CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 31 August 2012

31 August 2012

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata PLM Late-Breaking News Announcement
• CIMdata Publishes “CAD Selection Considerations: Product Assemblies”
• Ford IT Executive, Mark Johnson, to Join the Keynote Line-up at CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™ 2012

Acquisitions

• Autodesk Continues Strategic Investment in Product Lifecycle Management with Acquisition of Inforbix

Company News

• Advanced Technologies Solutions Earns Simulation and Structural Engineering Specializations
• Autodesk Now Counts 20 Partners with Platinum Status
• Edgecam Helps Nuclear Manufacturers
• GRAITEC is Partnering with DMS Software Co Ltd in China
• Hagerman & Company Announces new President, CEO
• MecSoft Announces New Reseller in India
• Tata Technologies Earns Autodesk simulation Specialization and Autodesk PLM 360 Specialization Certifications

Events News

• AVEVA World North America User Conference Opens Registration
• Delcam Announces over 50 Partner Stands at IMTS
• Delcam to Host Fifth GTMA Emerging Technologies Event
• Delcam to Show Latest in CADCAM at Advanced Engineering Events
• Get to Know KOMPAS-3D at AMB Fair, Hall 4, Stand A27
• GibbsCAM to Support Multiple Machine Tool Builders at IMTS
• IMTS Gives Engineers the Opportunity to see all of Sescoi’s Manufacturing Software
• Increased Manufacturing Efficiency for Composites Applications
• MachineWorks Family of Engines at IMTS 2012
• Oracle Executive Keynote Lineup for Oracle OpenWorld 2012 Announced
• Registration Now Open for Aras Community Event 2012 Germany
• Social PLM 2012, the Global Virtual Conference and Exhibition in PLM, Engineering and Product Design Is Getting Bigger
• Spatial 3D Insiders’ Summit 2012 to Highlight New Product Releases
• SPRING Technologies Showcases NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS at the AMB 2012 Show

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Product Design Suite Helps Develop Custom Furniture in Half the Time
• Denso Gains Significant Productivity and Quality-of-Results Advantages with Cadence Mixed-Signal, Low-Power Solutions
• P/A Engineering Selects MSC Nastran & Patran to Analyze Complex Composite Components
• The Thai-German Institute Adopts ZW3D CAD/CAM for Manufacturing Technology Training

Product News

• Autodesk and hyperMILL® Team up for Seamless CAD/CAM Workflows
• CoreTech System and Computational Mechanics Laboratory Announce the Release of Moldex3D with the Russian Language Interface
• DigiPara adds BIM Functionality to DigiPara® Liftdesigner Software
• FANUC Controllers to Offer Advanced Simulation and Clash Detection
• Infor Delivers Infor VISUAL for Multi-Site Organizations
• Innovyze Releases InfoNet and InfoNet Mobile V13.0, Expanding Its Asset Integrity Management and Condition Assessment Toolkit
• Latest Autodesk SketchBook Pro Delivers the Ideal Digital Artist Toolkit
• Luxion Releases KeyShot 3.3
• Mastercam’s Design Tools Provide Flexibility and Ease of Use
• Nuage Adds New Capabilities to Nuage Café, The Company’s Social Business Collaboration Platform
• Project Document Management Gains from Updated Autocad® 2013 Integration in Latest Columbiasoft Release
• Saldlab LLC Announces Fidesys-online
• SmartCAM V19.0 Released
• Zero Wait-State Announces New Services for Small and Medium PLM Users
• Zuken Announces Enhanced Integration of Board Designer with Agilent Technologies Advanced Design System 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:

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.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

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