CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 7 January 2011

7 January 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Location	Date	Pricing & Registration
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	February 28-March 4, 2011	Registration Info
Neumarkt, Germany	May 9-13, 2011	Registration Info
Boston, Massachusetts, USA	June 20-24, 2011	Registration Info
Oslo, Norway	September 26-30, 2011	Registration Info
Birmingham, United Kingdom	October 24-28, 2011	Registration Info
Santa Clara, California, USA	December 5-9, 2011	Registration Info

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Acquisitions

• GoEngineer Announces Acquisition of Texas Engineering Systems

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Inc. Announces Next PLM Certificate Program�Ann Arbor, Michigan; Next Professional Certificate Program To Be Held In Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 28�March 4, 2011
• CIMdata’s New European Office Keeps all of Europe within Easy Reach
• CIMdata Announces the Results of its Effective Product Cost Management Poll
• CIMdata Posts New Poll on Mechanical Product Design Practices
  

Company News

• Altium Establishes Electronics Design Laboratory With Suzhou University
  
• Avatech Solutions Announces Name and Stock Ticker Symbol Change
• Bentley Names Gus Bergsma as Vice President of New Sales Organization Serving Small and Medium Enterprises Worldwide
• Boundary Systems to Offer PTC Creo Products
• Dassault Systèmes Promotes Innovation as Lead Sponsor of EyesOn Design Competition Inc
  
• Dassault Systèmes Reinforces its Field Operations: Jeff Ray Promoted to Executive Vice President, Geographic Operations
• JETCAM Signs New Dealer in Korea for Aerospace Sector
• PTC’s Support for FIRST Robotics Competition Continues to Focus on STEM Education for Youth
• Visual 2000 Taps Eiger for Canadian Business Development Role
  

Events News

• Announcing COE 2011 Annual PLM Conference Technical Education
  
• Delcam CRISPIN to Show More Productive Footwear CADCAM at WSA
• Delcam to Highlight Aerospace Success at Aero India
  
• Delcam to Show Extended Dental CADCAM Range in Chicago
• Extensible CAD to Demonstrate InspectionXpert® at SolidWorks World 2011
  
• Extra Speed at Autosport International with WorkNC V21
• Geometric to Showcase Products for Machining Automation at IMTEX 2011
  
• Learn How Direct Modeling Keeps Leading Manufacturers on Top
• Nemetschek Vectorworks, buildingSMART Alliance and Nemetschek Scia Present openBIM Webinar
• SolidWorks World 2011, Jan. 23-26, San Antonio, Texas
  
• SURFCAM V5.1 to Showcase at SolidWorks World 2011
• Synopsys Showcases DesignWare Sonic Focus, Arc Processor Cores and MIPI IP at CES 2011
  

Financial News

• EDA Consortium Reports Revenue Increase for Q3 2010
• OpenText to Report Second Quarter Financial Results on Wednesday, February 2, 2011
• Surfware Reports 13% Increase in Sales Growth for 2010
  

Implementation Investments

• Customer Case Study: On Target With Edgecam
• Delcam’s ArtCAM Produces Dies in a Day
• E³.series Eliminates Electrical Design Pain for CNC Machine Tool Retrofit Company A-Tec Systems
• IMAGINiT Technologies Secures $5.6 Million Contract
• IMPSA Expands Investment in ANSYS Solutions for Wind and Hydro Turbine Innovation
  
• Jilin University’s College of Automotive Engineering Provides Students and Faculty With MathWorks Software School-Wide
• Precision Engineering Company Alphateq Selects Siemens NX-based CAD/CAM Solution from Majenta PLM
  
• Project Based Manufacturer Huber SE Selects IFS Applications to Streamline Business Processes
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies Introduces Industry’s First Design and Test Solution for 3GPP LTE-Advanced
• Apriso Joins PTC’s PartnerAdvantage™ Program
  
• CFdesign 2011 Winter Update Cuts Simulation Time in Half Collaboration
• CFdesign 2011 Winter Update Provides New Smoke and Thermal Tools for Architectural and MEP Engineers
• e-SPECS® Version 6.0 Includes Revit Keynote Management, Project File Management and Enhanced BIM Integration
  
• MecSoft Products Support SolidWorks 2011
  
• Mentor Graphics Selects 6WINDGate Packet Processing Software for Optimized Multicore Development
• MWH Soft Surge Product Line Revs Up Modeling Performance; Breaks Size Barrier for Analyzing All-Pipe Water Networks
  
• News for ZWCAD Veterans: 50% Discount off Upgrade Fee
• NIAEP Partners With Intergraph® to Develop a Solution for Nuclear Power Facilities Design and Construction
  
• PartMaker Version 2011 Now Available
• Synopsys' New DesignWare Sonic Focus IP Solutions Deliver Exceptional Sound Through Standard Speakers
• Tech Soft 3D and ShapeSpace Announce ShapeSpace Enterprise Solution Built with HOOPS 3D Exchange
  
  

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:

The results of this poll are rather disappointing given the importance of product cost to competitive marketing. The poll shows that very few companies are actually employing Design to Cost techniques during product development. However, among companies with whom CIMdata consults, lowering product cost remains a major competitive marketing strategy. One that is given plenty of emphasis by business planners, but apparently is not actually taken very seriously by product development organizations.

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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