Inception as United Computing: 1963 to 1975 The first commercial product developed by UGS was called UNIAPT. Released in 1969 by a software company then called United Computing, UNIAPT was one of the world's first end-user
CAM products. United Computing was founded in 1963 above a hair salon in
Torrance, California, and went on to purchase the
Automated Drafting and Machining (ADAM) software code from MGS in 1973. The code became a foundation for a product called UNI-GRAPHICS, later sold commercially as Unigraphics in 1975.
As a McDonnell Douglas company: 1976 to 1991 In 1976, United Computing was acquired by the
Aerospace company
McDonnell Douglas (now part of
Boeing), who created new CAD/CAM divisions, naming one the Unigraphics Group. Finally, in 1980, Unigraphics was released, marking the group's first true 3D modeling hardware and software offering. Already home to McDonnell Douglas, the Unigraphics Group grew in
St. Louis, Missouri, which became the new headquarters.
EDS: 1991 to 2004 In 1991, the
McDonnell Douglas Systems Integration groups, including Unigraphics, were acquired by
EDS (then a part of
General Motors Corp., later part of
HP Enterprise Services and now
DXC Technology). EDS branded the acquired business as EDS Unigraphics. Eventually, in 1997 EDS set up its Unigraphics division as a wholly owned subsidiary called Unigraphics Solutions.
UGS Corporation: 2004 to 2007 In 2004 EDS sold off its EDS PLM Solutions business to the private equity group of
Bain Capital,
Silver Lake Partners, and
Warburg Pincus. The company resumed operating under the UGS name following the private equity sale. In 2005, UGS purchased
Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. ==References==