Arena Solutions today announced a new deployment of Arena PLM by ilumi®, a leading provider of intelligent, simple and innovative wirelessly controlled LED lighting solutions, to manage all of their design and manufacturing data, including sophisticated microelectronics and precision fabricated parts, for the manufacturing of ilumi Smartbulbs. In April 2014, ilumi 'swam with the sharks' on ABC's "Shark Tank," a result of which attracted billionaire, Mark Cuban, to become an investor in the company. Based in Dallas, Texas, ilumi transforms ordinary things into extraordinary experiences, starting with the reinvention of the light bulb. The innovative ilumi color tunable LED Smartbulbs are wirelessly controlled from a free iOS or Android app using Bluetooth® Low Energy. Deemed the world's smartest lights, each ilumi Smartbulb includes RGBW LEDs, a microprocessor, a Bluetooth radio with meshing capability, and other electronic components that allow a user to adjust, set, and program the color and brightness of their lighting to

Aras® today announced that Japan-based Sinfonia Technology Co., Ltd., a leading developer of industrial power supply and motion control equipment for multiple critical industries, has selected the Aras solution suite for enterprise PLM. The breadth and flexibility of the Aras Innovator® platform will help Sinfonia Technology standardize product development, and introduce and manage a wider portfolio of products as the company pursues a strategy of global growth in industries that increasingly impose new safety regulations on manufacturers, such as semiconductor equipment and transportation. “Our semiconductor equipment and transportation customers continuously seek innovative products and solutions that drive efficiencies and increase safety. Using Aras, we can free up engineering time and deliver more of the new products that have made us the preeminent manufacturer of power supply and motion equipment in the world,” said Yoshikado Kitazawa, Standardization Group Leader, Electrical Products and System Works, at Sinfonia Technology. “The Microsoft-friendly technology stack behind

Visual 2000 International announces manufacturer Pentex are implementing Visual End-2-End™ suite of software products. The London-based firm is one of the UK's leading suppliers to the high street. Pentex's Finance Director, Paul Reeves, commented "we pride ourselves on working with our customers to produce the perfect collection, whilst taking into account margin and delivery deadlines. We undertook detailed market evaluation to find the most efficient and modern solution to support us, which is Visual 2000. We will now be able to connect all departments for total visibility within a 'one stop application', including all overseas manufacturing facilities which is exactly what we wanted. It's exciting to combine our business growth with new fashion technology." Visual 2000 UK Managing Director Tony Mather confirmed "we are delighted to be working with Paul and his management team on this project. Pentex are an established, respected business in a fast moving sector and will benefit from Visual's Rapid Deployment Process (RDP). This will

UTAT today announced it received an in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software and Maya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd, with a commercial value of $10.1 Million. The in-kind grant gives students access to the same technology that companies around the world depend on every day to develop innovative products in a wide variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, machinery, shipbuilding, high-tech electronics and many more. Graduates with this type of software training are highly-recruited candidates for advanced technology jobs. The in-kind grant was provided by Maya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd and Siemens PLM Software's academic program that delivers PLM software for schools at every academic level. Siemens PLM Software is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services. Maya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd is a leading developer of simulation CAE and DCIM software. The in-kind grant for UTAT includes Siemens PLM Software's NXTM software, a leading integrated solution for computer-aided design,

FEA Training Consultants Inc., a licensed engineering company and authorized SolidWorks value added reseller specializing in SolidWorks 3D CAD design, SolidWorks Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and SolidWorks Fluid Flow (CFD) Analysis, is pleased to announce its relationship with MakerBot. FEA Training Consultants Inc. is now the authorized MakerBot Distributor in Canada, bringing MakerBot 3D products including MakerBot Replicator 2X, MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer, MakerBot Digitizer – Desktop 3D Scanner, the recently released MakerBot Replicator Mini -Compact 3D Printer, MakerBot Replicator (Fifth Generation Model), MakerBot Replicator Z18 Desktop 3D Printer to all the Provinces of Canada. MakerBot traditionally sold its 3D printers and scanners through its own online MakerBot store based in USA. The new relationship with FEA Training Consultants Inc. will enable MakerBot to further distribute its products effectively to new markets in Canada. Under the new agreement, FEA Training Consultants Inc. will distribute MakerBot 3D printers which include, MakerBot Replicator

CNC Software Inc., has partnered with Machining Cloud GmbH to provide Mastercam users direct access to the cutting tool product data available on the cloud. This reduces the frustration and time associated with obtaining the tooling information needed for their programming, simulation, and other shop floor activities. Machining Cloud's mission is to provide the manufacturing community a single source of access to complete and up-to-date product data from the leading manufacturers of cutting tools, machine tools, and work holding. Through the Machining Cloud tablet and desktop apps, Mastercam users will have access to a rich set of software features including cutting-tool selector, configurator, and advisor. Upon completion of the Mastercam Machining Cloud Interface, the cutting-tool manufacturers’ descriptive, usage and geometric information, and application knowledge will be readily available for users to directly apply to their Mastercam system. "CNC Software, Inc. is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art software tools for CAD/CAM manufacturing markets. Our

 PDF Key takeaways: Innovation is a top priority and primary growth driver as cited by many executives, but research from both Pricewaterhouse Coopers and IBM reflect that fewer than 20% of CEOs believe their investments are paying off The biggest challenge is not coming up with enough ideas; it is sifting through the deluge of competing ideas to identify and focus on the best in which to invest Product innovation is too critical a business process to be left to spreadsheets, documents, or PowerPoints, disconnected from the rest of the product value chain Oracle’s Innovation Management solution supports innovation by bridging the gap between selecting innovative ideas and transitioning the best ideas into profitable products to gain more satisfied customers Product Innovation Consistent product innovation has long been the “Holy Grail” of product development. As you would expect, product innovation is often cited as a top priority by most executives today. However, recent studies from Pricewaterhouse Coopers[1]

Steve Fennessey, Director of Business Innovation, Imaginatik Steve Fennessey is Director of Business Innovation for Imaginatik. His focus is on helping organizations build a systemic and sustainable innovation capability to significantly improve their profitability and business operations. Through a mix of consulting and advisory, hands-on innovation projects, program management, and an award-winning enterprise software platform, he helps clients develop their innovation capability into a permanent competitive advantage. He has been providing innovation and technical consulting services to fortune 100 clients such as Eli Lilly, Dow, and Procter & Gamble for two decades. A graduate of The Ohio State University with a BS in Aeronautical Engineering, he got his commission in the US Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer.In 1994, he resigned his commission to start his commercial career in product development and innovation.  

Rasterex Software released version R16.0 of their popular desktop viewers for Windows. Version R16 continues to serve the hundreds of thousands of users throughout the world with updates, improvements and fixes. Although AutoCAD version 2015 has been supported already since it was launched by Autodesk, the R16 provides a full featured and complete support for AutoCAD 2015 based on Teigha 4.0.0 libraries. Another format which is important for their customers, is SolidWorks. The new version R16 has full support for SolidWorks 3D and 2D up to and including latest version 2014. As always, they have included a number of generic bug fixes and improvements into version 16. Version R16 introduces a “perfect office option”, a very significant improvement for their customers who rely on a perfect rendering of MS Office files or Open Office files. The “perfect office option” utilizes the users’ own automation manager (included in all MS Office and Open Office installations) to render office files perfectly. RxView allows users to view &

CCE announced the immediate availability of its updated Unified Interop (UIOp) libraries. The UIOp libraries were revised to support attributes that represent entity names in the native CAD system along with instance path. Persistent identifiers are now supported in Creo, NX and CATIA V6 translators. CATIA V5 and SOLIDWORKS persistent identifiers have been enhanced to provide unique identifiers for every instance in the assembly. "We've increased the speed of translation and support persistent id's across more CAD platforms," said Vinay Wagle, CCE's V.P. of Sales and Marketing. "Our newest UIOp release includes customer requested enhancements to process points, store component level attributes and more." UIOp's CATIA V5 translator now allows grouping of translated entities into respective geometric sets (PartBody, Geometric sets, Ordered Geometric sets) providing applications the ability to display the model tree as it appears in the native CAD system. Support for publications has been improved by providing access to published vertices