CIMdata
8 July 2005
CIMdata PLM Industry Summary
News and Information on Product Lifecycle Management
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PTC
to Acquire Leading Enterprise Publishing Company Arbortext for $190 Million
PTC announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arbortext,
Inc. for $190 million in cash. Arbortext serves 1,700 customers worldwide
in multiple industries, including discrete manufacturing, life sciences, financial
services, insurance, publishing and government. With this acquisition, PTC
will ...
UGS
Expands Relationship with Microsoft to Develop Comprehensive New Integration
Between Teamcenter and Microsoft Business Solutions
UGS Corp . announced that it has expanded its relationship with Microsoft®.
This expansion will include the integration of Microsoft's business application
management platform and UGS' Teamcenter® product lifecycle management
solutions to provide...
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Acquisitions
- Autodesk Completes Acquisition of European Geospatial Leader c-plan
- NVP Portfolio Company Arbortext to be Acquired by PTC for $190 Million; NVP Portfolio Companies Generate Over $1 Billion in Exit Values During Last 18 Months
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Company News
- Cimatron Names Danny Haran President and CEO
- Delcam Expands Shanghai Office To Meet Growing Demand
- Free Offer of X-CAD Parametric 3D CAD Software Garners Huge Response
- Hitachi Consulting Explores Product Lifecycle Management Trends and Innovations with Technology Companies
- IRISCO Issues White Paper On CAD/PLM To ERP Data Exchange
- i2 Completes Sale of Trade Service Corporation
- Mark Sears Named Chief Operating Officer at SolidVision
- New OMG Data Distribution Interoperability Standard Will Support Network-Centric Operations in Multiple Environments
- New Portuguese Distributor For OptiTex Software
- Shaping the Future Together: ProSTEP iViP Science Days 2005: Cross-Domain Engineering
- 3DCADTips.com Adds Over 1,500 Resources In June
- Zuken Announces Start-Up Company Novacad, as European CADSTAR Distributor of the Year
Financial News
- Intergraph Announces Date for Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results
- MSC.Software to Host Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter Results
- Surfware Reports 24% Growth in 2005 Second Quarter
- Synplicity Announces Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Webcast
Implementation Investments
- Airchannel Streamlines Lifecycle Processes with IFS Applications 2004
- ASUS Adopts Mentor Graphics Printed Circuit Board Tools; Expedition, DxDesigner and XtremePCB to Decrease PC Motherboard Design Times
- Clarity from Niku Fuels New Product Development with People Powered Innovation; Growing List of Customers Using Clarity to Manage NPD Lifecycle from Idea Generation through Product Delivery
- Jordan, Jones & Goulding Wins 2005 BE Award; F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center Named Top Project in ''Plant: 3D Modeling'' Category
- Leading Manufacturer of Nanopositioning Technology Selects SSA Global
- Ricardo Selects LMS Test.Lab For Global Powertrain And Vehicle NVH Development
- Technia Delivers PLM solution to Mobitex Technology
- Utah Department of Transportation Wins 2005 BE Award
Product News
- Atos Origin Collaborates with Microsoft on Visual Studio 2005 Team System
- Camstar Aligns with Microsoft and Asyst Technologies to Support Interface A Standards for Semiconductor Manufacturing
- CCE Announces Release of CAT5Edge—CATIA V5 to Solid Edge Direct Translator
- CoCreate Introduces OneSpace Live!
- CYA Delivers HOTBackup Enterprise 3.3; Offers Support for EMC Documentum 5.3; Adds New Enhancements
- DXN Speeds Selection and Translation of Information from Large Assembly Files
- DRCAUTO Release SuperTools 2006—New Command Library For AutoCAD LT 2006
- KollabNet Debuts a Powerful New Suite of Systems Engineering Tools at INCOSE 2005
- Magma Licenses IBM Physical Synthesis and Routing Technology
- New Version Of Microsoft Office Importer Can Duplicate Existing Symbology From Previously-Imported Spreadsheets
- OpenDXM® Now Offers Even Greater Ease of Use and Flexibility
- Webcast to Launch Latest Toolkit Product from Tech Soft America
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