Vitamix, a manufacturer of blending and mixing products, is streamlining its product design processes through the use of PTC Creo and PTC Windchill software. By implementing these tools, Vitamix aims to cut product design times by 25% while maintaining high quality, and enable more efficient sharing of product information across its distributed design team. Vitamix believes the pairing of PTC Creo and PTC Windchill can help reduce its time to market for new products by 30%. PTC is working with Vitamix as the company leverages these tools to fuel continued product innovation and corporate growth.

1. Vitamix to Accelerate New Product Introductions with PTC
Company To Fuel Corporate Growth Through Product Innovation
NEEDHAM, MA – December3, 2013 – PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) today announced that Vitamix is
streamlining its industrial design and engineering processes through PTC Global Product
Development. By using PTC Creo®to develop new products,Vitamix is enabling faster design
decisions and aiming to cut product design times by 25% while still manufacturinghigh-quality,
innovative products. The company is also now implementing PTC Windchill®to further expand
engineering and operational efficiencies by enabling secure sharing of product information
across a highly distributed design team.
Vitamix manufactures and marketssuperiorblending and mixing products directly to the public
and the restaurant/hospitality industry. The company is widely recognized among consumer
product publications for quality and innovation. A longtime PTC customer, Vitamix relies on PTC
Creo to allow its engineers to quickly and easily design new products with more consumerfocused variants.
“It is all about efficiency in innovation,” said Greg Moores, vice president of engineering,
Vitamix. “I want my engineers and designers spending their time designing the best blenders in
the world – not struggling with the design toolkit. PTC Creo is optimizingour design processes
while fueling new product development.”
Having an efficient and easy-to-use design solution has also helped lead Vitamix to a point
whereit is strategically poised for new growth. With the solid PTC Creo footprint already in
place, Vitamix is now in the process of implementing PTC Windchill. By adding PLM to manage
the new product development process, Vitamix is further drivingits commitment to
manufacturing premium products with the highest performance and durability.
“Incorporating PTC Windchill into our system to manage all product and project data is our
biggest strategic initiative in the coming year,” added Moores. “As we look towards new
innovations, our annual output of new products is now going to be driven by PTC Creo and PTC
Windchill. We believe, with that pairing, that we can reduce time to market by 30 percent.”
“Vitamix is already a market leader, largely a result of their continuous product innovation,”
said Brian Thompson, vice president of product management, PTC. “We are excited to work
with them as they begin to recognize the power of leveraging PTC Creo and PTC Windchill
together.”

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