This acquisition will help to strengthen Siemens’ PCB design portfolio and expands its footprint in the electronics small and medium-sized business (SMB) market.
“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," explained 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 digitalised and scalable electronic systems design process.”
Established in 2002 and based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, DownStream Technologies is a 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.
The company’s patented BluePrint-PCB tool has been recognised 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 improved efficiency across the PCB development process and the integration of BluePrint-PCB with Siemens’ PCB design solutions will provide customers with a seamless workflow, improving digital continuity and manufacturing readiness.
Commenting Rick Almeida, founder, DownStream Technologies, said, “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.”
