CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 19 December 2008

19 December 2008

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk to Acquire ALGOR, Inc.
• Autodesk to Acquire BIMWorld
• BlueCielo Further Strengthens Brazilian Operations

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Extends the Opportunity to Vote in Our Opinion Poll on Your PLM Hosting Environment

Company News

• Altair Adds DSHplus from FLUIDON to its HyperWorks Enabled Community
• CYA Technologies Expands Global Footprint
• Invention Machine Adds S&T Croatia to its Growing Reseller Network
• Kanagawa Technical School Selects Dassault Systèmes CATIA for its 3D CAD and Modeling Course
• LMS Partners with von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics
• New AVEVA Asia Pacific Vice President of Marketing Appointed
• New IBM Initiative to Help Business and IT Leaders Achieve Greater Value From Software Investments
• Synopsys and STMicroelectronics Accelerate 32-Nanometer Readiness Delivering Optimized Standard Cell Library and Route-Rule Validation in IC Compiler
• Ylva Berg New CEO of Technia

Events News

• Delcam to Host Second GTMA Emerging Technologies Event
• Delcam to Present More Efficient Manufacturing Workshop at Autosport
• Sescoi Brings Further Productivity Software to Indian Toolrooms
• SoftInWay Has Announced Its Turbomachinery Design Educational Events for First 6 Months of 2009
• SolidWorks World 2009 to Feature Exciting Keynotes, Success Stories, and Learning Opportunities

Financial News

• IQS Reports Fourth Consecutive Double Digit Growth

Implementation Investments

• AspenTech Software Used by Process Manufacturing Industry to Combat Global Warming
• Cochlear Sets Quality Standard with Dyadem
• Jaeger-LeCoultre Adopts PTC Product Development Solution to Improve Its Watch Development Process
• OptiTex and [TC]2 Enhance Software for Bra Manufacturer
• Pole Zero Goes Live on IFS Applications in Seven Months
• Semcon Chooses Dassault Systèmes PLM Solutions to Reduce Response Time to Customer Requests
• Waseda University Uses PTC Pro/ENGINEER to Develop a “Human-Symbiotic” Robot
• Window Manufacturer Uses SolidWorks Software To Shield Customers from Hurricanes

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Announces Breakthrough in X-Parameter Nonlinear Model Generation for Components Used in Wireless, Aerospace Defense Industries
• Atrion International Joins IFS Global Software Partner Program to Provide Product Compliance Across the Entire Product Life Cycle
• Autodesk Expands BIM Software Offering for Structural Analysis
• Collision Detector “KCD™”, the Fastest Commercial Software Library on the Market?
• CYA Technologies Releases CYA SmartRecovery for the EMC® Documentum® 6.5 Enterprise Content Management Platform
• Delcam’s New PowerINSPECT Supports Five-Axis Inspection
• DP Technology Releases ESPRIT Mold Version 10 CAM Software
• IFS Strengthens Its Maintenance Suite with Constraint-Based Scheduling for Defense
• Mentor Graphics Quadruples Veloce Hardware Emulation Capacity to a Half Billion Gates
• Nemetschek North America Updates Vectorworks 2009 Product Line
• Siemens PLM Software Ships Femap Version 10
• Siemens PLM Software’s NX NASTRAN Solves World’s Largest Structural Analysis Problem
• SoftInWay Announces a Bundle on Its Innovated AxSTREAM Educational Version for Winter/Spring Semester
• SolidWorks Labs Adds New Applications
• SURFCAM Velocity 4 – Ships Today
• Synopsys Expands Confirma Hardware-assisted Verification Solution with the HAPS-A31 System
• 3D Mesh Component from Spatial Accelerates Engineering Application Development
• VMM Users Drive New Features in Expanded Release
• Zuken Announces New Interface Solution for Product Data Management
• ZWSOFT Unveils ZWCAD 2009 Beta

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