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Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, Stio, a leading outdoor lifestyle and technical apparel brand located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, sell and replenish fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care products as well as multi-category retail, to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Stio was founded in 2011 to inspire connection with the outdoors through beautiful, functional products infused with mountain soul. Headquartered at the base of the Grand Teton mountain range, Stio’s collection of men’s, women’s and children’s apparel and gear can be found online and at one of its 13 owned retail stores or select distributors. Technical performance, quality and versatility are hallmarks of its products and sustainability is at the heart of the Stio brand promise. Faced with the challenges
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As a leading service provider, Zeltwanger Maschinenbau GmbH specializes in complex high-quality component machining from the semiconductor, automotive, medical technology and micro-automation sectors. Utilizing CAD/CAM technologies hyperMILL® MAXX Machining, hyperMILL® TURNING Solutions and hyperMILL® VIRTUAL Machining, the company exploits the full potential of OPEN MIND software and also acts as a beta tester. Zeltwanger's customers are demanding. For a company in the semiconductor industry that specializes in laser technology, the contract manufacturer supplies various components that all require the highest precision - from pin-sized stainless-steel parts to 250 kg workpieces machined from three-ton aluminum blocks. “µm tolerances are the order of the day for us,” says Wolfgang Pfeiffer, Head of CAM Programming at Zeltwanger Maschinenbau. “As the batch sizes range from one to series runs of around 500 units, we have to generate between 20 and 60 executable, reliable NC programs each week. To handle this workload, we program in two shifts and need CAM
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We officially announce the 1st Hot Fix of 2025.1 for ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, KOMVOS, SPDRM, ANSERS, FATIQ and RETOMO with critical bug fixes and selected implementations. Known issues resolved in ANSA CAD Import / Export ANSA would cease operating during the input of STEP files, output by Polyworks. GUI Unexpected termination would occur, when the Presentation Parameters toolbar - docked at the Bottom Area - was expanded to display “Draw Shell as Solid” option. Database Browser ANSA would cease operating after drag ‘n’ drop of non-empty Sets/Includes from a list in “Tree View” mode onto other models inside the Models window. Geometry Software abortion would occur, when using the API functions base.PlaneCut() & base.FacesPlaneCut() with the argument entities='all'. Shell Meshing Applying the Fix Quality on 2nd order solid elements could lead to an abnormal termination of ANSA. Also, in case CONS were not aligned, ANSA would terminate upon hovering on CONS, when trying to select Source CONS. Volume Meshing Focusing on Volume Mesh/ Octree,
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BETA CAE Systems announces the release of SPDRM 2025.1.1. This version delivers a number of enhancements and fixes to the users of the most advanced Simulation Process Data and Resources Management software. Enhancements in SPDRM 2025.1.1 Process Design / Execution A new capability has been added that allows MxN slots to receive their input directly from a folder on the file system. Execution time is now drastically reduced for process nodes that generate a large volume of print messages, resulting in faster and more efficient processing, especially on Windows OS. Script API A new script function, process.getAssociatedDMObjects, has been introduced to retrieve associated DM Objects from nodes or workflows. When called without arguments, the function returns the DM Objects associated with the node currently executing the script. When a node ID or a workflow ID is given as an argument it returns the associated DM Objects for the specified node/workflow. Email Notifications From now on, emails sent through SPDRM
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IFS Copperleaf has launched IFS Copperleaf Strategy, a game changing AI-powered decision-support engine that enables executives and finance leaders to accurately evaluate whether planned capital investments will achieve strategic goals. C-Suite executives and financial planning teams will be able to assess investment performance across multiple scenarios, evaluating risk exposure, and dynamically adapting to changing market, ESG, or fiscal conditions—all before capital is committed. Strategic leaders face relentless scrutiny—from shareholders, regulators, and markets. IFS Copperleaf Strategy brings rigor and accountability to AI-powered planning, replacing intuition and spreadsheets with transparent, value-based decisions. Its AI-driven scenario analysis engine ensures every initiative is assessed consistently and pressure-tested under uncertainty, to prove its contribution to strategic business priorities. IFS Copperleaf Strategy extends disciplined capital allocation beyond asset-intensive sectors to any enterprise seeking to ensure every dollar of investment drives measurable outcomes.  “IFS Copperleaf Strategy is the AI brain every C-suite and financial team needs at the investment planning table. At a time when markets are shifting, regulations evolving and stakeholder
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Infosys, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, has developed an AI Agent designed to digitally transform operations in the energy sector. This productivity solution leverages Infosys Topaz, an AI-first offering using generative AI technologies, Infosys Cobalt, a set of services, solutions and platforms for enterprises to accelerate their cloud journey, alongside Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure OpenAI in Foundry Models, and ChatGPT4o. It enhances operations by using conversational AI to transform real-time data into actionable insights, providing critical information, automating reports, and boosting safety, reliability, efficiency and decision-making. The AI Assistant intelligently processes a variety of reports, including well logs, images, plots, and tables, to help streamline operations. In addition, it provides predictive insights and early warnings to anticipate real-time operational challenges, enabling users to better plan work, minimize delays and errors, and access information instantly. This ultimately leads to improved safety and reliability, wellbore quality, optimized operations performance, and reduced non-productive time (NPT). Stephen Boyle,
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Tech Soft 3D, the world leader in providing engineering software development toolkits (SDKs), officially launches HOOPS AI, the first framework purpose-built to unlock AI and machine learning for CAD data. Built for data scientists and machine learning engineers, HOOPS AI unifies CAD access, dataset preparation, and encoding, providing the fastest path from raw CAD data to production-ready machine learning models. Machine learning is transforming industries, but CAD data has remained largely out of reach. Current tools require improvised scripts, fragile workflows, and costly dependencies. HOOPS AI changes that, providing the first framework to build ML models with CAD data. This new toolkit offers data scientists and developers an out-of-the-box environment to prepare their data, manage experiments, and develop ML models at scale. Tech Soft 3D is uniquely positioned to provide this technology, having processed more data than any other CAD data access library provider. The company is building on its decades of experience providing unmatched
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 PDF Increasing focus on its Intelligent Product Lifecycle vision On Thursday, 6 November 2025, PTC announced it had entered into an agreement to sell its ThingWorx and Kepware technologies to TPG,[1] a leading global alternative asset management firm. ThingWorx is a comprehensive IoT platform for industrial enterprises that connects systems, analyzes data, and enables the remote management of devices through a secure and scalable architecture. Kepware facilitates connectivity between industrial automation devices and applications, serving as a communication platform that enables data exchange and integration across a diverse range of industries, including manufacturing, oil and gas, and utilities, thereby simplifying the process of collecting, monitoring, and controlling data from multiple sources. Working together, ThingWorx and Kepware enable companies to gather real-time status and performance information and improve management and optimization of installed physical resources. “We’re pleased to reach this agreement with TPG as we increase our focus on delivering our Intelligent Product Lifecycle vision
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PTC and TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm, announced a definitive agreement under which TPG will acquire PTC’s Kepware® industrial connectivity and ThingWorx® Internet of Things (IoT) businesses (the “businesses”). The transaction would provide the businesses with additional capital and expertise to accelerate growth and further their leadership to meet the evolving connectivity and data needs of manufacturing organizations. TPG will invest in the businesses through TPG Capital, the firm’s U.S. and European private equity platform. “We’re pleased to reach this agreement with TPG as we increase our focus on delivering our Intelligent Product Lifecycle vision for customers through our core CAD, PLM, ALM, and SLM offerings and the ongoing adoption of AI and SaaS,” said Neil Barua, President and CEO, PTC. “With our resources and investments concentrated in these areas, we are confident we can help our customers address their most pressing challenges by enabling them to fully leverage the value
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LeverX, a Global System Integrator and long-standing SAP partner, has officially opened our LeverX AppHaus Miami, a new innovation space designed to foster co-creation, design thinking, and digital transformation across the Americas.  The Miami location is LeverX’s second AppHaus to join the global SAP AppHaus Network, after its successful debut in Wrocław, Poland. With this opening, we reinforce the company’s commitment to delivering human-centered innovation powered by SAP technologies. A Hub for Human-Centered Innovation LeverX AppHaus Miami is an environment where customers, partners, and LeverX experts can collaborate to transform business challenges into innovative solutions. By advancing experimentation, creativity, and hands-on collaboration, the new space helps organizations accelerate their digital transformation journeys through SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and the broader SAP cloud ecosystem. The AppHaus concept goes beyond traditional consulting. It brings together multidisciplinary teams to explore ideas, apply design thinking, and prototype tangible outcomes that drive measurable business value. This human-centered approach reflects
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