CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 14 January 2011

14 January 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions & Mergers

• Altair Engineering Acquires ACUSIM Software
  
• GRAITEC GmbH and CSI, the 2 German Subsidiaries of GRAITEC Group, Merge on January 1st, 2011
  

CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces the Appointment of Richard McFall as Director of Global Business Development
  

Company News

• AspenTech Marks 30 Years of Innovation and Leadership in the Process Industries
  
• Autodesk Helps Inspire Tomorrow’s Engineers Through FIRST Robotics Competition
• CD-adapco Announces Academic Paper Contest
  
• CIO Study Reveals Need for Renewed Focus on Innovation
• Delcam Chosen for UK Advanced Manufacturing Delegation to India
  
• FISHER/UNITECH Delivers Higher Quality Education with Adobe Connect™ Learning Management System (LMS)
• Inauguration of the Institute for Innovation and Competitiveness under the Patronage of Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economic Affairs, Finance, and Industry. Lectra, Institute Founding Partner
• InterDyn BMI and New Vision Engineering Solutions Partner to Provide Training and Implementation for PTC Customers (Creo/ WindChill/ ProductPoint)
• Jasper Design Automation Opens Israel R&D Center
• Majenta PLM Wins Three Major Awards from Siemens Industry Software
  
• Magma Names Maggie Chen to Head Taiwan Operations
• Si2’s OpenAccess Standard Gets Multi-Threading Capabilities
• Technology Will Play a Big Role in Making The Food Safety Modernization Act Successful According to Infor
• WorkNC Promoted Throughout Turkey by Sescoi’s New Distributor, Armada Yazilim
  

Events News

• Aras Sponsors PLM Innovation Congress 2011 in London
• Cimatron, BFW to Showcase Blade Machining Capabilities
• Delcam to Show Extended Dental CADCAM Range in Birmingham
  
• Delcam to Show Latest Orthotics CADCAM Software in Chicago
• ESPRIT World Conference 2011 to Take Place from May 23-27 in Miami, Florida
• Former NASA Astronaut to Speak at ESPRIT World Conference 2011
  
• 48th Design Automation Conference User Track – for Users by Users
• Geometric to Unveil CAMWorks® 2011 at SolidWorks World 2011
• Jasper Announcing Newest Formal Verification Technology at EDSFair, Yokohama, Jan. 27-28 – Booth 002
  
• SESCOI Partners with IMTMA to Showcase the “Digital Factory” Paperless Manufacturing Concept at IMTEX, India
  

Financial News

• Cadence Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results Webcast
• Infosys Technologies Announces Results for the Quarter ended December 31, 2010
  
• PTC to Announce Fiscal Q1 Results on Wednesday, January 26th And Host Conference Call on Thursday, January 27th at 8:30 am ET
• SAP Announces Record Fourth Quarter 2010 Software Revenue
  

Implementation Investments

• ARBURG Saves Money and Delivers High Quality with Zuken’s CR-5000 CAD Software
  
• Catalog Data Solutions Catalog and CAD Download Solution Selected by StainlessDrains.com
  
• Cimatron Helps Giant Mold Maker Push Efficiency to the Limit
• City of Alexandria, Louisiana Selects Autodesk Infrastructure Solutions to Help Improve Planning, Design and Management of Utility Assets
  
• Customer Case Study: Electrifying Performance From Edgecam
• Delcam Supports GKN Aerospace Ice Protection Project for Boeing Dreamliner
  
• Fishman & Tobin Advances to YuniquePLM to Manage Expanding Global Operations
• 5-axis WorkNC CAM Software Optimizes Machine Utilization at Prospect Mold
• IFS Signs 5-Year Support Contract With Eurofighter
  
• Lawrence Tech Implements CATIA as Design Tool Standard in OEM-supported Transportation Design Program
• Lifestyle Fashion Brand Mondetta Implements BlueCherry® Enterprise Software
  
• Mazda Adopts Synopsys' Virtual Prototyping Solution for Electronic Control Unit Verification
• MecSoft’s VisualMILL for SolidWorks Helps in Manufacturing of Custom Racing Flange
• Precision Engineering Company Alphateq Selects Siemens NX-based CAD/CAM Solution From Majenta PLM
  
• SKF Lubrication Publishes New CAD Product Catalog by CADENAS
• solidThinking Expands and Diversifies International Client Roster
• SolidWorks Helps Amtrak Keep Rolling
• Springsoft’s Certitude Functional Qualification System Deployed by Fujitsu Semiconductor to Further Improve Verification Quality of Automotive Microcontroller
  
• Synopsys Speeds Equivalence Checking by 2X at Nuvoton
• TracePartsOnline.net 3D Catalog Community Reached One Million Registered Users and Delivered 23 Million CAD Models in 2010
  

Product News

• AVEVA Measures Cost and Time Savings for Instrumentation Design
• Cadence Boosts Verification Productivity for Complex FPGA/ASIC Design
• Dassault Systèmes Announces Isight 5.0 from SIMULIA for Simulation Automation and Design Optimization
  
• Geometric Releases eDrawings Professional for Pro/ENGINEER Version 8.0
• Intergraph® Releases New Version of Enterprise Viewing and Markup Software
• Lattice Technology Launches XVL BOM Assembler
• Localized Version of Vectorworks 2011 Product Line Now Available in Japan
  
• Mentor Graphics and Dongbu HiTek Jointly Release Technology Design Kits for Analog-Intensive BCDMOS Chip Development
• Moldex3D Announced the Official Release of NX Interface for Moldex3D/eDesign
• PTC Launches Mathcad® Prime™ 1.0
• Schott Systeme 13 Year CAD/CAM Price Freeze
• Siemens PLM Software’s UniCam FX and Test Expert Simplify and Enhance Setup for PCB Manufacturing and Test Processes
• Siemens PLM Software Releases New Versions of Two D-Cubed Components
• Synopsys Announces Android Operating System Support for DesignWare ARC Processor Cores
• 3Dconnexion 3D Mice Help Google SketchUp 8 Community Design, Build and Share with Greater Ease and Control
  
• Vuuch Enterprise Social System 4.0 Is Announced Social Technology for Product Development Revolutionizes Product Team Productivity
  
  

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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