Press release
Tacton signs UK-wide reseller agreement with Solid Solutions
Stockholm, Sweden – November 6, 2008 – Tacton Systems, global vendor of sales and product configuration software, announced today that Solid Solution Management has signed a reseller agreement for TactonWorks – whereby Tacton Configurator is embedded in SolidWorks as an add-in product. TactonWorks supports manufacturers in generating custom configured quotations and drawings for order processing.
Solid Solutions Management, the UK’s leading SolidWorks reseller based in Warwick, is specifically focused on the delivery and support of SolidWorks products for the mainstream mechanical design market. The company provides solutions for a wide range of industries throughout the UK, ranging from the power and marine industries to automotive and retail.
TactonWorks is geared to manufacturers with a need for order-specific customization of the product design, e.g. engineer-to-order, assemble-to-order, or configure-to-order, where rules can define what is a valid design for the customer’s requirements. TactonWorks offers significant advantages in interactivity, validation, and ease of maintenance over competing Knowledge Based Engineering solutions for SolidWorks, in much the same way as 3D CAD has these advantages over 2D CAD.
The agreement will add to Tacton's growing global exposure by providing access to Solid Solutions' customer base in the UK, where they work with around 2,000 clients.
"The formal arrangement with Tacton is a perfect fit with our intention of bringing better design efficiencies and productivity to our customers," says Alan Sampson, Managing Director of Solid Solutions Management. "We do a lot of bespoke programming for organizations, and we want to make that easier for companies to manage by themselves, leveraging technologies such as TactonWorks to streamline efficiencies in design and development."
"The agreement with Solid Solutions Management is an important opportunity for us to reinforce our presence in the UK region, which is a significant hub for design and manufacturing, and also to bring ourselves closer to a key SolidWorks solutions provider," says Christer Wallberg, CEO, Tacton Systems.
For more information, contact:
Tacton Systems
Christer Wallberg, Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: +46 (0)8 690 07 50
Cell: +46 (0)730 32 49 70
E-mail: christer.wallberg@tacton.com
Solid Solutions Management
Alan Sampson, Managing Director
Telephone: +44 (0)1926 623 160
E-mail: asampson@solidsolutions.co.uk
About Tacton Systems
Tacton is a global vendor of sales and product configuration software and services, with channel partners around the world. Tacton Configurator solution enables effective selling of customized products whether online or from a laptop PC at the point of sale. Tacton Configurator can be tightly integrated with any existing system and has standard integrations with leading e-Commerce, ERP, CRM, PLM and CAD systems. Tacton's solutions are used by customers including GE Healthcare, Ericsson, ABB, Pentair Water, Hoffman Enclosures, ASSA ABLOY, FläktWoods and Albany Door Systems. For more information: http://www.tacton.com
About Solid Solutions Management Limited
Solid Solutions help clients to design better products and to achieve competitive and efficiency advantages.
Our customers encompass all industry sectors from across the UK and range in size from single-person operation to large multi-national organisations such as BNFL, BOC, Philips, Assa Abloy, Yale (Union and Chubb) Stannah, Sealine, BAE, John Guest and British Airways. Together with SolidWorks - the industry standard in 3D design software, you not only have the best product but excellent support essential to ensure that you realise the full potential of your design staff and attain a competitive business advantage.
Solid Solution recently picked up awards for the standard of our support operation and rank #1 in the UK (for five years now) and sixth in Europe. We have more than 40 engineers to support our operations and we continue to invest significantly in our internal technical and support training. For more information: http://www.solidsolutions.co.uk