CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 11 February 2011

11 February 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	February 28-March 4, 2011	Registration Info
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA	June 20-24, 2011	Registration Info
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Company News

• 5 Horizons Group Announces Partnership with TradeStone Software
• Graphics Systems Named Top SolidWorks Subscription Provider
  
• Strengthening of ESI Scientific Committee: Appointment of Prof. Genki Yagawa
• Zuken Expands its Sales Reach in North America through Partnership with Reseller TSI
  

Events News

• Altair to Introduce AcuSolve to HyperWorks Community at 2011 Americas HyperWorks Technology Conference in Orlando
• Delcam to Promote Aerospace Services at AeroDef Show
• Delcam to Show Integrated CAM for SolidWorks and More at CIMT
  
• Delcam to Show Robot Machining and Inspection Developments at JEC
  
• 48th Design Automation Conference Appoints Paul McLellan as DAC Knowledge Center Managing Editor
• IMAGINiT Technologies Hosts BIM 360 Virtual Conference
• Learn How Direct Modeling Keeps Leading Manufacturers on Top (Webcast)
• NEi Software Introduces a Free FEA Mobile Application, NEi Stratus
  
• PLM & ERP Integration Among Topics of February Webinars Hosted by To-Increase
• Tribold Promotes Enterprise Product Management at Mobile World Congress 2011
• VERICUT Users Have Their Say
  

Financial News

• American Software, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2011 Preliminary Results Conference Call on the Web
• Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter Fiscal 2011
• CENIT Releases Preliminary Figures for 2010
  
• Cimatron Announces its Intention to Register its Shares for Dual Listing on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
• Cimatron Reports its Highest-Ever Revenues and Operating Profit in Q4/10
• CONTACT Software Continuing on the Road to Success; Considerable Growth in 2010 and Very Good Prospects for 2011
• Dassault Systèmes Reports Strong Growth in Revenue, Earnings and Operating Margin for 2010
  
• IFS Reports Improved EBIT and Continued Profitable Growth
  
• Knovel Doubles New Business Growth in 2010
• [Lectra] 2010: An Outstanding Year, with Record Financial Performance in Future
  

Implementation Investments

• Axis Denim Upgrades to CGS BlueCherry to Support Global Operations and Growth
  
• BISSELL® to Implement aPriori for Product Cost Management
• Delcam’s ArtCAM Used to Design Fruity Furniture
• Manufacturers Turn to Infor for Product Lifecycle Management
• Premium German Automaker Implements Dassault Systèmes’ V6 PLM Solutions as New Platform for Embedded Systems Architecture, Integration and Design
  
• SEKTAM Works Smarter with MyWorkPLAN Job Shop Software
• Thomas & Betts Corporation Yields Quicker Sales Leads With Digital Part Catalog From PARTsolutions
• Tukatech Installs Additional TUKA3D Systems for Digital Sample Development at Matrix in Bangladesh
  
• VIA Technologies Adopts Mentor Graphics Calibre PERC for Critical ESD Checking
• VISTAGY Renews Status as Technical Partner to Lotus Renault GP
• Wipro Supports NV Energy’s Future Plans of Growing Its Distribution Business
  

Product News

• Aras and HCL form Partnership to Develop Next-Generation PLM Solutions
  
• Bentley Delivers eB Insight – the Foundation of Its AssetWise Platform for Asset Lifecycle Information Management
• BlueCielo Launches BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2011 Product Family
• Cadac Group Continues Microsoft Partner Network Membership
• CCE Releases EnSuite 2011
• C&R Technologies Partners with Comet Solutions to provide Next Generation Thermal Analysis Capabilities
  
• ITI TranscenData Releases Proficiency Collaboration Gateway Version 9.0
  
• Lattice Technology Releases Updated XVL Converters
• Luxion Releases KeyShot 2.2
  
• Mastercam QuickPart
• Siemens PLM Software and VISTAGY Enhance Partnership to Meet Growing Demand for Composites Engineering Solutions
• Synopsys and Varian Collaborate on Process Models for Advanced Logic and Memory Technologies
• Synopsys Announces New Technology for Optimizing Multicore Systems
• Synopsys' DesignWare Universal DDR Memory Controller Delivers up to 30 Percent Lower Latency and Increases System Performance
  
• VERICUT 7.1 is Released; User Feedback Drives VERICUT Development
• Visualizing PLM Data in NX CAD Software
  

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.
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