Volkswagen AG and Control Data Corp formed ICEM Systems GmbH as a joint venture to develop manufacturing software based on CDC’s ICEM Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering & Manufacturing package in Novembe 1990 (CI No 1,556). Now Control Data Systems Inc and the Wolfsburg automaker have signed a letter with Intergraph Corp, Huntsville, Alabama for a joint marketing and technology agreement to develop simultaneous engineering software for the automotive, aerospace, and discrete manufacturing markets using ICEM and Intergraph’s I/EMS software products. Volkswagen will be the first customer to implement resulting technology. Intergraph will form a European Centre of Competence for the Automotive Industry, co-located in Hannover with ICEM Systems GmbH.
