CIMdata PLM Industy Summary 20 April 2012

20 April 2012

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Location	Date	Pricing & Registration
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA	May 14-18, 2012	Registration Info
Oslo, Norway	June 11-15, 2012	Registration Info
Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas, USA	September 17-21, 2012	Registration Info
Stuttgart, Germany	October 15-19, 2012	Registration Info
Amsterdam, The Netherlands	November 12-16, 2012	Registration Info
Cypress, California, USA	December 3-7, 2012	Registration Info

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Acquisitions

• 3D Systems Acquires Paramount Industries

CIMdata News

• Analytics, PLM Converge Amid Data Tsunami; A Ceaseless Search for Sustainable Advantage
• Autodesk’s One Team Conference 2012
• CIMdata Reports That Global NC Market Grew 14.4% in 2011
• Optimizing Product Cost by Leveraging Infor10 PLM Process (Optiva)

Company News

• Autodesk Expands 2012 Platinum Club to Recognize Channel Partners Globally
• AVEVA releases business paper on Sustainable Energy Management
• Beijing Aokai Fuhui Technology Co., Ltd Becomes Altair’s PBS Works Primary Distributor in China
• Bridging The Gap Between Woodworking Industry And High School Students
• Concurrent Analysis Corporation Announces Certification with Autodesk Inventor 2013
• Delcam Appoints Solid Applications Ltd as the UK’s Exclusive Reseller of Delcam for SolidWorks
• Fujitsu and MasterControl Announce Strategic Partnership
• Nemetschek Vectorworks and MAXON Computer seek entries for 2012 Rendering Competition
• Objet Signs a Distribution Agreement with CIM Co., Strengthening Foothold in the Mexican 3D Printing Market
• Siemens PLM Software and Oakland University Develop New Course to Prepare Students for STEM Jobs
• SGI and Altair lead efforts for Power Efficient Exascale Computing
• The vdR Group Announces Partnership with Alcove9, Developers of Advanced Search Technologies

Events News

• Cimatron to Showcase Innovative NC Solutions in Korea
• Cimatron Powering Mold, Die & 5-Axis Production in Japan
• Efficient process automation and optimized offline programming with CENIT
• Maxion Wheels to Present at Aras ACE International Conference May 1-3
• Emal sponsors ‘Mechatronics Symposium’
• Omnify Software and CADD Edge Launch Product Lifecycle Management Seminar Series
• PROLIM Global Corporation to Sponsor Aras ACE International Conference
• Record Attendance at GibbsCAM 2012 Reseller Conference

Financial News

• CENIT Posts On-Year Sales Growth of 15.7% and EBIT growth of 57.9%
• Cimatron Receives Court Approval for Cash Distributions to Shareholders
• EMC's First-Quarter 2012 Earnings Results Available on EMC.com
• IBM Reports 2012 First-Quarter Results
• Infosys Announces Results for the Quarter and Year Ended March 31, 2012
• Lawson Products, Inc. to Report Q1 2012 Financial Results
• SofTech Announces Q3 Fiscal Year 2012 Operating Results

Implementation Investments

• AVEVA partners with Teesside University for Engineering Training Course
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor (MCO) Chooses TactonWorks for Customization of Large Scale Compressors and Turbines
• Newbrands Chooses Centric Software PLM System
• Poyry Selects AVEVA PDMS as Preferred 3D Engineering Design Tool
• Renesas Adopts Synopsys' Proteus LRC for Lithography Verification
• Semperit AG Selected MSC Software's Marc to Optimize the Development of Elastomeric Products

Product News

• aPriori Expands Enterprise Capabilities with Latest Release of its Product Cost Management Platform
• AVEVA Laser Modeller Reduces 3D Modelling Time by up to 50%
• Dassault Systemes Launches Industry’s Best Multi-version Compatibility with New V5 Release 16
• Design Presentation Introduces Virtual CAD Expert Program for Outsourced Drafting and CAD Design
• FISHER/UNITECH to Provide SolidWorks Plastics
• GstarCAD Offers Convenience for Reusing PDF-based CAD Drawings
• Hagerman and Company Announces Autodesk 2013 Software Release Events
• Infor and Oak Barrel Software Enhance Supply Chain Collaboration and Speed Product Development for Process Manufacturers
• Latest Release of ZW3D CAD/CAM Includes Lightworks Artisan
• Lectra Announces the Launch of its Versalis® Furniture Range
• Mentor Graphics Adds MIPI Protocol Verification IP to the Questa Verification IP Library
• Mentor Graphics New Questa Platform Functionality Boosts Productivity across the Verification Spectrum
• New AVEVA Electrical offers Marine market up to 30% man-hour savings
• New Release of Bentley Descartes Extends Bentley’s Comprehensive Point-cloud Processing and Management Capabilities
• PLM Flex Introduces Advanced Search with Flex Approve 1.4
• Siemens' New Active Workspace: Tool Helps Find Info from Many Applications
• SGI and Altair Lead Efforts for Power-Efficient Exascale Computing
• Share-A-Space 7.3 Released
• SmartMouse and a Different Ribbon Added to the Next Version of ZWCAD
• Mentor Graphics Moves BridgePoint UML Editor to Open Source Domain
• Tekla BIMsight 1.5 BIM Tool is Now More Global and Easy to Use
• ZW3D CAD/CAM Integrates Lightworks Artisan for 3D Rendering

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:

What we learn from this poll is that more companies are planning on maintaining or increasing their PLM activities in 2012 than not; by far - nearly 80% versus 21%. This is very good news on two counts. First, it suggests that PLM strategies are in place at most companies, and that those companies continue to invest. Second, it indicates that the economy for companies using PLM continues to improve as they are continuing to commit resources to their PLM initiatives. CIMdata's recent release of the PLM market numbers (PLM supplier revenues) for 2011 supports this as well, showing growth in the key comprehensive PLM space in excess of 15%, well above CIMdata's own market growth expectations. For more information please visit http://www.cimdata.com/.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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