PTC Won the title "the Global Manufacturing Partner of the Year" in the 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards

Honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners, PTC has shown excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

FREMONT, CA: PTC, a Boston-based software solution provider, has named as the Global Manufacturing Partner of the Year, for the second year in a row, in the Microsoft 2020 Partner of the Year Awards. Honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners, PTC has shown excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.

“We are pleased to announce that PTC has been recognized by Microsoft as the Global Manufacturing Partner of the Year for the second consecutive year. Together, PTC and Microsoft have enabled digital transformation for some of the world’s largest organizations. We look forward to continuing that success with the newly-launched turnkey cloud solution, Factory Insights as a Service, which is powered by technology from PTC, Rockwell Automation, and Microsoft. The solution breaks through traditional transformation approaches and can be scaled rapidly across the organization, enabling businesses to accelerate initial time to value,” said Jim Heppelmann, President and CEO, PTC.

The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards acknowledge Microsoft partners for developing and delivering exceptional Microsoft-based solutions during the last year. Awards were given in several categories, with honorees chosen from more than 3,300 nominees in over 100 countries worldwide. PTC has been awarded for providing groundbreaking solutions and services in the Manufacturing sector for:

• Digital Manufacturing to assist manufacturers in improving factory productivity, reducing operational costs, and driving revenue growth.

 • Service Optimization to allow service teams to boost efficiency, reduce field service costs, and grow service revenue.

 • Engineering Excellence to allow for data-driven decisions throughout the design and manufacturing process to implement changes faster, accelerate new product introductions, and reduce the time it takes to create new design variants with quality built into every product and process.

 These solutions are powered by PTC’s industry-leading technologies, which includes the the Windchill for Azure platform, ThingWorx for Azure platform, and Vuforia Expert Capture and Vuforia Studio for Microsoft HoloLens 2.

“It is an honor to recognize the winners and finalists of the 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards. These partners go above and beyond, delivering timely solutions that solve the complex challenges that businesses around the world face – from communicating and collaborating virtually to helping customers realize their full potential with Azure cloud services, and beyond. I am proud to honor and congratulate each winner and finalist,” said Gavriella Schuster, Corporate Vice President, One Commercial Partner, Microsoft.