Flow Science is among ten New Mexico businesses – headquartered in Abiquiu, Albuquerque, Alcalde, Santa Fe and Taos – who have been named winners of the 2014 Venture Acceleration Fund (VAF) awards. VAF was initiated in 2006 by Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), the company that manages Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), to stimulate the economy by supporting growth oriented companies. “Since the VAF was initiated in 2006, Los Alamos National Security has invested approximately $3 million in 49 New Mexico businesses,” said David Pesiri, director of the Feynman Center for Innovation. “Now it’s a community effort, with Los Alamos County, the city of Santa Fe and MEP stepping forward to partner with us. It’s encouraging to see that the payback triggers we implemented in 2013 are already creating sustainability for the fund.” Pesiri said. The grant awards are administered by the Regional Development Corporation’s Los Alamos Connect program in coordination

Configit A/S today announced its acquisition of 100% of the shares of 3Dfacto A/S from private shareholders. Configit, headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with offices in the UK, USA, Germany, India and China, is a fast-growing, independent software vendor that offers third generation configuration solutions to companies with product configuration needs. Configit was founded in 2000 as a direct result of groundbreaking academic research by Professor Henrik Reif Andersen and Dr. Henrik Hulgaard, based on the patented technology, Virtual Tabulation. This technology has redefined what is possible with configuration in terms of complexity and speed and supports sales of complex products in the established market for Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) software and the emerging market for Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions. When used for CLM, the software supports the development of complex configurable products from cradle to grave, i.e., from the early concept and design phases throughout the full product lifecycle from

Innovyze announced the worldwide release of the V5.0 Generation of its ICMLive for timely, accurate and reliable catchment forecasts. The new release expands the ability of wastewater utilities and river authorities worldwide to harness the power of real-time data, scenario planning and predictive modeling to transform the operation and management of their collection systems and anticipate and mitigate the effects of extreme weather-related events. A powerful risk assessment and real-time decision making tool, ICMLive enables managers and operators to consider the influence of a full range of catchment factors in the management of flooding and reduction of unregulated discharges; the optimization of storage and existing infrastructure for savings on capital works; and the optimization of pumps to lower energy costs and reduce CO2emissions. The software is designed to work automatically. Once a system is configured, real-time data is continually and automatically harvested and quality-checked. This data can be derived from a number of sources, including

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected ANSYS simulation solutions to model in-cylinder combustion to develop an advanced test engine that will demonstrate fuel-saving and emissions-reducing technologies. The EPA's test engine will help establish the feasibility of meeting recently issued fuel standards through improvements to combustion chamber geometries, fuel injection strategies, fuel composition, valve timing and intake conditions. While physical prototyping and direct tests on real engine hardware can guide engine design, they are very costly and time-intensive. By using ANSYS FORTE, the EPA can experiment with engine design in a virtual setting. As a result, its engineers can quickly and inexpensively make multiple design iterations. ANSYS acquired FORTE as part of its acquisition of Reaction Design earlier this year. "The goal of our Clean Automotive Technology program is to research, evaluate and develop advanced engine and drivetrain technologies that help increase fuel efficiency, reduce regulated criteria emissions such as nitrogen

FOB Direct has been in fabric and garment manufacturing in China and other countries for over 25 years. The company supplies to department stores, specialty chain stores, brands and wholesalers with clients across UK, USA, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Managing production of good quality garments and fabrics from China and Asia is the key area that the company wanted to strengthen through implementation of new technology. FOB Direct used two in-house custom built systems for over a decade. Managing the customization was slow, expensive and running servers for remote access was a financial drain. FOB Direct felt a Cloud-based system was required to successfully coordinate the complex business operations across regions and to save on the IT Infrastructure costs. FOB Direct chose WFX because it did much more than what their present systems did, at half the cost and was also on the cloud. "For a complete system that saves on

Stephen Webster Ltd, founded by one of Britain’s leading designers of luxury jewellery, Stephen Webster, is internationally renowned for its chic and dramatic glam-rock jewellery, with over 200 points-of-sale worldwide and seven boutiques in London, Beverly Hills, Moscow, St Petersburg, Kiev, Vienna and Marbella.  Its pieces have been worn by celebrities such as Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Kate Moss, Sir Elton John, Rihanna and Kate Beckinsale, to name but a few. Edward Slater, head of the company’s CAD department, explained how the company created its jewellery – "Our designers always start with a brief as to the theme and inspiration for a particular project before they sketch out their designs.  Our Jewels Verne or Le dents de la mer collections, for example, were initially inspired by 2000 leagues below the sea.”  Each collection consists of up to thirty or forty pieces, including earrings, rings, necklaces and larger statement pieces, such as cuffs.  The

PTC today announced that it will release its fiscal 2014 third quarter results on Wednesday, July 23rd after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Thursday, July 24that 8:30am Eastern Time. The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site at PTC - Investor Relations. What: PTC Fiscal Q3’14 Conference Call and Webcast                                When: Thursday, July 24th, 2014 at 8:30am (ET)                                          Dial-in: 1-800-857-5592 or 1-773-799-3757 Call Leader: James Heppelmann Passcode: PTC                                          

CADLearning subject-matter experts were awarded more than 20 sessions as part of the speaker selection process for Autodesk University 2014 to be held at Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada December 2nd - 4th. Speakers include Matt Murphy, Award-winning speaker from 4D Technologies and subject-matter expert David Butts, top speaker award winner at AU 2011 and creator of CADLearning for AutoCAD MEP courses and BIM Specialist at Gannett Flemming. "That our team has been awarded nearly 25 classes at Autodesk University 2014 proves to me that we work with the best subject-matter experts in the industry," said Matt Murphy, Director of Content Management and Development. "Team members will share their real-world knowledge on how to improve productivity, performance and interoperability, in various lectures, labs and roundtable sessions.” Additional CADLearning subject-matter experts speaking at the event include Jason Boehning, Seth Cohen, David Cohn, Rick Ellis, Scott Moyse, Steven Schain and Michael Thomas. To view

GRAPHISOFT® announced that a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed with the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA). The MOU signals a commitment to working together for the advancement of architecture and specifically to promoting Building Information Modeling (BIM) knowledge and enhancing professional BIM skill levels among architects in Singapore. The MOU was signed by Tibor Stahl, Director and Colin Kum, Sales Director of GRAPHISOFT Hong Kong Singapore Branch; Theodore Chan, President of SIA; and Mr. Ashvinkumar, Immediate Past President of SIA. The MOU was designed to establish a SIA-GRAPHISOFT Partnership Program to boost collaboration and jointly host seminars, workshops, and events. The Partnership Program includes sponsorship in the following areas: Archifest and ArchXpo Sponsorship (2014, 2015, and 2016) SIA Practice Convention Sponsorship and Knowledge Sharing (2015, 2016, and 2017) SIA Design Awards Category Sponsor (2014, 2015, and 2016) Professional Knowledge Seminars (2014, 2015, and 2016) With this partnership, GRAPHISOFT is committed to sharing deeper knowledge of

Altran UK and Theorem Solutions announced a partnership to implement Product Data Managed (PDM) Exchange, a new solution that allows companies with different CAD and PLM systems to exchange information seamlessly and securely throughout the product lifecycle.  Theorem Solutions will provide the underlying software and technical support while Altran’s engineers and consultants will provide the implementation expertise as part of its Lifecycle Experience solution. “The new partnership between Altran UK and Theorem Solutions will enable our clients to collaborate electronically using complex product data without having to use the same PLM or CAD products,” remarked Mike Simms, CEO of Altran UK. “This missing link in the PLM story has forced OEMs to impose CAD systems and PLM processes on their supply chains, holding back innovation. We intend to release this brake by giving companies back the incentive to invest in their own competitiveness. The technology offered by Theorem Solutions will be a