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PTC announced it has completed its acquisition of Kepware, a software development company that provides communications connectivity to industrial automation environments. The acquisition enhances PTC’s portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, and accelerates the company’s entry into the factory setting and Industrial IoT (IIoT). Kepware’s KEPServerEX® communications platform will become a strategic component of the PTC ThingWorx® IoT technology platform. Once the companies’ products are integrated, machine data can be aggregated into the PTC ThingWorx platform, integrated with a wide array of internal and external information, and then automatically analyzed using ThingWorx machine learning capabilities. The integration will allow organizations to gain enterprise-wide insight and to proactively optimize mission-critical processes – enabling them to improve operational performance, quality, and time to market. “With Kepware, PTC will be able to accelerate its delivery of world-class solutions to industrial environments, and help manufacturers, infrastructure operators, and others realize the enormous potential of the Industrial Internet of

Officials from machine tool builder Fair Friend Group (FFG) have chosen ESPRIT CAM software from DP Technology to program its machines as well as to partner with the software vendor. To choose its CAD/CAM system, FFG created a benchmark and tested four CAM software suppliers against it. “ESPRIT was able to cover our specifications better than any other software we investigated. On top of that, the customer support was very knowledgeable, comprehensive and prompt,” states Jürgen Reingen, head of development for FFG. “FFG wanted to find the best CAM solution to program their new NBH P80 machine,” said Martin Biewer, CEO of Prevoma, the German ESPRIT distributor who worked with FFG. “Comparing ESPRIT with other competing systems demonstrated that it was the fastest in programming a wide range of applications.” FFG and Prevoma agreed on a consulting project to demonstrate the software’s capabilities. Prevoma was to set up the machine virtually with ESPRIT and program a mold part mounted on a tombstone

Ricoh India Ltd., a leader in the field of Imaging Solutions & IT Services, today announced,   it is now a Siemens PLM Software reseller for NX software, a leading integrated solution for computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE), and the Teamcenter portfolio, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management software today. Ricoh India Ltd. operates across India through a robust network of 24 offices, and will be utilizing the same network to distribute the software. NX provides a common platform for product development with advanced solutions not only for 3D designing, but for simulation and manufacturing as well. NX for design improves productivity and accelerate product engineering. The latest release introduces new and improved capabilities for 2D concept design, freeform modeling, feature-based modeling, drafting and documentation, and industry-specific design, etc. NX for Simulation solves complex problems faster with advanced 3D simulation, and is a modern simulation environment for performing structural, thermal,

Infor announced a new Infor CloudSuite™ specialization program for alliance partners. The new program allows partners to complete a series of requirements that result in specialization credentials signifying applicable training to help customers move to the Infor cloud. Upon completion of the Infor CloudSuite specialization program requirements, partners will receive formal validation and acknowledgement from Infor, which differentiates that alliance partner from other partners relative to their training regarding Infor CloudSuite™. "We are pleased to have alliance partners that are specially trained to help meet some of the unique needs of our customers. This program is designed to help ensures that every customer is able to take advantage of the speed and flexibility of a modern cloud platform, with the added confidence of a trained partner to help guide the transition onto an Infor cloud solution," said Lisa Pope, senior vice president, Infor. To qualify for cloud accreditation, applicants must have an existing Infor Partner Network (IPN) alliance

PTC  received the IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year Award from marketing analytics and consulting firm Compass Intelligence at the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Compass Intelligence Annual Awards recognize the best mobile computing, wireless data communications, Internet of Things, and eco-friendly products and services offered in the market during the past year. The IoT Innovation Vendor of the Year Award is part of the A-List in M2M/IoT awards category and is voted on by more than 60 industry-leading press and analysts based upon a range of criteria, including vision, strategy, leadership, and financial success. In the past two years, PTC has become a leading provider of technology that enables its customers to harness the value inherent in the Internet of Things. As well, its CEO, Jim Heppelmann, has become a major thought leader, having coauthored two seminal HBR articles that describe the implications of the IoT and offer companies a blueprint to get

Autodesk subsidiary, Delcam, is to be an Event Partner at the DMG MORI Open House to be held at Deckel Maho in Pfronten from 26th to 30th January.  A total of 90 machines will be displayed at the event, including six world premieres. Delcam programs to be featured at the Open House will include the latest releases of the PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining, the FeatureCAM feature-based programming system and the PowerINSPECT inspection software.  The main enhancement in PowerMILL 2016 is the ability to mirror complete machining projects in one operation and to maintain automatically the machining characteristics, for example to specify automatically whether climb or conventional milling should be used in each section of the toolpath.  Previously, only individual toolpaths could be mirrored. Automatic mirroring saves considerable time whenever tooling is needed to produce right- and left-hand versions of a part, such as press tools for the

CAM software developer, BobCAD-CAM, Inc., will host a webinar Wednesday, January 13, 2016 to highlight the all-new CAM programming power inside the new BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS™ V5 software. The new system, which released December 2015, includes more features, modules, and overall system improvements than ever before. This release includes two completely new add-on modules: Mill Turn, a CAM product for multitask machine programming, and BobART, an artistic application. “This is an exciting BobCAM release for us,” explains Cody Sheppard, Senior Technical Advisor at BobCAD-CAM. “There’s been significant enhancements to the system overall, including new toolpaths, a smarter hole making system, new options for custom milling tools, and much more. We’ve also released a BobART module for BobCAM. It’s a popular artistic module that was previously only available in our BobCAD-CAM system. There’s a lot of new features here that go a long way to making programming quicker, easier, and more powerful for

The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 7.1 percent for Q3 2015 to $1957.5 million, compared to $1828.1 million in Q3 2014. The four-quarters moving average, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four quarters, also increased by 8.8 percent. "EDA Industry revenues continued to grow in the third quarter, with IC Physical Design and Semiconductor IP reporting double-digit growth," said Walden C. Rhines, board sponsor for the EDAC MSS and Chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. "Geographically, the Americas, Japan, and Asia Pacific all reported solid revenue growth." Companies that were tracked employed a record 33,430 professionals in Q3 2015, an increase of 5.6 percent compared to the 31,648 people employed in Q3 2014, and up 1.9 percent compared to Q2 2015. The complete quarterly MSS report, containing detailed revenue information broken out by both categories and geographic regions, is available to members of

Datakit will attend the tradeshow SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2016, from January 31 to February 3, 2016, in Dallas, Texas, USA. It is an opportunity for SOLIDWORKS users to experience Datakit tools dedicated to SOLIDWORKS: CrossCad/Plg: Plugins for SOLIDWORKS adding the ability to import or export formats not natively available in SOLIDWORKS. CrossManager: A CAD files converter, to convert most CAD file formats in SOLIDWORKS format, or vice versa, read .sldprt and .sldasm files and convert them to many other formats. The attending software vendors will also be able to discover CrossCad/Ware: Libraries that they can integrate into their own software to make it able to read or write SOLIDWORKS format, or many other CAD formats. Datakit takes advantage of its visit to SOLIDWORKS WORLD to announce the release of its version 2016.1, bringing many improvements in its full range of conversion tools, including SOLIDWORKS 2016 support, making Datakit users able to read all SOLIDWORKS files, including the newest. Search for