CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 14 September 2012

14 September 2012

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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PLM Road Map™ 2012 is the must-attend event for industry executives and PLM practitioners globally—providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the industry germinate and take root. Anyone scanning the front page or business section of any newspaper, or the landing pages of news Websites, would be certain that the business sky is indeed falling. While in general most companies in the US and Europe are not hiring, they still need ways to make the people they have more productive to better compete in global markets. PLM Road Map™ 2012 is a strategic conference focused on how companies are successfully employing PLM strategies and enabling solutions to meet challenging product development, manufacturing, and deployment issues. Join leading analysts from CIMdata and key industry players as they their share experiences in making technology work.

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata Announces the PLM Industry Consortium
• Speaker Lineup for CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™ 2012 Announced
• Staying the Course and Upping the Ante: The 2012 Siemens PLM Software Analyst Event: A CIMdata Commentary

Acquisitions

• ESI Group Acquires OpenCFD Ltd.
• Infosys to Acquire Lodestone, a Leading Management Consultancy Firm
• Siemens to Acquire Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH, Specialist in Product Cost Management Software

Company News

• Altair ProductDesign to Support Development of the New Edison2 Very Light Car
• AVEVA Extends Global Reach of Engineering Information Management Solutions
• Cabinet Expands Regional and Vertical Reach Adding Five New VARs
• CADline Ltd Earns Process Plant Specialization
• Delcam Polska Opens Second Office in Katowice
• DIPRO of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program
• ESI Group Opens its First Office in Russia
• Equalis Appoints dhs ELMEA Tools GmbH as its Solutions Partner for Austria and Germany
• Granta Design Signs Master Software License Agreement with United Technologies for Materials Information Technology
• MecSoft Corporation Partners with MekanoCNC
• NT CADCAM Appointed Master Reseller for TransMagic Software
• PADT, Inc. to Distribute VCollab CAE Collaboration Solutions in Southwestern US
• PTC Exclusive CAD and Collaboration Sponsor of FIRST ® Tech Challenge Competition
• Sandvik Coromant and Siemens to Standardize Vendor Catalogs for Cutting Tool Industry
• SCSK Corporation of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program
• SQS Brings Software Quality Expertise to the Manufacturing Technology Centre

Events News

• AVEVA Celebrates its First 45 Years at Gastech 2012
• Cadence Hosts Mixed-Signal Technology Summit
• CGTech to Feature VERICUT at Siemens PLM Europe
• CimatronE Mold Making Solution on Show in China
• Delcam Japan to Show Latest in CAD and CAM at JIMTOF
• Geomagic and Xisis to Demonstrate the Latest Developments in 3D Scan, Design and Manufacture at TCT Live 2012

Financial News

• ESI Group: Sales for the 1st half of 2012/13: €44.7 million (+22.2%)

Implementation Investments

• AVEVA NET Selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s Largest Chemical Producers
• Cochlear Limited Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform for Implantable Hearing Solutions
• Dallan Selects Siemens PLM Software Technology for Enterprise-Wide Product Development Platform
• Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Adopted by Dana Holding Corporation to Improve Project Efficiency
• Delcam adds 40,000th Customer – Lifetime Products Inc
• Ports 1961 Selects Centric Software PLM to Manage Apparel Collections
• WorleyParsons Extends Commitment to AVEVA Plant Portfolio

Product News

• Actran 13.0 Delivers Performance, Functionality, and Ease of Use for Acoustics Simulation
• Altair Partners with TES International to Further Expand the Thermal Analysis Tool Set Offered in its Partner Alliance Program
• ASCON Group Releases Beta Version of Enhanced PLM Solution for Small to Mid-Sized Companies Worldwide
• Autodesk Liberates Designers with Industry’s First Cloud-Based Pay-As-You-Go Simulation
• Blueprint to Simship with Upcoming Release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012
• CADENAS PARTsolutions adds Autodesk® Revit® 3D BIM Modeling Format
• Dassault Systèmes Simplifies 3D Design with SolidWorks 2013
• End-2-End Solution Solves Multichannel Challenge for Fashion Retailers and Brands
• Enfocus Solutions Inc. Enhances and Expands its Requirements Management Resources
• InfoWorks TS V13.0 Delivers Greater Accuracy, Speed, Usability, and Innovation in Hydraulic Transient Analysis
• MathWorks Introduces New Releases of MATLAB and Simulink
• Mentor Graphics Extends UVM Connect to Support OVM
• MSC Software Announces a New Fatigue Materials Testing Service
• Sigmetrix Releases Latest Version of GD&T Advisor Software for PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® And Creo®
• SpaceClaim and First Trace Announce Integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and Kinnosa
• SpaceClaim® And Simerics® Announce Integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and PumpLinx®/Simerics MP
• Workflow, Training and Support Content for AutoCAD Added to Pinnacle Series

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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