CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 18 February 2011

18 February 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Autodesk Agrees to Acquire Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc.

Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc., a leading provider of simulation software, for approximately $39 million in cash. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected. . .

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Acquisitions

• OpenText Completes Acquisition of BPM Leader Metastorm Inc.
  

Company News

• Actify Announces Actify Europe GmbH
  
• Autodesk Launches Clean Tech Partner Program in Japan
  
• Autodesk Names Steve Blum to Lead Worldwide Sales and Services Organization
• Bentley Launches STUDENTserver Providing Students and Faculty Easy, Self-Serve Access to Bentley Software and Training
• Blue Ridge Numerics Issues 26-Page eZine Focused on Upfront CFD for the Built Environment
• Catalog Data Solutions Provides Online Catalog and PTC Creo Elements/Pro Models for 2011 FIRST® Robotics High School Teams
  
• Cimatron Expands Presence in India with Aditya Infotech Limited
• EDS Technologies Receives Sales Achievement Award from Dassault Systèmes
• Equalis Appoints AEC srl Consulting as its Reseller and Scilab On-line Support Partner for Italy
  
• Geometric Joins ProSTEP iViP Association
• Iowa Western Community College Receives In-Kind Software Grant From Siemens PLM Software Valued at $65.2 Million
  
• Lectra Appoints Adriana Vono Papavero as Managing Director for South America to Maintain Excellent Momentum
• Pro Technologies Expands its Presence with the Launch of Pro Technologies Engineering in the United States
  
• PTC’s PLM Momentum Accelerates as Automotive Industry Evolves
• PTC Reinforces Commitment to Enterprise Customers ITC Infotech now Strategic Services Partner for Enterprise Business Market in India
  
• Resource Group Joins Siemens Solution Partner Program as a Value-added Reseller
• The Dawn of a New Era; Planit's new Global Human Resources Director
  
  

Events News

• ASCON Launches a New Series of FREE Computer-Aided-Design Webinars
• Bluebeam Software to Help Ecobuild Attendees Implement Sustainable Communication Processes
• CGTech Announces 22 North American VERICUT Users’ Exchange Events
• CGTech to Show New Fiber Placement Programming Software Features
  
• CNC Software, Inc. Showcases Mastercam® X5, Unveils New Swiss Software at PMTS 2011
  
• Delcam to Preview New Orthotics CADCAM Software at Five March Events
• Delcam to Promote Healthcare Division at UKTI’s Life Sciences IBIZ 2011
  
• Eurostep Announces the Share-A-space Forum 2011, May 19-20 in Stockholm
• 48th Design Automation Conference Creates “Cool WIP” Initiative
  
• Intergraph® CADWorx® P&ID Professional Data Import and Export Using PIDMO to Be Discussed in February 18th ECE Design Webinar
• MESA International North America & European Conferences Call for Speakers Deadline Extended
  
• PROSTEP PDF Generator 3D Webinars 2011, February 18 & March 3
• Sconce Solutions Presents Free Seminar, “Using Geometric Search to Enhance Automatic Classification and Design Re-Use”, March 24 in Troy Michigan
  
• ShipConstructor Showcases New Software at Seatec Italy
• Thermoplastics Composites Technology Meeting at Delcam

Financial News

• Mentor Graphics Corporation to Release Fiscal Q4 2011 Financial Results on February 24, 2011
• Nemetschek Achieves Record Result
  
• Rand Worldwide Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2011 Earnings
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for First Quarter Fiscal Year 2011
  

Implementation Investments

• Aras Enables Fox Electronics to Speed Time to Market
• Avira GmbH Selects Accept360™ Product Innovation Software
  
• ‘Black Ops Brothers’ Create Jaw-Dropping Vehicles with SolidWorks
• Edgecam Helps UK Space Team Reach for the Stars
  
• IFS and Mälarenergi Develop Mobile Solution for Asset Intensive Industry
• ITC Infotech, in Cooperation with SAP Consulting, Announces Successful Implementation of SAP® BusinessObjects™ Supply Chain Performance Management at Coca-Cola
  
• MediaTek Adopts Mentor Graphics Calibre PERC as Its ESD and Circuit Reliability Verification Solution
• Mitsuba Accelerates Electric Controlled Motor System Development Time with MATLAB and Simulink
• Polaris Makes 4 Year Commitment to aPriori Product Cost Management
• Valley Manufacturing Goes Live on NGC’s ERP System to Streamline Expanding Manufacturing Business
  

Product News

• Achronix and Mentor Graphics Provide State of the Art Physical Synthesis Support for Speedster22i FPGAs
• Agentrics Launches New Product Lifecycle Management Software
• Agilent Technologies’ Latest 3-D EM Simulation Platform Provides Faster, More Accurate Modeling of RF, High-Speed Components
• BETA CAE Systems S.A. Announces the Release of ANSA v13.1.2with New Features and Important Code Corrections for CFD Users
• Comarch Rebuilds its BSS Around Central Product
• Infolytica Corporation Releases MotorSolve v2.5
  
• Lawson Software Introduces Cloud-Based Fashion PLM Solution
• Moldex3D Has Released a New Interface for Moldex3D/eDesign: eDesignSYNC for SolidWorks
• NovaQuest Launches First Release of PLM Productivity Packs
• Optimus Rev 10 Available
• Oracle Announces Oracle Application Integration Architecture Release 3.1
• Planisware, Inc. Announces Planisware Version 5.2 Release
  
• SAP® StreamWork™ Integrates Popular Applications with Support for OpenSocial
  
• Si2’s Low Power Coalition Releases Common Power Format Standard Version 2.0
• solidThinking 8.5 and solidThinking 8.5 Inspired Launch Globally with New Advancements for Industrial Designers, Concept Engineers and Architects
• Tekla BIMsight Revolutionizes the BIM Software Market

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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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