This is taken from the solid edge newsgroup, posted by our esteemed J. Fred White.
V12 Shipment Schedule/Plans - Version 12 was Released To Manufacturing on Wednesday July 24. The bulk-manufacturing run for CDs should be complete by 7/29 and in Cypress CA 7/30, at which point final kit assembly occurs and shipments will begin.
Initial schedule for English:
Customer Maintenance Shipments: August 12 - 31
As with V11, I will be posting V12 shipment status / progress notifications, when customer kits start shipping and a final status when all eligible maintenance Customers are complete.