CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 4 April 2008

4 April 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• ANSYS, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ansoft Corporation; Acquisition Broadens Capabilities as a Global Innovator of Simulation Software
• Consona Corporation Announces Acquisition of Configuration Solutions Inc.
• Delisting of Telelogic; Postponed Annual General Meeting; No Interim Report
• IBM Completes Acquisition of Telelogic AB

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces a New Opinion Poll on Who is Leading Your PLM Effort and the Results of the PLM/ERP Implementation Poll

Company News

• Almarina Bianchi Joins Centric Software as Industry Marketing Director for Apparel and Retail Industries
• Bentley Appoints Harry Vitelli as Vice President, Platform Product Management
• Dassault Systèmes Creates New Senior Executive Position & Appoints Laurence Dors as Senior EVP, Global Development & Resources
• Dassault Systèmes Names Scott Berkey CEO of SIMULIA
• ESI Group Announces Partnership in ITOOL
• FISHER/UNITECH Expands With New Branch Office in Indianapolis and Training Center in Toledo
• Mr Staffan Söderberg is Appointed Head of Share-A-space® Partner Business Development
• PTC® Solutions Enrich Product Development Skills for High School Teams Participating in FIRST Robotics Competition
• SAP Appoints Leo Apotheker Co-CEO
• SAP Expands and Supports Ecosystem by Rewarding Companies Worldwide for New Business Recommendations
• Symmetry Solutions Receives Top Awards
• Telelogic: Changes in Telelogic’s Executive Management
• Visionary Book by Lattice Technology CEO Brings 3D Manufacturing Innovation to the Forefront of Discussion
  

Events News

• AVEVA Announces its Participation at SPCI World Pulp and Paper week, Sweden
• Delcam to Show Complete CAM and Inspection Range at Eurostampi
• Engineering Analysis Software at Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Improves Technical and Business Aspects of Simulations for Petroleum Industry
• Geometric Showcases Technology for the Fashion Industry
• GibbsCAM 2008 Previewed at EASTEC 2008
• JEC Composites Show - Lectra Presents its Integrated CAD/CAM Solutions for Advanced Materials
• KOMPAS-3D to be Presented at Hannover Messe 2008
• OPEN MIND Technologies AG at BASELWORLD 2008
• Webcast: The Importance of Capturing Intellectual Property in Engineering
  

Financial News

• CENIT Proposes 50-cent Dividend
• Dassault Systèmes Schedules First Quarter Webcast and Conference Call for April 29, 2008
• Delcam GmbH to Continue Record Year at METAV
• Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting in Telelogic AB (publ)
• [Sopheon] Preliminary Audited Results For The Year To 31 December 2007
  

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Announces ADEPT Airmotive as Inventor of the Month for March 2008
• C1RCA Skateboarding Lifestyle Brand to Implement Yunique PLM
• Danatec AB Selects Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA PLM Express for Rapid Robotic-Tools and Fixture Design
• Kegelmann Achieves 30% Capacity Increase with WorkNC and ZwickerKegelmann Achieves 30% Capacity Increase with WorkNC and Zwicker
• Nelson Engineering Uses Dyadem Software to Deliver Reliability and Maintenance Analyses to Commercial Clients and U.S. Government Agencies
• Plx Technology Adopts Cadence Incisive Palladium II Accelerator/Emulator for Full System Verification
• Šlechta Polishes up its Performance with MyWorkPLAN
• Task Force Tips Shortens Product Development Time for Life Saving Fire Hose Nozzles with Adept Document Management
  
• TCS Wins 5-Year Multi-Million Dollar Deal as ArvinMeritor’s Global Engineering Partner
• Technia Signs Agreements Concerning Delivery of Software, Worth over 35 MSEK, with Two Global Telecom Suppliers
• UOIT Receives In-Kind Contributions Worth More Than $690 million from Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education
  
• World’s Only Solar-Powered Compaction System Designed in SolidWorks
  

Industry-Wide News

• EDA Consortium Reports 6.7 Percent Industry Revenue Growth in Fourth Quarter 2007
  

Product News

• ASCON Group Joined Oracle PartnerNetwork
• Bentley Announces Strategic Initiative to Help Sustain Bridge Infrastructure Through Bridge Information Modeling
• CCE Upgrades EnSuite to Support CATIA V5 R18 Files
• Dassault Systèmes and AREVA NP Shine Light on “As-Built” Nuclear Facilities
• DP Technology Signs Agreement to Power Sodick Wire EDM Machines with ESPRIT
• ESI Group Announces Release of PAM-RTM 2008
• ICAM and Dörries Scharmann Sign Strategic Marketing Agreement
• ITI TranscenData Unveils STEPcenter Enterprise Server
• Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT Field Programmable Gate Arrays
• Moldflow Announces the Release of Moldflow Plastics Insight 6.2
• Siemens PLM Software Announces New Releases for its D-Cubed 3D Component Software Solutions
• STAR-CAD Series V3.02: CAD and PLM-Embedded Flow and Thermal Solution for Design and Professional Engineers
  
• Synopsys Extends Design Compiler Topographical Technology to Predict and Alleviate Routing Congestion
• Synopsys' New DesignWare IP Significantly Simplifies Transition to PCI Express
  
• Synopsys Star-RCXT Extraction Product Delivers 2X Performance Boost With Dual- Core Support
• Synplicity Announces Immediate Support for XILINX Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
• Synplicity's Synplify DSP 3.6 Software Speeds DSP Algorithm Design for ASICs and FPGAs
• Teamcenter Service Data Management Solution Delivers Intelligent Metrics for Execution of Service and Logistics Contracts
• VISTAGY’s New FiberSIM® 5.4 Software Delivers Optimized Composites Designs in Less Time
  

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