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PTC acquires IncQuery Group

PTC is strengthening its Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and systems engineering focus with the acquisition of IncQuery Group.

Above: The acquisition continues PTC’s momentum in ALM, following the release of its Codebeamer 3.0 ALM solution and the ongoing development of its Codebeamer AI offering.
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IncQuery Group offers application lifecycle management (ALM) and systems engineering development and consultancy services to global manufacturers and product companies. IncQuery Group helps simplify the product development process by connecting hardware and software engineering systems and enables better collaboration across development teams and more efficient management of product data. The acquisition further expands PTC’s deep expertise in ALM, systems engineering and product lifecycle management (PLM) and support for customers in these areas.

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“A top priority for our customers is transforming their engineering and product development processes to develop their products faster with higher quality, all while meeting regulatory and sustainability requirements,” said Neil Barua, President and CEO of PTC. “The acquisition of IncQuery Group strengthens our focus on engineering and product development and adds expertise to help accelerate our ALM and PLM portfolio integrations and better support our customers. We welcome the IncQuery Group team to PTC and look forward to their contributions.”

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“IncQuery Group shares PTC’s commitment to transforming digital engineering and product development processes, and we’re thrilled to join the team,” said István Ráth, Chairman of the Executive Board of IncQuery Group and Ákos Horváth, Chief Technology Officer of IncQuery Group. “This is an opportunity to support even more of the world’s leading manufacturers and product companies with our systems engineering and ALM expertise, as well as help enhance PTC’s leading engineering and product development portfolio.”

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