R&D at Dow.

Dow combines the power of science and technology to passionately innovate what is essential to human progress. The company is driving innovations that extract value from the intersection of chemical, physical and biological sciences to help address many of the world's most challenging problems across energy, agriculture, conservation and more. In 2013, Dow had annual sales of more than $57 billion and employed approximately 53,000 people worldwide. The company's more than 6,000 products are manufactured at 201 sites in 36 countries across the globe. For more information please visit www.dow.com

“Dow has a proven history of developing innovative products and solutions that positively impact the lives of millions of people around the world,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “We are excited to provide Dow with software and technology to help drive its product development processes.”

About Aras

We offer the best Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for global businesses with complex products and processes. Advanced PLM platform technology makes Aras more scalable, flexible and secure for the world’s largest organizations, and a full set of applications provide complete functionality for companies of all sizes. Customers include GE, GETRAG, Hitachi, Honda, Motorola, TEVA Pharmaceuticals, Textron and XEROX. Aras is privately held with global headquarters in Andover, Mass. More at www.aras.com and Twitter @aras_plm


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