SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2002
DASSAULT SYSTEMES S.A.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
9, Quai Marcel Dassault, B.P. 310, 92156 Suresnes Cedex, France
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office)
(Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
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(Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant, by furnishing the
information contained in this Form, is also thereby furnishing
the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Yes No X
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(If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the Registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): ______)
ENCLOSURES:
Dassault Systemes S.A. (the "Company") is furnishing under cover of Form 6-K:
- Two press releases dated September 30, 2002, the first announcing the
strategic partnership with ImpactXoft, the other announcing the launch
of a global CATIA Certification program; and
- A press release dated October 1, 2002, announcing that the Electrolux
Group has selected CATIA V5 for the design, analysis and manufacture
of its products.
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Dassault Systemes and ImpactXoft Announce Strategic Partnership
Dassault Systemes & ImpactXoft join forces to deliver revolutionary
Design Collaboration solutions and Functional Modeling
applications within V5 to the 3D PLM marketplace
San Jose, California (USA) and Paris, France - September 30, 2002 - ImpactXoft
and Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today
announced the signing of a strategic alliance to develop and deliver advanced
design collaborative and functional modeling solutions for 3D Product Lifecycle
Management (PLM). This alliance includes the signing of a CAA V5 Original
Software Developer (OSD) agreement and an investment by Dassault Systemes of US
$10M corresponding to an equity position of 15% in ImpactXoft.
The partnership will leverage ImpactXoft's awarding-winning IXSPeeD(TM)
technology with Version 5 of Dassault Systemes' 3D PLM portfolio to deliver and
market innovative applications through the CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, and SMARTEAM
brands. Initial deliveries will target process-centric applications for the E&E,
Consumer Goods, and Industrial Machinery industries. Through this technology,
engineers in these sectors will interact in language tailored to their industry
and at a speed that will significantly accelerate the design process.
"This alliance allows us to take our functional modeling and collaboration
technology from the incubator stage to become part of a full enterprise
solution," said Attilio Rimoldi, president and CEO, ImpactXoft. "We met with all
the other players and not only was Dassault Systemes the only one who understood
the value we could bring, but their V5 technology was the only way to leverage
functional modeling and make it available across the entire PLM marketplace".
"ImpactXoft has created a revolutionary technology for the 3D PLM sector and we
immediately recognized the value that it could bring to our customers in the
E&E, Consumer Goods and Machinery industries when delivered within our V5
solution portfolio," said Dominique Florack, executive vice president R&D,
Dassault Systemes. "We are delighted to welcome the ImpactXoft team to the V5
ecosystem and are anxious to realize the potential of our alliance."
"The combination of ImpactXoft's revolutionary functional modeling technology
with Dassault Systemes' visionary portfolio of 3D PLM solutions represents the
dawning of a new era in the PLM industry and sets a new standard for users
seeking breakthrough collaborative innovation capabilities," said David Burdick,
President of Collaborative Visions.
Collaborative product design and functional modeling solutions will enable
customers to improve productivity and innovation through faster iterations,
design sharing, and simultaneous reconciliation. ImpactXoft and Dassault
Systemes development will focus on:
o Collaborative design solutions permitting dispersed product teams to
create, evaluate, and modify product definitions both asynchronously
and synchronously
o Scalable solutions ranging from local teams to global networks and
supply chains
o Process-oriented functional modeling applications that free designers
from traditional CAD modeling techniques and allow them to focus on
the true design intent
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About ImpactXoft
ImpactXoft is a private, venture-funded software company introducing innovative
applications that change the way people and companies develop products. The IX
SPeeD(TM) Suite is an award-winning enterprise solution for Simultaneous Product
Development(TM) (SPD), enabling all constituents involved in the product
lifecycle to concurrently design, modify, evaluate, and produce quality products
with unprecedented speed. Based on a web-centric architecture and proprietary
technologies, IX SPeeD revolutionizes the way designs are created, shared, and
ultimately manufactured, empowering companies to drastically reduce their time
to market and gain a competitive edge. ImpactXoft has developed IX SPeeD Suite
in partnership with Toyota Caelum Inc. leveraging the experience and know-how of
both companies.
For more information, visit our website at: http://www.impactxoft.com
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About Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systemes is the premier global software developer for the
CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to
implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire
product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and
DELMIA Solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash
creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality,
competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product
definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean
digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that
manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital
product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital
Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks
and SmarTeam Corp., as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D
design-centric and collaborative PDM software solutions based on Windows and the
Internet. Spatial, also part of the Dassault Systemes family, is a
market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for
3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D
in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B applications.
Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.3ds.com
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Impact Press Contact:
Carol Montalvo
+1 408 360-7700 x609
cmontalvo@impactxoft.com
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Dassault Systemes Press Contacts:
Anthony Marechal (EMEA)
+33 1 55 49 84 21
anthony_marechal@ds-fr.com
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Keith R. Pillow (Americas)
+818-673-2070
keith_pillow@ds-us.com
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Dassault Systemes Investor Contacts:
Emma Rutherford, James Melville-Ross
Financial Dynamics
+44 207 831 3113
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Dassault Systemes Establishes Global
CATIA Certification Program
Certification program will give companies, users, and business
partners a common index to measure their CATIA knowledge
and skills
Paris, France - September 30, 2002 - Dassault Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext
Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced the launch of a global CATIA
Certification program to provide customers and users with a valuable index for
measuring their knowledge of CATIA. The program targets CATIA user groups such
as product designers and developers, Dassault Systemes business and service
partners, and new professionals joining the 3D Product Lifecycle Management
(PLM) market.
The program will provide a standard measure of CATIA knowledge and will enable
program participants to assess their skills against market norms. The
certification program will also offer valuable feedback on CATIA training
programs by providing a quantitative before-and-after measurement of trainees'
acquired skills. The Certification program is available worldwide for immediate
implementation in companies of all sizes and industries.
"By introducing a CATIA certification program, we illustrate our commitment and
dedication to our 3D PLM solutions, customers, and users," said Jean-Yves Yung,
vice president Services, Dassault Systemes. "The certification program will
provide a valuable resource for customers, users, and business partners to
measure and evaluate their knowledge and skills. In addition, industry analysts
and experts agree that certifications are a highly sought-after mark of
credibility for expertise in the Information Technology marketplace."
VUE Testing Services, the electronic testing businesses of NCS Pearson, will
administer the CATIA Certification program through a series of domain-oriented
exams. Participants can access the exams at VUE(TM) Authorized Testing Centers,
a worldwide network of more than 3000 testing centers in over 130 countries.
To schedule an exam or for more information on the CATIA Certification program,
visit Dassault Systemes' certification website at http://www.3dplm.com/
certification.
EMEA
9, quai Marcel Dassault, BP 310, 92156 Suresnes Cedex, France,
education@ds-fr.com
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Americas
215, St-Jacques St. West, Suite 500, Montreal (Quebec) H2Y 1M6, Canada,
education@ds-ca.com
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Asia Pacific
Pier City Shibaura Bldg. 10F, 3-18-1, Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-0022, Japan,
education@ds-jp.com
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About Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systemes is the premier global software developer for the
CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to
implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire
product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and
DELMIA Solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash
creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality,
competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product
definition and
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simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean digital
manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that manage a
comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital product,
processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital Product
life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks and
SmarTeam Corp., as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D
design-centric and collaborative PDM software solutions based on Windows and the
Internet. Spatial, also part of the Dassault Systemes family, is a
market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for
3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D
in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B applications. Information about Dassault
Systemes is available at http://www.3ds.com
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Dassault Systemes Press Contacts:
Anthony Marechal EMEA
+ 33 1 55 49 84 21
anthony_marechal@ds-fr.com
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Keith Pillow (Americas)
+ 1 818 673 2070
keith_pillow@ds-us.com
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Dassault Systemes Investor Contacts:
Emma Rutherford, James Melville-Ross
Financial Dynamics
+ 44 207 831 3113
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Electrolux Group Implements Innovative
Processes with IBM and Dassault Systemes
to Design Clean, Cool Products
Style and shape are key to strong household appliance sales -
Electrolux leverages product design technology with
PLM Solutions CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM
Stockholm, Sweden and Paris, France - October 1, 2002 - IBM and Dassault
Systemes (Nasdaq: DASTY; Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today announced that
the Electrolux Group, the world's largest producer of powered appliances for
kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use, has selected CATIA V5 for the design,
analysis and manufacture of its products. IBM will provide the Electrolux Group
with 700 licenses of CATIA V5, the world's leading 3D product development
solution developed by Dassault Systemes. In addition, Electrolux also announced
that it recently completed implementation of SMARTEAM at its US manufacturing
facilities. SMARTEAM is a product data management solution from IBM's Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM) portfolio, also developed by Dassault Systemes.
The Electrolux Group is migrating from CATIA V4 to V5 to take advantage of new
capabilities and innovative technologies. The move comes following a two-year
pilot project in which the company compared leading CAD systems at its lawn
mower factory in Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA. Not only did the solutions
prove to be more user-friendly and functional, but also the company's designers
and engineers found it helped to cut product development time and cost.
Furthermore, the transition from V4 to V5 was simple and required only one week
of training for Electrolux's first users in Romania, Italy, and Germany.
"As a long-time IBM customer and a CATIA user since 1987, I have witnessed
first hand the huge improvements in the CATIA product from V1 to V5," said Ove
Palmberg, senior project manager, Electrolux Group. "With CATIA V5, there are
many modules available that are easy to use, giving our engineers full freedom
to design anything. Instead of just designing a box around a motor, we can now
perform ergonomic design revolutions every day! Our customers buy our products
not only for their quality and reliability, but also for their beauty and
innovative design. CATIA V5 is by far the best system on the market today
because it allows us to integrate design, technology and special features. Plus,
data migration from CATIA V4 to CATIA V5 is automatic and rapid."
"For over 25 years, IBM has provided the Electrolux Group with a full range of
solutions, from servers and workstations to software and services," said Ed
Petrozelli, general manager, IBM Product Lifecycle Management. "They are now at
the forefront of e-business, realizing many of its promises. An example of this
is their revolutionary Internet refrigerator or even their cordless automatic
self-recharging vacuum cleaner, both designed using IBM PLM software and IBM
hardware. Our objective at IBM is to give manufacturers the tools to meet the
demands of discriminating consumers."
"Dassault Systemes' 3D PLM solutions such as CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM are
revolutionizing the way the consumer goods industry develops products," said
Etienne
Droit, executive vice president sales and marketing, Dassault Systemes. "The
integration of CATIA V5's ground-breaking product development capabilities and
SMARTEAM's web-centric, business process features gives consumer goods companies
a start-to-finish Solution for innovative, creative product design and
development."
To assist Electrolux Group with the transition from CATIA V4 TO V5, IBM and IBM
business partners will provide training and implementation support for the PLM
platform at Electrolux Group's 40 factories around the world. Earlier this
summer, the Electrolux Group announced plans to complete enterprise integration
of PLM technologies, including the creation of digital factories, in which not
only the products, but also the factory tools and production processes, are
designed, simulated and managed virtually using PLM solutions from IBM and
Dassault Systemes.
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About Electrolux
The Electrolux Group is the world's largest producer of powered appliances for
kitchen, cleaning, and outdoor use. More than 55 million Electrolux Group
products (such as refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners,
chain saws and lawn mowers) are sold each year to a value of approximately 14
billion USD in more than 150 countries around the world. Find out more at
http://www.electrolux.com
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About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of
leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM Sales & Distribution, which
supports more than a dozen key industries worldwide, works with companies of all
sizes around the world to deploy the full range of IBM technologies. The fastest
way to get more information about IBM is through the IBM home page at
http://www.ibm.com
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About Dassault Systemes
Dassault Systemes is the premier global software developer for the
CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM market, providing companies with e-business solutions to
implement their digital enterprise, thus creating and simulating the entire
product life cycle from initial concept to product in service. CATIA, ENOVIA and
DELMIA Solutions support industry-specific business processes to help unleash
creativity and innovation, reduce development cycle time, improve quality,
competitiveness and shareholder value: CATIA supports the digital product
definition and simulation, DELMIA provides solutions to define and simulate lean
digital manufacturing processes and ENOVIA delivers enterprise solutions that
manage a comprehensive, collaborative and distributed model of the digital
product, processes and resources. The combined integration creates the Digital
Product life cycle Pipeline, supporting reuse of corporate knowledge. SolidWorks
and SmarTeam Corp., as Dassault Systemes companies, offer respectively 3D
design-centric and collaborative PDM software solutions based on Windows and the
Internet. Spatial, also part of the Dassault Systemes family, is a
market-leading provider of world-class 3D software components and services (for
3D modeling, visualization, and interoperability) to meet the requirements of 3D
in Internet-based e-commerce and B2B applications.
Information about Dassault Systemes is available at http://www.3ds.com
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IBM Press
Contact: Jennifer Feller
+33 1 41 88 61 89
jennyfeller@fr.ibm.com
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Dassault Systemes Press Contacts:
Anthony Marechal (EMEA)
+33 1 55 49 84 21
anthony_marechal@ds-fr.com
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Keith R. Pillow (Americas)
+818-673-2070
keith_pillow@ds-us.com
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Dassault Systemes Investor Contacts:
Emma Rutherford, James Melville-Ross
Financial Dynamics
+44 207 831 3113
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DASSAULT SYSTEMES S.A.
Dated: October 1, 2002 By: /s/ Thibault de Tersant
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Name: Thibault de Tersant
Title: Executive Vice President,
Finance and Administration
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