CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 7 November 2008

7 November 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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2-5 DECEMBRE 2008, Paris Nord Villepinte - Hall 6 -France

At SCS Paris 2008 in collaboration with Thésame CIMdata presents " Mechatronics Role in a PLM Strategy," on Wednesday, 3-December, from 10:00am to 12:00pm. As products continue to become more complex, and have begun to include a range of mechanical, electronic, and embedded software components. Successful PLM strategies and environments must provide solid support for product definition and management in this environment and must be able to handle the full product definition. This session will focus on the importance of managing the complete product definition, successful approaches taken by industrial companies, and the impact on their ability to deliver more competitive products and services to their customers."

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CIMdata News

• Leveraging After-Sales Service for Competitive Advantage
• MSC’s Growing CAE Technological Base (CIMdata Commentary)
• Selerant’s DevEX: Delivering on the Promise (CIMdata Commentary)
• New CIMdata Opinion Poll on Your PLM Hosting Environment

Company News

• Animech Technologies AB Adds Sales Specialist Mark Schneider to Spearhead the Companies’ International Plans for Expansion in Central Europe
• Autodesk Announces Incheon, Korea as Second City of its Digital Cities Initiative
• Cadence Announces Restructuring Program
• EVE, Concept Engineering Sign Partnership Agreement
• New Sales Director for Sescoi in the USA
• New TransMagic Website Offers Valuable CAD Interoperability Resources
• RAND Worldwide Launches 2009 LIVE Learning Series Schedule for CATIA V5 R19
• SolidProfessor Releases 2009 SolidWorks® Professional Bundle
• Synopsys Makes Key Contribution to the IPL Alliance
• Tacton Signs UK-Wide Reseller Agreement with Solid Solutions
• Yunique Solutions Names Industry Veteran Rodney Harrelson as Western Region Sales Director

Events News

• Cimatron Partners with Leading Machine Vendors at JIMTOF
• COADE CADWorx Plant Design Webinar on November 6 to Introduce CADWorx Design Review
• Delcam to Host Free Seminar on Composites in Aerospace
• ECAD Inc., #1 Supplier of COADE Solutions, Largest Exhibitor at COADE CADWorx User Conference
• Leading Energy, Chemicals, and Other Process Industry Manufacturers Gather in Seattle for AspenTech Supply Chain Management User Conference November 2008
• Lectra Hosts Design Event in Conjunction With Apparel Tech Conference 2008

Financial News

• ANSYS Reports Strong Core Revenue Growth and Robust Operating Results for the Third Quarter
• Autodesk Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results
• Avatech Solutions to Report Fiscal 2009 First Quarter Results on Friday, November 14, 2008
• CENIT Sees Increased Sales and Results in 3rd Quarter
• MSC.Software Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2008
• Nemetschek Still Growing
• Open Text Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results
• Sopheon Interim Management Statement
• Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2008

Implementation Investments

• Audi Sport Wins DTM Championship Title with PTC Product Development System
• Automotive Tier-One Suppliers Adopt TPM for Faster, Automated Data Translations
• CPS Energy to More Effectively Design and Better Manage Substation Infrastructure with Bentley Software
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Specified by India’s Largest Toolmaker
• Domodedovo Technique Chooses IFS Applications for Aircraft MRO Management
• Ford Motor Company Selects Endeca to Help Reduce Materials Costs, Consolidate Parts Across Car Platforms
• G‘Reee’n Chair Developed in SolidWorks Software Uses Recycled Video Game Plastic
• InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and FDA Module Selected By Genzyme
• Lloyd's Register Standardizes on MSC.Software's MD Nastran to Achieve Increased Simulation Accuracy
• LMS Helps the Liebherr Mining Equipment Co. Meet the Design Challenges Behind the World’s Largest Diesel-Electric Truck
• SAP Automotive Software Solution Helps Drive Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Team to Formula One Victory
• Sescoi's WorkNC 5-Axis and Auto 5 - a Competitive Advantage at ALLIO
• Tower Automotive Invests in Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Body-in-White
• Ubixum Adopts Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Mixed-Signal Implementation Solution
• ViewPlus Technologies Replaces Previous 3D CAD Solution with PTC CoCreate
• Yunique Solutions to Provide Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. with PLM Software Solutions across Private Brands Operations

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ Parasitic Reduction Tool Enhances RFIC Simulation Speed, Capacity While Preserving Accuracy
• Bentley Announces V8i Software Portfolio for Infrastructure Professionals
• Cadence Expands Portfolio of System-Level Verification IP and SpeedBridge Adapters to Boost Acceleration and Emulation Performance
• COMSOL Multiphysics® 3.5a Roll Out
• Delcam Launches New-Look PartMaker for Turn-Mill and Swiss-Type Lathes
• Flowmaster Launches V7.6 Across its Range of System Simulation Tools
• Lectra Launches the Newest Version of Diamino, its Flagship Offer for Marker-Making
• LMS Virtual.Lab Acoustics’ New Fast Multipole BEM Solver Delivers Breakthrough Acoustic Simulation Performance
• Localized Versions of Vectorworks 2009 Now Available in European Markets
• Mentor Graphics Boosts Eldo Simulator Performance with Generalized Multi-Threading Technology
• Powerway Announces APQP On Demand
• Teradyne and Mentor Graphics Partner to Provide Yield Learning Solution for Nanometer Geometry Devices

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