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NC Market Grew 5.4% in 2013 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 19 June 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the 2014 CIMdata NC Market Analysis Report (MAR), the twenty-third annual study of the global Numerical Control (NC) market. CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide NC software and related services market grew by 5.4% in calendar year 2013. The estimated end-user payments grew from $1.56 billion in 2012 to $1.64 billion in 2013. The market growth rate reflects solid overall NC spending, continuing the recovery from the downturn in the global economy. CIMdata projects that in 2014 growth in manufacturing will continue and end-user payments for NC software will increase by 6.3% to $1.74 billion. Since 2002, the NC software market has shown modest but steady growth as global economies generally improved. There has been worldwide growth in the sale of machine

CONTACT Software has enhanced its CATIA Workbench Fast Concept Modelling (FCM) in the area of automated batch mesh generation. The new FCM Version 4.4 now delivers a greater degree of automation when using solvers. This makes it easier to prepare model variants for the downstream CAE processes. This speeds up design decisions and accelerates the comparison of variants (e.g. with regard to the configuration of a vehicle), opening up significant time and cost savings for companies across the entire development process. The new release also provides the option of using the FCM Fast Section Master module as a stand-alone solution. For users in the automotive manufacturing industry, this means that the associated CATIA variant generation functionality is significantly enhanced in the packaging process (video). With FCM 4.4, time-consuming manual preparation of the CAD models for computer simulation can be shortened or at best completely avoided. When passing geometry data to the MSC Nastran

ESI Group announces the release of CEM Solutions 2014. Providing relief from cumbersome processes using different simulation methods, CEM Solutions 2014 offers EMC experts, equipment designers and system integrators an all-in-one solution integrating hybrid and coupled processes to address challenges across a wide electromagnetic spectrum. Cars of the future will be smarter, safer and more connected. Manufacturers envision a new driving experience, offering even more security, comfort and infotainment capabilities than today. With sophisticated sensors, hundreds of processors and kilometers of wiring, onboard electronics account for up to 40% of the total manufacturing cost and mastering the overall electromagnetic compliance and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) of a fully equipped vehicle has become a key challenge. To address the growing complexity, in the context of shortened development cycles and the desire to reduce the number of real prototypes, ESI offers comprehensive Virtual Prototyping solutions that can be deployed to pre-certify safe and reliable electromagnetic systems. CEM Solutions 2014 integrates all major time

BIMobject® announced today that the new version of the BIM object cloud integration App for Autodesk Revit is now ready and available for free download at the Autodesk Exchange Store. The App is completely free of charge for all Revit users worldwide, giving the user a toolset to find, source, update and check BIM objects supplied through the BIMobject® Portal completely integrated in their BIM software. The integration is completely unique and is the best-in-class web service integration inside Revit. The App has functions to quickly browse the BIMobject® Portal online and find real products from real manufacturers. A simple click to download and the BIM objects are loaded in the Revit user’s project, ready for placement and further configuration. These features and much more is included in the 2.0 version of the BIMobject® App, here is a shortlist of new functions: Completely rewritten and optimized for the new version of Revit Enables

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today announced the availability of its MOSES software for hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis of offshore platforms and vessels under the Bentley SELECT licensing program. MOSES is the global leader in the analysis and simulation of complex offshore structure transport and installation projects. Moreover, its functionality covering stability, motions, and mooring studies of floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units and floating platforms has made it the mainstay for engineering teams to reliably meet stringent offshore code requirements, reduce project risks, and increase safety. Now, through a SELECT subscription, MOSES users can gain access to additional benefits, including: anytime software upgrades, at no additional cost, via SELECTserver 24/7/365 support SELECT Open Access Portfolio Balancing license pooling within a given country license usage reporting Bentley’s SELECT Open Access is a no-cost commercial innovation providing any electing subscriber with unrestricted portfolio-wide access to a “playlist” of applications comprising the recommended mix of software for their respective disciplines on a given project. Subscribers then benefit from convenient and cost-effective Quarterly Term Licensing for incremental

Omnify Software today unveils its latest Empower PLM application story featuring Cytonome, a developer and manufacturer of advanced cell purification systems. Cytonome adopted Empower in order to create a cohesive product development environment to share data among engineering, manufacturing and purchasing via an automated process and prepare for their first International Organization for Standardization (ISO) audit. Cytonome has an innovative focus to developing new products, where engineering develops concepts in parallel with manufacturing during the prototype phase. More efficient communication between these departments was the drive to adopt a PLM system. The company was managing product development with tools that did not communicate with each other. Information had to be manually entered into separate systems which took up valuable employee time, introduced costly human data entry errors and resulted in systems containing incorrect or out-of-date information. With Omnify Empower, Cytonome was able to create an efficient and compliant product development environment by establishing automated processes

3D Systems hosted an investor and analyst day last week and today recaps key highlights: Forecasts $1 billion in annual revenue for 2015 with expanded operating margins consistent with anticipated faster return of P&L leverage and higher gross profit margins Raised FY 2014 revenue guidance, kept non-GAAP earnings per share guidance despite share count increase from recent secondary offering Plans to deploy recent capital raised around its “3 M’s”: materials, medical and metals for advanced manufacturing use cases and for its Quickparts global expansion Previewed continuous, high speed “racetrack” 3D printer capable of jetting material 50x faster than existing technology that readily integrates with traditional manufacturing workflows Expects higher consumer revenue contribution in the second half of 2014 from the rollout of several key products and key partnerships A full replay of the event is available on the investor relations section of the company’s website.   

OPEN MIND Technologies AG is presenting at the 25th Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solution Expo DMS. OPEN MIND will present the CAM solution hyperMILL® Version 2014.1 from 25 to 27 June 2014 at stand East 11-34 of the Tokyo Big Sight. The new release offers many automation functions for a more efficient programming. In the current version the user interface of the ‘Single Blade’ application has been improved and simplified. The proven method for the selection of the geometry and to automate the machining of impellers and blisks is now also available for blades. The geometry selection is now carried out centrally via a specially designed feature. New tool, new strategies The progress in machining production often lies in the development of tools and their intelligent use. New in hyperMILL® 2014.1: Improvements for reamers, barrel cutters in different designs and lens cutters. Measuring probe support has also been added. The quality assurance processes

Violin Memory®, Inc., a provider of all-flash storage arrays and appliances delivering application solutions for enterprises, announced that it has entered into a strategic reseller partnership with Tata Technologies. Tata Technologies will integrate and configure high-speed flash array solutions into their global product lifecycle management (PLM) customer base looking to enhance the performance of their business critical applications. “Our customers reflect organizations who rely on product data and lifecycle management to drive increased innovation and faster time-to-market. Violin’s proven success in deploying large all-flash arrays in high velocity database applications represents a tremendous opportunity for accelerated PLM performance” “Our customers reflect organizations who rely on product data and lifecycle management to drive increased innovation and faster time-to-market. Violin’s proven success in deploying large all-flash arrays in high velocity database applications represents a tremendous opportunity for accelerated PLM performance,” said Joe MacLellan, Associate VP, Partners at Tata Technologies. “Applications like product lifecycle management, and increases in

PROLIM has been recognized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in USA and also been named as one of Michigan's 50 companies to watch by the Cassopolis-based Edward Lowe Foundation. PROLIM is working with a major US based University for implementation and support on a new PLM Digital Manufacturing Innovation Lab and also has implemented several automotive and aerospace programs to help global teams on PLM and engineering programs in the US, Japanese and European markets. Crain's Detroit Business is the leading business news distributor’s magazine of insightful information has published an interview with Prabhu Patil, President and CEO of Prolim Global Corporation on his vision and industry insights. Below is the link to the excerpts of the interview; Prabhu Patil’s interview with Crain's Business: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140608/AWARDS07/306089997/prolim-global-corp Crain's 2014 Annual Salute to Entrepreneurs, honour's winning companies that have demonstrated growth and innovation. Winners are featured in the June 09 edition of Crain's