This initiative will support Datex-Ohmeda's global operations as well as its design partners and suppliers.
"Technia, Matrix One and the product eMatrix proved through an extensive evaluation to be the right choice to significantly improve the management of product design through global internet collaboration, while at the same time ensuring compliance with regulatory authorities", said Antti Ritvos, President of Datex-Ohmeda's Patient Monitoring Business Area. "The new Datex-Ohmeda Product Design Management (PDM) solution will empower our R&D community to realize concurrent engineering and the goal of Design Anywhere - Build Anywhere" he added.
Datex-Ohmeda will benefit from the eMatrix-based system in the following areas:
Improved innovation and global knowledge sharing/reuse
Real time Internet based Product Data Backbone with full lifecycle support
Support for compliance with regulations such as cGMP and the Medical Device Directive.
Facilitator for Internet enabled integration to Subcontractors and Partners
"Technia is honored to be selected by Datex-Ohmeda. I am very confident that Datex-Ohmeda's decision will help them to achieve their ambitious business objectives. It is also a great message to the PDM/eBusiness market that eMatrix and Technia dominates the high-tech market in the Nordic region with prestigious clients like Datex-Ohmeda, Nokia, Ericsson, Amersham Pharmacia Biotech and Nera Satcom" said Jonas Gejer, President Technia Finland Oy.
"Winning this contract is also confirmation that we have the best implementation team in the Nordic region, I look forward to making this project a big success for Datex-Ohmeda and Technia" said Pasi Sarinko, Technical Manager Technia Finland Oy.
Jonas Gejer, Technia +46 8 477 24 14 , email : jonas.gejer@technia.com
Pasi Sarinko, Technia, email : pasi.sarinko@technia.com
Jukka Lehtiranta, Datex-Ohmeda, email: jukka.lehtiranta@datex-ohmeda.com
Datex-Ohmeda is the world's leading supplier of anesthesia equipment and services and an emerging leader in critical care. Its wide range of products includes patient monitoring systems, clinical information systems, anesthesia machines and ventilators. Datex-Ohmeda had sales of $580 million in 1999, and employed approximately 3,500 professionals worldwide. See also http://www.datex-ohmeda.com/.
Instrumentarium Corporation is a leading international medical technology company, operating in Anesthesia and Critical Care (Datex-Ohmeda) and Medical Equipment and Supplies, as well as in Optical Retail. Instrumentarium had sales in 1999 of $824 million and employed approximately 5,100 professionals worldwide. Instrumentarium Corporation is listed on the Helsinki Exchanges (INS1V.HE) with ADRs listed on the Nasdaq (INMRY). See also http://www.instrumentarium.com/.
Technia has, since the start of 1994, grown to be the leading supplier of Internet based Business Collaboration Solutions. Technia focuses on e-Business solutions for supporting the entire Product-lifecycle. Technia works with more than 200 Nordic industrial companies. The company is established in Stockholm, Linköping, Helsingfors and Oslo. Technia's customer list includes: ABB Switchgear, Valmet Corporation, Alfa Laval, Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, ASSA, Atlas Copco, BT Products, Ericsson, ESAB, MacGregor Cranes, Nokia, Scania, Seco Tools, Thorsman & Co. For more information about Technia, please visit our homepage, http://www.technia.com/.
The eMatrix product line delivers an open, flexible Internet platform with extensive collaboration services and the ability to incorporate other applications. The growing collection of software offerings provides proven product lifecycle capabilities to feed brick-and-mortar development - from concept and design through manufacture and ongoing service. eMatrix software integrates these product management features with a robust set of adaptive security, access, and business process applications that yield unified control of all enterprise solutions. For more information about eMatrix, please visit Matrix One's homepage http://www.matrixone.com/.