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PTC® announced that Airbus Helicopters, a division of Airbus Group is using the PTC Windchill® PLM solution in the development of its newly unveiled H160 rotorcraft. “PTC is pleased to serve as a strategic partner to Airbus Helicopters and to deliver the world-class technology solutions and services to support this critical phase of the H160 development” The use of the PTC Windchill PLM backbone has enabled Airbus Helicopters to drive improvements in digital continuity and collaboration between the design office, production and support teams of the H160 program. The PTC Windchill solution also supports the Airbus Helicopter goal for highest maturity of the H160 at entry into service which is planned for 2018, and preparations for the serial production ramp-up and support for its in-service helicopters. PTC Global Services is managing the PTC Windchill technology implementation, as well as serving as a trusted advisor to the core PDM (Product Data Management) project team

Delcam will launch the 2016 version of its PowerMILL programming software for five-axis and high-speed machining at the Manufacturing & Engineering North East exhibition to be held at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, on 8th and 9th July. The main enhancement in PowerMILL 2016 will be the ability to mirror complete machining projects in one operation and to maintain automatically the machining characteristics, for example to choose automatically whether climb or conventional milling should be used. Previously, only individual toolpaths could be mirrored. Automatic mirroring will save considerable time whenever right- and left-hand versions are needed of a part or tool. It will also be faster to program the machining of symmetrical objects since it will be possible to program one half and then mirror the toolpaths to complete the program. To ensure that the mirroring has performed as expected, the new option will be able to be used with the ability, introduced

CSA Group, a global provider of testing and certification services and a leading standards development organization,  continues its growth in Europe by opening a new EMC testing chamber in Strasskirchen, Bayern, Germany. CSA Group Bayern operates one of Europe's largest state-of-the-art EMC testing centers. The new 560-square meter lab building allows for testing of large objects including passenger cars of all sizes. It will enable CSA Group to address the growing market demand resulting from increased connectivity of products and solutions. The new chamber extends current EMC testing capabilities to 7,260 square meters in 17 shielded rooms and 7 anechoic chambers, and is a testament to CSA Group's continued growth and success in Europe. "We're opening this new chamber to meet the growing market needs for testing services specifically from the European automotive industry," said Ralf Schunk, Vice President, Europe, CSA Group. "Transportation is a key business sector for us and we have a strong footprint in that market

Lectra recently hosted a Lectra Fashion PLM event in Bordeaux-Cestas (France). This event focused on how PLM can be a catalyst for change by helping companies transform their business model in the ever-changing fashion industry. It provided deep insight into fashion market evolutions and demonstrated how Lectra's solutions allow companies to stay ahead of a constantly changing market. The two-day event brought together major top fashion brands from around the world at Lectra's International Advanced Technology & Conference Center. They explored opportunities in successfully implementing organization and processes transformation to improve overall performance with Lectra's expertise, change management methodology and leading edge technology. Edouard Macquin, Executive Vice President, Sales, Lectra, kicked off the event. "Managing change and transformation in the fashion industry is all about anticipating market needs. Our mission at Lectra is to make fashion companies ready for the future," he said. Insight on the latest market trends in the fashion industry

Delcam is pleased to congratulate its customer Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing on being awarded MoldMaking Technology’s annual Leadtime Leader Award for 2015.  The Award, which recognises the outstanding efforts and growth of North America’s top mould manufacturers, will be presented at an awards ceremony on Wednesday, 17th June, during the 2015 Amerimold expo in Rosemont, Illinois. Each year, MoldMaking Technology searches for companies that have successfully set a higher standard for overall innovation, efficiency, quality and commitment in mould manufacturing.  “Cavalier Tool was chosen for the 2015 Award in recognition of the way the company has transformed its business by implementing a standardised, flexible process, advanced technology and a people-centric philosophy.  Cavalier Tool attributes that have contributed to this win include: an appetite for technology, precise customer profiling, a solid social media campaign, a new EDM cell, unattended operations, a focus on more value-added activities, co-development of new electrode software, automated

Arena Solutions announced that Steve Chalgren, Arena's executive vice president of product management and chief strategy officer, will speak at the CIMdata PLM Road Map conference for the High Tech Electronics Community, taking place June 16, 2015 at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites in Santa Clara, California. In addition to a presentation from Arena highlighting best practices for using Cloud-based PLM to enable the delivery of quality high tech and electronics products on time and on budget, attendees will hear from one of the keynote speakers, Pascal Rassinoux, senior operations program manager at SunPower Corporation. This multibillion dollar manufacturer of advanced solar cells will share how it implemented a global PLM program that enabled cross functional collaboration on a major alternative energy power generation project. During his presentation, Mr. Rassinoux will describe the steps to adopting a lean methodology with a pragmatic, cloud-based approach to deploying PLM capabilities, and how that approach successfully reinvigorated the company's PLM program.

At the Isle of Man TT races, EMC is announcing the results of a new data analytics competition, designed to unlock the secret of what makes John McGuinness so fast. John, also known as the 'Morecambe Missile,' is a legend in the motorcycle racing world with a distinguished 25-year history in motorcycle racing, and is a 21-time winner at the famous Isle of Man TT races. At the Circuit Monteblanco in Spain, EMC captured over 700,000 rows of performance, biometric and mechanical data from sensors fitted on the racing suits and bikes of both John and a control subject, Adam "Chad" Child, Senior Road Tester with Motor Cycle News. Some of the variables measured moment-by-moment during the race to help uncover exactly how the rider interfaced with machine include engine RPM lean angle g-force pulse respiration The data sets from John and Chad were released to the data science community in the form of an open competition

Tormach has announced a new partnership with Autodesk. The partnership was announced during the 2015 Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA. This partnership will help Tormach customers create real products even faster because each qualified purchase of a Tormach machine tool is eligible for a free one-year commercial subscription to Autodesk’s Fusion 360. Fusion 360 brings CAD, CAM and CAE together in the cloud. It’s an integrated, connected, and accessible platform built for the new ways products are being designed and made. “Tormach is dedicated to enabling our customer’s ideas by providing unprecedented value in CNC equipment. This partnership with Autodesk brings even more value to our customers because Fusion 360’s design environment, workflow, and ease-of-use make it an exceptional tool for programming a Tormach CNC mill whether you are a beginning or experienced machinist,” said Andy Grevstad, Product Marketing Manager at Tormach.   Future partnership initiatives include collaborative training, tutorials, and workshops.

Tata Consultancy Services has been named to the 'Winner's Circle' by analyst firm HfS Research in its "2015 Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint Report." The HfS Enterprise Analytics Services Blueprint report covered 24 service providers with strong enterprise analytics capabilities. Organizations that demonstrate excellence in both execution (providers that have strong relationship with clients, and are highly flexible when meeting clients' needs) and innovation (providers that have strong vision to invest in future capabilities to increase value for their clients) were positioned in the 'Winner's Circle.' The report highlights TCS' strengths based on its focus towards industry specific solutions, flexibility, strong delivery capabilities and progressive vision for enterprise analytics which is an indication of its excellence in innovation and execution. TCS' leadership position is a result of its ability to deliver valuable insights supported by technology analytics integration, industry specific analytics models, proprietary analytics platform, highly-skilled data scientists, exclusive analytics R&D labs and

You may be aware that CIMdata has been hosting a series of educational webinars. We have seen record attendance and many of the past webinars are available for replay from the CIMdata on-Demand page of our website. I recently hosted a webinar on IoT which generated lots of questions that we did not have time to answer live and and I am working my way through them. Here are a few. For those of you who were unable to join the webinar you can watch it here. Watch this space. Stan Can you comment on what IoT means to CAE or Simulation & Analysis space? What other companies are doing? More software in products has led to an emphasis on systems thinking and systems engineering, so this should become more important, and S&A/CAE is a big part of that. Again, as I discussed in the Webinar, there is still a lot of work