CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 30 January 2009

30 January 2009

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• “Blurred boundaries: It's important to make PLM an enterprise initiative” by Ed Miller, President, CIMdata

Company News

• Autodesk Presents Revit BIM Experience Award to Dunham Associates
• Avatech Provides New Innovative Online Training Services
• Delcam Strengthens Dental Team
• Infor Expands Professional Services Offerings to Reduce Software Cost of Ownership
• Interview with COADE President/CEO Van Laan Featured in December 29 Issue of Houston Business Journal
• KOMPAS-3D Training Center Was Launched in Germany
• McLaren Software Partners with Blumark Pty Ltd supporting Enterprise Engineer in Australasia
• National Taiwan University Receives US$75 Million In-Kind Software Grant from Siemens PLM Software
• ODA Announces DWGdirect and DGNdirect 2.7 Release
• SAIT Polytechnic Receives $1.4 Million Educational Software Grant from AVEVA
• Siemens PLM Software Announces New PLM Initiative TO Help Small Businesses Improve Their Customer Responsiveness
• Silvano Joly appointed Vice President Worldwide Marketing of think3
• Zuken Strengthens European Sales

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Participate in Three DesignCon Sessions Addressing Chip-Package-System Co-Design
• Arena Solutions Experts Offer Complimentary One-on-One Business Process Improvement Consultations to Attendees at SolidWorks World 2009
• CGTech to Preview VERICUT 7 at WESTEC
• CONTACT Software Presents Preview of CIM DATABASE 2.9.8
• Delcam to Preview Integrated CAM at SolidWorks World
• Delcam to Show Latest Dental Software at IDS
• NEi Software Presentation on Nastran Finite Element Analysis at SolidWorks World 2009 Conference
• NEi Software Webinar Shows Powers of 3D Parametric CAD Models With Advanced Nastran FEA
• Omnify Software to Showcase SolidWorks Interface at SolidWorks World 2009
• PLM-based Process Management – What’s it all about?
• Registration Now Open for the Arena Winter '09 Online Product Launch Event
• Si2 Announces Member/Guest Meeting at DesignCon
• solidThinking Making a 'Splash' at SolidWorks World 2009, Feb. 8-11, in Orlando, Fla.

Financial News

• Apache Design Solutions Closes 2008 with Twenty-Fourth Consecutive Quarter of Record Sales
• CONTACT Reports Highest Order Volume Since its Founding
• Dyadem Achieves Record Growth in 2008
• EMC Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2008 Financial Results
• Open Text Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results
• PTC Announces Q1 Results Issues Q2 Guidance and Full Fiscal Year 2009 Targets
• SAP Reports Double-Digit Growth in Software and Software Related Service Revenues for 2008
• Sopheon Trading Update
• Virage Logic Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
• VISTAGY's Revenues Climb 30 Percent in 2008 in Spite of Challenging Economic Environment

Implementation Investments

• CAD/CAM Integration Streamlines Design
• Central Profiles See Material and Labour Savings through CAM and Nesting Upgrade
• Delcam’s PowerMILL Gives Five-Axis and More
• EADS Selects MSC.Software as Major Simulation Partner for Its "PHENIX" PLM Harmonization Strategic Program
• EID Adopts Zuken CR-5000 Solution for its Advanced PCB Design
• ESPRIT Mold v10 Selected as Preferred Software by POLKAR
• GHAFARI Associates Accelerates Design, Reduces Costs of Six Buildings for General Motors Corp. Using Bentley Software
• Giprotyumenneftegaz Speeds Design of Complex Booster Pump Station, Reduces Costs Using Bentley Software
• Gray Construction Selects Bluebeam for Paperless Submittal Process
• IFS Expands Footprint with North African Utility
• Lectra's New Kaledo® Design Solution Proves Powerful and Easy to Implement for Children's Retailer
• Manroland Reduces Development Time of Control System by More Than 50 Percent Using MathWorks Tools
• Mentor Graphics and Freescale Expand Collaboration to Improve Manufacturing and Testing of Nanometer Technologies
• Mentor Graphics DFT Tools Adopted by STMicroelectronics for Advanced IC Testing Solutions
• RadPharm Finds Cure to Efficiently Manage Regulated Documents with EMC
• Roasting Machines Designed with Autodesk Inventor Create a Superior Cup of Coffee
• Synopsys Expands Collaboration With STMicroelectronics in Timing Sign-Off
• Team North American Eagle Selects Geomagic
• The Use of HyperShape/CATIA is Increasing at PSA Peugeot Citroën

Product News

• Browzwear's 3D Fashion Design Software Cuts 70% of Sampling Costs for Major Fashion Brands
• COADE Releases PVElite 2009 with Updated ASME Vessel Codes and Other Enhancements
• Delcam CRISPIN Launches New Software for Orthotics Design and Manufacture
• Geometric Releases Version 1.2 of 3DPaintBrush™
• Infor Helps Apparel Manufacturers Keep Pace with the Speed of Fashion
• Intergraph® Will Now Offer DNV Early Ship Design Software
• Invention Machine Unveils Goldfire 5.0 to Accelerate and Sustain Every Day Innovation
• ITI TranscenData Releases CADIQ 6.0
• MADYMO by TASS-safe Added to Altair’s HyperWorks Enabled Community
• NGC® Leads the Way in Helping Retailers and Brands Collect and Manage Information for New 10+2 and CPSIA Requirements
• OptiTex and C-DESIGN Offer Fashion Customers a Broader Scope of Software Solutions
• Partners Continue to Expand Oracle Accelerate with New Solutions Available to Midsize Organizations Around the World
• Planview Announces Exclusive Partnership with Strategic Harmony
• Planview Strengthens Commitment to Delivering the Benefits of Portfolio Management to Product Development Organizations
• Professional CAD Software for Rent from ASCON
• SolidWorks 3D ContentCentral 2009 Blends Social Media and Self-Publishing Into Community for Sharing Design Knowledge
• Zuken Tackles Time to Market Challenge Head On with CADSTAR Schematic Free Download

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