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Press Release08 April 2025Digital IndustriesPlano, Texas, USA
Siemens acquires DownStream Technologies to expand PCB design-to-manufacturing flow
“The acquisition is a significant step for
Siemens EDA in the mid-sized PCB market, offering DownStream’s customers
improved time to market, quality, and cost efficiency," said Mike Ellow,
CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "Integrating
DownStream Technologies enables Siemens EDA to provide the most comprehensive
and advanced manufacturing data preparation solution, helping to ensure a
smooth transition from design to production within a fully digitalized and
scalable electronic systems design process.”
Founded in 2002
and based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, DownStream Technologies is a leading provider of manufacturing solutions for manufacturing data
analysis and processing, and documenting PCB designs. Its widely adopted CAM350
suite of tools enables customers to visualize, verify and automatically prepare
PCB design data for fabrication.
DownStream’s patented BluePrint-PCB tool is
widely recognized as a best-in-class documentation solution enabling customers of
all sizes to automate the creation of highly detailed manufacturing
documents. By reducing errors and streamlining the transition from design to
production, BluePrint-PCB enhances efficiency across the PCB development
process. The integration of BluePrint-PCB
with Siemens’ PCB design solutions aims
to provide customers with a seamless workflow, improving digital
continuity and manufacturing readiness.
“We’re excited to join forces with Siemens and
bring our decades of expertise into their world-class ecosystem,” said Rick
Almeida, founder, DownStream Technologies. “Together, we’ll provide a fully
integrated solution with both breadth and depth that enables PCB designers to
deliver designs to manufacturing with greater efficiency and confidence.”
Terms of the transaction, which closed on April
7, 2025, were not disclosed. To learn more about Siemens’ acquisition of DownStream
Technologies, visit https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/electronic-systems-design/2025/04/08/siemens-welcomes-downstream-technologies/.
Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using
software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform.
Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to
optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today's
ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire
systems, from product to process, across all
Siemens Digital Industries Software
–
Accelerating transformation.
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Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens’ cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company’s purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.
In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.
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