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Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™ product lifecycle management solution has been selected by French manufacturer Pyrenex® for its apparel lines. YuniquePLM has been integrated with Pyrenex’s ERP solution, Sage X3, to improve communication and collaboration between the company’s creative and production teams around the world. YuniquePLM is web-based product lifecycle management software that helps the fashion and apparel industries communicate effectively, accelerate workflows and eliminate errors. Its latest enhancements include a new development calendar and line planning function, as well as 3D file support and mass sample request development. Pyrenex is a family-owned business with over 150 years of exceptional know-how in the production of down jackets, comforters and other garments using high-quality down from French geese and ducks. Pyrenex’s iconic pieces include the Authentic, Spoutnic and Mythic jackets. Pyrenex employs the most modern production processes and is dedicated to constant innovation to offer the best in weather protection and comfort. Pyrenex is popular

Aras today announced a strategic partner agreement with Airbus to use the Aras Innovator platform and solution suite for engineering business processes across the enterprise for up to 30,000 users or more. Several PLM Platforms were evaluated by Airbus for the ability to enable simple, agile solution delivery, and Aras was retained as the preferred platform based on: Significant coverage of expected scope Open architecture with high-end data modeling “on the fly”, no development involved Upgrade services for customizations included as part of subscription Easy integration & handling Long term viability and total cost of ownership Out-of-the-box functional requirements included data & document management, lifecycle management, change management, project management and access rights management for security. IS architecture requirements included deployability, connectors, migration & data loading, and support, along with back-end & front-end IT capabilities. “Our success with the deployment of Test Information Management for aircraft end-to-end across the structural test pyramid in multi-site operation including our extended

Wood engraving software manufacturer SA International (SAi), the leading provider of software solutions for the professional sign making, wide-format digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC machining industries, will use this year’s AWFS Fair 2015 (22-25 July, Las Vegas Convention Center) to educate audiences about the wide-ranging benefits of its industry-leading EnRoute CAD/CAM software. The feature-rich EnRoute provides CAD/CAM design and output solutions for CNC wood working users, as well as those within the sign making, mill working, and nested-based manufacturing and fabrication industries. On show at SAi’s booth (#8915), AWFS Fair visitors will be able to get an up-close look at the many creative manufacturing applications achievable with SAi’s flagship software solution and learn how the very latest version, EnRoute v5, can help improve their woodworking operations. During the AWFS Fair, SAi product experts will demonstrate how EnRoute can increase production, thanks to ATP connection to more than 20 cabinet design software solutions,

The Mastercam Educational Division will host its annual series of weeklong classes for instructors between July 6 and 24 at its office in Gig Harbor, Washington. These classes will train instructors to teach successful, up-do-date programs and provide opportunities to share ideas with others in their field. The schedule includes the following classes: Mastercam for Solidworks, Mastercam Art, Mastercam Fundamentals, Beginning Projects and Intermediate Projects. The 2015 program offers several bonuses and discounts as well. A full schedule and a list of these discounts can be found at mastercam.com/stt. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Mastercam on CIMdata.com

The 3MF Consortium, an industry association recently launched to develop and promote a new full-fidelity file format for 3D printing, today announced four new members: ·         3D Systems – a provider of advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions, including 3D printers, software, print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts ·         Materialise -- a provider of 3D printing software and services in a variety of sectors, such as healthcare, automotive and consumer products ·         Siemens PLM Software -- a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) and manufacturing operations management (MOM) software, systems and services ·         Stratasys -- a leading global provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions used to perfect product designs and prototypes and create production parts with direct digital manufacturing "The addition of 3D Systems, Materialise, Siemens PLM Software and Stratasys to our membership ranks further demonstrates the significant industry momentum behind the adoption of 3MF," said Adrian Lannin, 3MF Consortium executive director. "By

Atos today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Xerox ITO which reinforces its position as a global leader in digital services. The net purchase price totaled US$ 966 million (€ 811 million), composed of US$ 950 million and an additional amount of US$ 50 million following the occurrence of certain events prior to closing, plus US$ 100 million representing the estimated present value of future tax benefits to Atos. Net debt items and closing adjustments amounted to US$ 134 million to be confirmed within 90 days. With circa US$ 2 billion revenue, North America becomes the largest geography for Atos where it is now ranked number 9 in ITO services. Since the announcement of the acquisition in December 2014, Atos and Xerox ITO teams have worked together to ensure operational readiness on the first day after closing. As a result, Atos now has the ability to offer its European and US clients the necessary presence to better support their digital transformation needs anywhere in the world.

Omnify Software today announces a strategic partnership with Octopart, the leading electronic parts search engine, in order to give Omnify Empower users direct access to component information in Octopart without leaving their Omnify Empower environment. The Octopart Search integration is an add-on module to the Empower PLM system. With this module, Empower users can search the Octopart database of a growing list of more than 30 million parts across thousands of suppliers. Users can check and create vendors, vendor parts, and associated items through a formal Part Request in Omnify Empower, while populating attributes/parameters, datasheets, and compliance documents directly from the available data in Octopart. "We are always looking for ways to make our customers' processes more efficient, and giving them direct access to the breadth of component information in Octopart is a natural fit," stated Chuck Cimalore, CTO for Omnify Software. "We are excited to be partnering with Octopart and look forward

Zuken announces improved overall productivity for electrical design, plus sector-specific enhancements for automotive and manufacturing. The latest version of E3.series – Zuken’s industry-leading electrical and fluid CAD software – contains enhanced automotive design collaboration with E3.HarnessAnalyzer; ease-of-use improvements for design changes in the machinery sector; plus across-the-board productivity enhancements. E3.series benefits from years of development and collaboration across a wide range of sectors with customers such as ARM Automation, which designs, builds and supports custom automated manufacturing systems. “The intelligence contained in the database of E3.series has helped reduce design time to about one-third of that required in the past. These time savings have made it possible for us to bid on more complex systems without concern that the electrical design could not be completed within the project deadline,” says Joe Geisinger, Chief Technology Officer, ARM Automation. Increased productivity with improved handling The growing number of options and variants offered for the automotive, industrial

Datakit releases the version 2015.3 of its CAD formats reading and writing interfaces. This version offers several new features: The Siemens™ NX™ format writing is now available. The writing of SOLIDWORKS™ and COLLADA™ formats and the reading of SOLID EDGE™ 2D format have been added to CrossCad/Ware SDK, enabling software vendors to support these formats in their own software. The latest versions Inventor™ 2016 and CATIA™ V6R2014x are now supported. These improvements benefit to: Components provided by Datakit to software vendors (CrossCad/Ware), enabling them to support many CAD formats in their own software. The stand-alone converter CrossManager, enabling users to convert their CAD files very easily and quickly in dozens of different CAD formats without requiring any third-party software license. CrossCad/Plg (regarding the support of new versions): These plug-ins add functionalities to CAD software such as Rhino™, SolidWorks™, ThinkDesign™ and Open CASCADE™, to import or export formats that are not natively supported. About Datakit Datakit is a privately held and

Using the VISI suite of CAD/CAM applications from Vero Software significantly reduces the overall costs of each project for a German toolmaker, and makes it easier to implement ideas. Based in Velbert, Volker Gehlen Werkzeugbau GmbH have a 30 year history of providing innovative solutions for challenging requirements in stamping and forming technology. They are going from strength to strength, with the acquisition of a stamped component manufacturing company, acquiring new machines, and the addition of new products to their range. Managing Director Volker Gehlen says a vital factor in their success has been upgrading all CAD/CAM operations to VISI’s integrated 3D tool making solution. It was the software’s consistent operating philosophy for CAD and CAM that initially made it a front-runner when they were looking to change. “We made the final decision after a trial installation and training from VISI’s German reseller Mecadat AG. VISI proved to be so easy to