Centric Software® is pleased to announce that UK menswear brand Percival has successfully gone live with Centric PLM™ on time, on scope and on budget. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Percival, a London-based menswear brand known for ‘Subverting the Classics’, has been on a steady growth trajectory since it was founded 10 years ago. With global distribution through an increasing portfolio of wholesale partners including Nordstrom, Liberty and Brown Thomas, Percival continues to redefine classic menswear through a contemporary lens. It releases four quarterly seasons, creates innovative brand collaboration capsules throughout the year and has a current stock of a few hundred SKUs—a number that continues to climb

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that PT Hana Fashion has selected Centric PLM™ to streamline product development and drive business growth. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Hana Fashion is a Jakarta-based direct-to-consumer (D2C) fashion company specializing in trend-driven women’s fashion. Established in 2019, Hana Fashion manages the entire go-to-market process in-house, including design, product development, sourcing, sampling, production, marketing and distribution. Hana Fashion operates three brands: Hana Fashion, Bigins and Eraya and sells them exclusively on online platforms such as Shopee and Tiktok. With a strong local presence and ambitions to expand to neighboring markets, Hana Fashion is focused on finding a way to bring trend-aligned fashion to

Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes brand and leading provider of clinical trial solutions to the life sciences industry, announced that Medidata Clinical Data Studio, its AI-powered data management solution and an integral part of the Medidata Data Experience, has seen a rise in adoption with many of the industry’s major players. In the past 18 months, biopharmaceutical companies and contract research organizations, including Eisai, Bioforum, ICON, Corcept Therapeutics, Everest Clinical Research, and ClinChoice have selected Clinical Data Studio to unify data review, improve trial oversight, and drive operational efficiency. “As clinical trials become more complex and data-intensive, life sciences organizations are under increasing pressure to unify their data and analytics strategies to drive smarter, faster decision-making,” said Nisarg Shah, practice director, Everest Group. “Medidata Clinical Data Studio is at the forefront of this transformation with a next-generation platform that seamlessly integrates AI, advanced analytics, and deep domain expertise. With its end-to-end capabilities, Medidata empowers

CGTech is pleased to announce the release of Icam Suite V26, delivering major enhancements to post-processing automation, tool and diagnostic management, and tighter integration with Vericut for improved manufacturing efficiency and precision. Icam V26 introduces powerful new features to simplify setup, improve traceability, and streamline workflow between NC programming, post-processing, and simulation — all while enhancing safety and reducing programming time. Smarter Post-Processing with Automation and Look-Ahead Icam V26 includes a new automatic rotary axis clamping/unclamping algorithm, which now intelligently manages clamping based on axis movement and operation type. It also introduces a look-ahead feature for better control at the start of each operation — enabled through an updated CLAMP section in the Questionnaire and new system variables for advanced customization. To complement this, the release adds $FCLINFO(), a powerful new macro function for fast, selective look-ahead of cutter location data — offering the benefits of $FINFO() with significantly faster performance. Better Diagnostic Control and Visibility Diagnostics are

Symetri, part of the Design Management division, announces that it has acquired the part of TPM Inc, in USA, whose offering is based on software from Autodesk and Bluebeam. The acquired business has six employees and is expected to generate approximately SEK 28 million in net sales in 2025. TPM is based in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, and offers a wide range of digital solutions for manufacturing, design automation, graphic design, and CRM. The part of TPM now acquired by Symetri provides solutions based on Autodesk and Bluebeam software, with most of its customers in the AEC sector but also with a significant portion of customers within the manufacturing industry. "This acquisition strengthens our market position in the U. S., particularly in the southeastern region. Our new colleagues share our values, and we look forward to working with them to maintain and grow existing and new customer relationships," says Jens Kollserud, CEO of

Bechtle AG has acquired the Spanish IT service provider Grupo Solutia Tecnologia S.L, headquartered in Seville with additional offices in Madrid and Murcia. Founded in 2005, Grupo Solutia is well established in the public sector and enjoys an excellent reputation in the Spanish market. The company generated nearly 100 million euros in revenue in the past financial year and currently employs 637 people across Spain with a broad and diversified IT services team. With this acquisition, Bechtle is increasing its team in Spain fivefold and significantly expanding its capabilities in workplace solutions, software development, and IT services. Over the past 20 years, Grupo Solutia has grown into a specialist in IT services for public-sector clients, focusing particularly on healthcare and education. Bechtle and Grupo Solutia have a long-standing history of successful collaboration on various customer projects. The Bechtle Group companies in Spain—Bechtle direct, iDoo and Prosol—and the new acquisition complement each other perfectly in terms

CLO Virtual Fashion, a global leader in 3D garment design and visualization technologies, is thrilled to announce its acquisition of swatchbook, an innovative digital materials solutions provider based in California. This major move positions CLO as the largest digital fabric database company in the world, enhancing the fabric content and design experience for all users within CLO’s comprehensive ecosystem of products and services. Since establishing a technical partnership in 2017, CLO and swatchbook have shared a commitment to revolutionize the fashion industry through seamless digitization experiences for brands and suppliers. With the largest digital library of fabrics and materials in the industry, swatchbook has developed intuitive and smart applications that redefine material sourcing and management. Their solutions have transformed the way brands collaborate with their supply chains, enabling design and visualization with real-time analytics—accessible anytime, anywhere, on any device. swatchbook currently serves a diverse clientele across North America, Europe, and Asia,

Hexagon AB has announced the sale of certain non-core business assets within its Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial (SIG) division. These divestments will allow Hexagon’s SIG division to focus on its core software portfolio, particularly its fast-growing public safety business, ahead of the potential separation of Octave. Most of the purchase is by Bart & Associates (B&A), which has acquired several business assets out of Hexagon US Federal, including IT services supporting the US Federal market, geospatial data production services, and the supply of ruggedized hardware for enabling cyber assurance and situational awareness. In addition, Hexagon has exited a smaller reseller business of APIs and related services designed to solve challenges in mapping and geospatial positioning. Most of the products sold in these businesses are not sold elsewhere across Hexagon. In 2024, the divested businesses contributed around 90 MUSD in revenues in total, with a level of profitability in line with similar services

Siemens AG announced that it has completed the acquisition of Dotmatics, a leading provider of Life Sciences R&D software headquartered in Boston and portfolio company of global software investor Insight Partners, for an enterprise value of $5.1 billion. With the transaction now completed, Dotmatics will form part of Siemens’ Digital Industries Software business, marking a significant expansion of Siemens’ industry-leading Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) portfolio into the rapidly growing and complementary Life Sciences market. The acquisition of Dotmatics strengthens Siemens’ position as a global leader in AI-powered PLM software and enables Siemens to scale its technologies into Life Sciences to fully address growth opportunities in this market. Dotmatics’ Scientific Intelligence Platform, Luma, and its industry-leading scientific applications enable AI-powered multi-modal drug development, seamless collaboration, and contextualized data creating a connected digital thread across the research-to-production value chain. “With Dotmatics, we’re building a new era of innovation in Life Sciences. From research through

Vasi Philomin has been appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Data & Artificial Intelligence, effective July 1, 2025. In this role, he will further accelerate the development and growth of Siemens’ comprehensive AI portfolio to create additional customer value. Siemens is rapidly scaling and expanding its AI-powered offerings, which currently includes 35 applications – among them, the award-winning Industrial Copilot. Under Philomin’s leadership, the company will also drive the development of an industrial foundational model that delivers industrial-grade AI for customers – designed to be safe, secure, reliable, and trustworthy. He will report directly to Peter Koerte, Member of the Managing Board, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, Siemens AG. Philomin joins Siemens from Amazon, where he most recently served as Vice President of Generative AI, leading Amazon Web Services' (AWS) AI product strategy. At Amazon, he was instrumental in building Amazon Bedrock and overseeing the development of foundation models.