CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 28 September 2012

28 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 Publishes “Beyond Simulation Data Management”

Acquisitions

• MSC Software Acquires Composite Material Simulation Leader e-Xstream

Company News

• Altair is Named Computer Software Company of the Year and Earns a Gold Stevie® Award at the 2012 American Business AwardsSM Ceremony
• Autodesk and Dar Al Riyadh Drive BIM Adoption in KSA
• AVEVA Expands Partnership with CNPDC in China
• AVEVA Signs Strategic Alliance MOU with SEDIN Engineering
• Dassault Systèmes and HYDROCHINA CHENGDU Establish Partnership to Provide Hydropower Engineering Industry Solution Experiences
• Nemetschek Vectorworks and IES Form Strategic Partnership
• SPRING Technologies Signs PLM-SYSTEMS as New Reseller in Tunisia, North Africa
• Tekla Launches in Bangladesh
• TradeStone Software Promotes Chris Morrison to Chief Operating Officer

Events News

• AVEVA Presents the ‘Future of Plant Design’ at ADIPEC 2012
• CimatronE 11 to be Previewed at BI-MU, Italy
• Delcam CRISPIN to Show New Footwear Software at SIMAC
• Delcam to Show New DentMILL Dental Milling Software at Dentech China
• Jotne and Lockheed Martin to Host Seminar on New Technologies for Engineering Data Interoperability
• Lantek Brings its Most Powerful Sheet Metal Software Solutions to EuroBLECH 2012
• Objet and DemaPlasTech to Exhibit Advanced 3D Printing Technologies at AfriMold 2012
• PCO Innovation 2012: The PLM Forum That is not to be missed
• Radan to Highlight WebQuoting and Bending at EuroBLECH
• Spontech Spine to Present at Aras ACE 2012 Germany Conference October 16-17
• TradeCard to Showcase the Power of Extending PLM into the Supply Chain at Technia Innovation Forum

Financial News

• 3D Systems Announces Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Third Quarter and Nine Months 2012 Results
• ESI Group: Results for the First Half of 2012/13
• Lantek Increases its Turnover by 8.3% in the First Half of 2012
• Oracle Reports Q1 GAAP EPS up 15% to 41 Cents; Q1 NON-GAAP EPS up 11% to 53 Cents
• Rand Worldwide Reports Fiscal Year 2012 Results
• Successful 1st Semester Results for Missler Software

Implementation Investments

• Applied Instrument Technologies Deploys SofTech’s ProductCenter PLM
• Autodesk Product Design Suite Helps Position Turkish Auto Company for Global Success
• Day2Night Uses SolidWorks Software to Bring Convertible Heels to Market
• Engineers India Limited (EIL) Implements Tekla BIM software
• Petrofac Selects Technology from Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Solutions
• With Lectra Fashion PLM, Baroque Streamlines Development and Communication for Moussy

Product News

• 3D3 Solutions Introduces the HDI Blitz 3D Scanner at TCT Live 2012
• AddCAD 3D Parametric Architecture App Bundled with ZWCAD; Adds Power to the Already Powerful AutoCAD® Alternative
• All Formtek Software Products Now Available for the Alfresco® 4 ECM Platform
• Altair's Latest Compute Manager Offers Built-In 3D and 2D Visualization of High-Performance Computing Simulations
• Arena Solutions Enriches BOM Creation Software for Electrical Engineers
• Cadence Allegro Accelerates Product Creation Through Efficient Collaborative ECAD Environment Using Microsoft SharePoint
• Cadence Releases OrCAD 16.6
• CADLearning Product Offering Expands with the Release of Enhanced eBooks for AutoCAD and Autodesk Revit
• CES Selector adds more for Metals, Materials Substitution and Selection, and Environmental Design
• Dassault Systemes Announces New Capabilities for Five Key GEOVIA Mining Applications at MINEXPO 2012
• GRAITEC launches 'GRAITEC BIM Connect' for Autodesk Revit 2013
• i GET IT® Training, 3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro 3D Mouse Productivity Bundle – Enhanced Engineering Efficiency
• Intercad Launches SolidWorks 2013 in ANZ
• Intergraph® Releases CAESAR II® 2011 R1 for Advanced Integration with Smart 3D and SmartPlant® Review
• Latest Javelin Targets Time-Saving and Efficiency
• New Sponsorship Program Supports Students & Teachers in Manufacturing Education
• PDF3D ReportGen Doubles Format Types, Adds PDF
• ProPlus Design Solutions Unveils Innovative Design for Yield Software
• Rapidform XOV Adds New Probe-Based Measurement and Speeds Up Inspection
• SimpleCAD to Offer 4 Different Flavors of Piping Symbols for Engineers
• Zuken’s PCB Design Suites Add Support for Xilinx's Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs

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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