Lawrence Smith, VP, Trimble Construction Management Solutions, said in the press release, "The demand for accurate, enriched, and standardized product content is only increasing as the industry digitizes its workflows. Trimble believes that connected, unified data is the future of construction because it enables the industry to build more efficiently and sustainably. Working with DDS will expedite our delivery of an expanded breadth of rich and accurate product data from our common data environment that is portable across Trimble and non-Trimble systems." Founded in 2014 to ease the exchange of product information, DDS currently works with more than 300 distributors and 600 manufacturers (representing 1,600-plus brands) to syndicate product data to their distribution channel across seven primary industries: electrical, plumbing, HVACR, industrial supply, industrial automation, industrial gas and welding, and construction.