CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 1 October 2010

1 October 2010

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• KPIT Cummins Acquires US Based CPG Solutions

Company News

• aPriori Continues Expansion into Europe to Help Manufacturers Drive Out Product Costs
• Autodesk Joins IBM's Green Sigma™ Coalition
• Autodesk Names KETIV Technologies Reseller of the Quarter
• Cadence Announces Chief Financial Officer Transition Plan
• James Heppelmann Assumes Role of Chief Executive Officer at PTC
• Léo Apotheker Named CEO and President of HP; Ray Lane Joins HP as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board
• RAND North America Relaunches as Inceptra; Expands Operations
• Siemens PLM Software Names John Fox to Lead Velocity Series Marketing Effort
• SolidProfessor Releases Update Training 2011 for SolidWorks
• Steve Chalgren Joins Arena Solutions as Vice President of Product Management and Strategy

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Present at the Sophia Antipolis Microelectronics Forum on Advanced Packaging Technology
• Aras Announces Aras Community Event 2010 in Germany Hosted by Freudenberg
• AVEVA Exhibits at ISA 2010 Expo and Releases New White Paper
• Avoid Program Delays: Streamline Airframe Fastening and Assembly with SyncroFIT® 2010 (Webinar)
• COE Ask the Experts Webcast: Increase ENOVIA Impact With Enterprise Integration
• Delcam CRISPIN to Launch More Productive Footwear CADCAM at SIMAC
• Delcam to Launch FeatureCAM 2011 at BIMU
• Delcam to Launch Feature-Based Programming at Vienna-Tec
• Geometric to Showcase Solutions for Maximizing ROI from PLM at Siemens PLM Connection 2010
• LMS to Offer FREE Engineering Seminars Oct 12-14th at their Troy, MI Headquarters
• SAP Portfolio and Project Management Conference 2010
• SoftInWay to Present a New Approach to Multistage Centrifugal Compressor Design during the 39th Turbomachinery Symposium
• solidThinking to Exhibit Capabilities of Latest Software, Will Present During Whitepaper Session at TCT LIVE 2010 in the UK
• Tacton Systems and Lino GmbH Present the Upcoming Version of TactonWorks at the Design Automation Conference in Mainz
• WorkNC Dental Makes its Italian Debut at Expodental

Financial News

• Avatech Solutions Reports $1.3 Million in Earnings for Fiscal 2010
• ESI Group Results for the First Half of 2010/11

Implementation Investments

• Babcock Signs Up IFS to Support Australian Operation
• Catalog Data Solutions Catalog, CAD Download and eCommerce Solution Selected by GAM, Inc.
• Irkut Corporation Selects Siemens PLM Software Solutions to Launch New MC-21 Airliner
• One of India's Largest Commercial Enterprises Subscribes to AVEVA Plant Solutions
• Pathway Medical Technologies Uses Omnify PLM Software to Engineer More Products and Achieve 40% in Savings
• PearlLED Designs Cool, Green Lightbulbs with Autodesk Inventor Software
• Russian Firm SOLVER Selects VISTAGY’s FiberSIM® Software to Drive MAG Viper 1200 Fiber Placement System
• Senergy Group to Improve Energy Exploration with Realistic Simulation from Dassault Systèmes
• Snecma Standardizes on ANSYS Workbench Technology: Global Aircraft Manufacturer Selects ANSYS for Corporate-Wide Product Development
• Sunplus Reduces Design Cycle on High-Speed Multi-Million-Gate SoC Using Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System
• Tesla Motors Selects Dassault Systemes' V6 PLM Solution
• Wheelchair Design Breakthrough Wins $20,000 Grand Prize in Global Design Contest

Product News

• Autodesk Announces Autodesk Plant Conversion Program for CADWorx Customers for Easier Migration to the Autodesk Plant Design Suite 2011
• Autodesk Certifies SofTech’s ProductCenter PLM Solution for Inventor 2011
• Autodesk Launches Web and Mobile Access to AutoCAD Designs
• Cadence Offers Optimized Implementation Methodology for Silicon Realization of New ARM Cortex-A15 MPCore Processor
• CIM DATABASE Product Costing; New module to focus on cost perspectives during product development
• Dassault Systèmes: Inceptra Unveils PLM 2.0 Discovery Offering - PowerUP
• Delcam Adds Turning and Mill-Turn to Integrated CAM for SolidWorks
• Exa Releases PowerFLOW 4.3 Suite
• IBM Announces New Energy-Management, Sustainability Solutions for Smarter Enterprises
• Intergraph® Releases SmartPlant® 3D Materials Handling Edition Software to Automate Design of Bulk Facilities
• LEDAS Releases LGS 2D v5 Constraint Solver with Extended Functions
• Luxion Releases KeyShot 2.1
• Mastercam Art Brings Efficiency and Speed to Artistic Relief Cutting
• SolidCAM 2010 Service Pack 2 Released
• Subscription Advantage Packs Now Available for Autodesk 2011 Solution for Digital Prototyping
• Subscription Advantage Packs Now Available for Autodesk 2011 Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Products
• Subscription Advantage Packs Now Available for Autodesk 2011 Software Releases
• Synopsys Enhances Synplify FPGA Synthesis Software With up to 4X Faster Runtime and New Team-Design Capabilities
• ZWCAD Selects Siemens PLM Software’s D-Cubed Constraint Solver for Intellicad Based Application
• ZWCAD Software Licenses Parasolid and Additional D-Cubed Components from Siemens PLM Software
• ZWSOFT Announces the Release of ZW3D 2010

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/polls/polls.html. Each week the results of the previous poll will be included in the CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to help you stay on top of trends in the PLM industry.

Take a moment to visit the site and vote on our current poll.

The results for the last opinion poll are:

23% of respondents continue to execute at least half of their design work in 2D. This would not be surprising if the responses were representative of global practice. We know that a lot of design on a worldwide basis is still done using 2D drawings (note that 2D design can be quite appropriate for certain situations such as basic turned parts). The interesting factor in this survey is that almost 1/3 of respondents report that they do ALL of their design in 3D. This indicates that many organizations are abandoning 2D altogether. We can only assume that these are companies that design products at the higher end of the product complexity scale.

A follow on question is to understand how many companies continue to use drawings to communicate their design work to manufacturing and to their partners. We will pose this question in a future poll.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

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