Renault Signs Deal with Dassault Systemes

Renault is continuously looking to sign new agreements and form new partnerships that would support the company's enthusiastic goals for the short-term plans. After revealing numerous zero emission partnerships with companies and various entities across the globe, the French manufacturer today confirmed it has chosen Dassault Systemes V6 PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) as the new global product development solution.

The main goal of the new venture is to improve productivity, Renault said, but the company has already started to implement the ENOVIA V6 based collaborative platform and CATIA V6. Additionally, the automaker will quickly turn to the full DS V6 portfolio, it added, which will allow both the company and the supplier to collaborate on the production of new model designs straight in real time.

"In the coming years, we will develop collaborative engineering. The partnership with Dassault Systemes will contribute to this strategy. We chose the V6 platform because its integrated PLM environment brings our global teams together through real-time collaboration and online-enabled design anywhere," said Odile Desforges, EVP Engineering and Quality, Renault. "We have chosen to deploy the full V6 solutions portfolio, simply because it offers a remarkable collaborative, scalable, open and easy-to-use solution."

"Dassault Systemes and Renault share the same vision of sustainable innovation through global collaborative product development. The automotive industry needs to consider economical and social aspects more than ever to make sure they create the vehicle that perfectly meets the customer needs and values. All stakeholders must be actors of the process of sustainable innovation," explains Bernard Charles, president and CEO, Dassault Systemes, in the same press release.