CD-adapco™ today announced its renewed membership with the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), the first public-private partnership focused exclusively on the unique needs of the medical device community. MDIC made tremendous progress in the first year by bringing together the key players in the field of Computational Modeling and Simulation (CM&S). This momentum will drive collaborations between industry, academics, non-profits and regulatory agencies. This allows CD-adapco to demonstrate the power of its CM&S tools in the support of benchtop testing and clinical trials, and to further develop its capabilities to serve this emerging market. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, MDIC is designed to create a collaborative environment where industry, government, non-profits and other experts can work together to advance pre-competitive medical device innovation. MDIC focuses on regulatory science: the tools, standards, and approaches that are used to assess a product’s safety, effectiveness, and performance. By fostering breakthroughs in regulatory science, MDIC aims not

Carlsson will discuss how Volvo Car Corporation plans to double its sales by 2020. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 29 July 2014 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Volvo Car Corporation’s  Senior Advisor for Virtual Manufacturing and PLM Anders Carlsson will kick-off  PLM Road Map™ 2014 with a keynote presentation that will address how a global brand with just 0.5% of the world automobile market can stay competitive.  In his keynote address, “The Volvo Journey,” Carlsson will discuss how Volvo Car Corporation (Volvo Cars)  intends to fulfill its vision of selling 800,000 cars per year by 2020 – an increase of  nearly 100% over current sales. Volvo Cars’ future is about getting as much product to market as quickly as possible and to achieve this goal their plans call for lead time to be reduced by 50%. He will also demonstrate  how Volvo Cars’ investment

SPEC Innovations (Systems & Proposal Engineering Company) is pleased to announce the release of Innoslate 3.0, a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) tool. Innoslate 3.0 allows for greater full lifecycle power through Requirements Management and Analysis, MBSE, and DoDAF integration. Innoslate 3.0 has made a notable difference in the way systems engineers can solve their engineering problems. Now you have even further integration across the lifecycle with the addition of the DoDAF 2.02 Dashboard. Users can see real time statistics on their diagrams, models, and projects through the Project Dashboard. Along with increased speed of performance, Innoslate 3.0 has added many new noteworthy features including: Project Dashboard The Project Dashboard displays model maturity checker, a notification system, real-time model statistics graph, and feedback panel. Keep team members up-to-date on project status, database changes, and model maturity with one easy-to-understand dashboard. DoDAF 2.02 Dashboard Develop your architecture in their new dedicated DoDAF Dashboard which includes all the

Having hit the ground running, Simulation, Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM), has already demonstrated its capabilities in facilitating the organization and planning of your simulation processes. Bolstering its initial steps following a meticulous approach, BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the release of v1.0.3 with fixes on reported and noted issues. About SPDRM Addressing the problem of contemporary CAE community to integrate data, processes and resources, BETA CAE Systems S.A. brings forth a new solution for driving high quality and effective virtual product development procedures. This new software tool, the Simulation Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM), provides a simple and intuitive way to capture, deploy, and manage CAE process workflows by integrating the resources, the tools, and the data associated with these.  Reflecting a deep understanding of the demands of simulation and its role in the enterprise, it couples with the enterprise PDM system and integrates CAE into higher level business processes by

Infor today announced that materials related to the Infor investor conference call on Monday, July 28, 2014, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, are provided on the Investors section of Infor's website. Dial-in details for the July 28th investor call are as follows: US/Canada Dial-in #: (800) 215-6437 Int'l/Local Dial-In #: (706) 758-2754 Conference ID # 76417196 A digital recording of the conference will be available for replay two hours after the call's completion. To access the recording, guests will use the Dial-In Number and the Conference ID listed below: Encore Dial In #: (855) 859-2056 or (404) 537-3406 Encore Dates: 7/28/2014 14:00 EDT - 8/11/2014 23:59 EDT Conference ID # 76417196

Dassault Systèmes announces the availability to the public and the filing of its 2014 Half-Year Financial Report with the French Autorité des marchés financiers. The half-year condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report are established in accordance with the IFRS standards. This Half-Year Financial Report is available on Dassault Systèmes' website at http://www.3ds.com/investors/regulated-information/. Hard Copies of the Half-Year Financial Report are also available upon request at Dassault Systèmes' headquarters, 10 rue Marcel Dassault -- CS 40501, 78946 Vélizy-Villacoublay cedex, France.

ICAM Technologies Corporation (ICAM) is pleased to announce that it will launch CAM-POST FOUNDATION at IMTS 2014 (booth E-3217).  CAM-POST FOUNDATION is an entry-level 2/3 axis NC post-processor development software that can be easily upgraded to more advanced ICAM products that support multi-axis machining applications and other advanced technologies such as mill-turns, waterjets and wire EDMs. Available under a monthly lease, CAM-POST FOUNDATION allows users to create unlimited 2-axis lathe and 3-axis mill post-processors behind popular CAD/CAM systems such as CATIA, Mastercam and NX. Manufacturers can now take control of their manufacturing environment by easily and quickly creating, modifying and managing their own 2/3 axis post-processors without relying on third-party products and services. CAM-POST FOUNDATION includes 50 metric and 50 imperial controller-based post-processors that are ready to execute inside CATIA, Mastercam and/or NX.  All these post-processors can be edited to add specific machine tool functions (spindle speed, block numbering, coolant start, program header preferences,

The International Woodworking Fair® is the trade show where furniture manufacturing, cabinetry, architectural woodworking, material processing and other related industry professionals from all over the globe will come to find products they didn’t know existed that will help their company succeed. The 2014 edition will be held in Atlanta from August 20th to 23rd and Missler Software will present live demos on booth #4222. The French software developer will exhibit TopSolid’Wood, its integrated CAD/CAM software solution. Here are some of TopSolid’Wood new functionalities which will be showcased at the event: A fully integrated CAD/CAM nesting system for interior design. A true 3D modeling system, ideal for complex custom designs including curves. A customizable user interface. A powerful rendering. Missler Software reinforces its presence in the American market and establishes a WOOD division. A successful TopSolid’Wood Camp took place in Charlotte, NC, in June, presenting to the end users the new features of the 2014 version of TopSolid'Wood and focusing

System Insights has teamed with Autodesk to deliver a joint solution based on VIMANA by System Insights and Process Analysis 360 from Autodesk. Both companies will exhibit IMTS in September to demonstrate the new capability. Often factory planned and actual manufacturing processes fail to match plant personnel. Frequently industrial companies lack the capabilities to effectively change manufacturing processes for optimum performance. The solution combines Use Process Analysis 360 by Autodesk for planning and improved processes based on historical and real-time manufacturing analytics provided by VIMANA. The combination of these two powerful solutions can be seen at: http://processanalysisvimana.autodesk.com/.  Ryan McMahon, Senior Product Manager at Autodesk stated, “Marrying VIMANA with Process Analysis 360 provides an exciting new set of capabilities to our customers. Comparing planned to actual production processes is critical to optimizing manufacturing and helps companies dramatically improve the accuracy of their planning.” Dr. Athulan Vijayraghavan, CTO and Co-Founder of System Insights shared, “We are

Altair recently acquired EM Software & Systems - S.A., makers of FEKO® electromagnetic field analysis software. FEKO is now becoming part of Altair's computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite HyperWorks®. With this move, Altair gains a local presence in South Africa with tremendous depth of industry expertise. Personnel in Stellenbosch will be responsible for all Altair sales and support activities in the region. Altair's technology allows businesses to create superior, market-leading products efficiently and cost effectively. Apart from several modeling and visualization products, HyperWorks offers analysis and optimization for structural analysis and lightweight design, computational fluid dynamics, multi-body system performance, manufacturing process simulations for metal and polymer extrusion, sheet metal forming simulation, and more. "Altair's flexible software licensing model replaces traditional licensing plans with a pay-per-use system, which means that users can use multiple applications for a unit-based flat rate rather than paying for each license," explains Gronum Smith, newly appointed country manager for