NEC
Japanese IT and electronics group whose Obbligato PLM suite is one of the most widely deployed enterprise PLM systems in Japan.
NEC Corporation is a Japanese IT, network, and electronics group that has developed and sold the Obbligato PLM suite since 1995. Obbligato is positioned around integrated BOM management linking engineering and manufacturing, configuration and change control, cost management, and product-contained chemical substance compliance, and is sold both as an on-premise suite and as Obbligato for SaaS. NEC and its partner NEC Nexsolutions deliver the product mainly across Japan and wider Asia, with strong footholds in automotive components, industrial machinery, electronics, and medical devices.
- Type
- PLM Software Vendor
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Founded
- 1899
- Ownership
- Publicly traded (TSE: 6701)
- Annual Revenue
- ≈ US$23 billion (¥3.5 trillion) (FY2025)
- Employees Worldwide
- ≈ 105,000 (FY2025)
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