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Lectra recently hosted its first conference on the future of the automotive leather industry. Lectra organized this thought leadership event to explore the megatrends impacting the automotive leather industry as well as the technologies, methods and expertise available to help automotive leatherprofessionals flourish. Thirty participants from the world’s leading tanneries, automotive manufacturers and tier-1 supply companies gathered at Lectra’s Bordeaux-Cestas campus to hear industry experts’ insights on interior design trends, market growth perspectives, leather supply dynamics, and the evolution of chemical treatments for leather. The unique, organic nature of leather has hindered widespread adoption of automation in the automotive leather industry but, as all of the presenters emphasized, innovation and technology will be vital to keep pace with the industry’s rapid changes. IHS automotive forecasts showed that sales growth in the premium car segment—where leather is most widely used—is outpacing that of the automotive market as a whole. Leather’s universal appeal, across all car segments, makes it

Spatial Corp announced today that JSOL Corporation has licensed Spatial’s industry leading 3D InterOp™ for high quality data translation and 3D ACIS® Modeler for the creation, modification, and query of electomechanical software models. By leveraging these software development kits (SDKs) from Spatial, JSOL will now support NX with JMAG-Designer V14 simulation software for designing electromechanical machines. This new development follows the already supported CATIA V5 and Creo models and standard formats like IGES, STEP, and more. By leveraging 3D ACIS Modeler and 3D InterOp for JMAG-Designer, electromechanical software developers will see dramatic improvement in analysis operations utilizing CAD.  “Helping JSOL expand the 3D capabilities of JMAG-Designer V14 highlights the power of Spatial’s SDKs and the value of our partnership with JSOL,” stated Vivekan Iyengar, vice president of research and development for Spatial. “Solving the inherent problems associated with CAD data translation throughout the product design and engineering process can be challenging

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and its consolidated subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as "AISIN"), a major automotive parts manufacturer in Japan, has standardized on the Mentor® Graphics Volcano™ VSx™ design tools to support the widespread adoption of an AUTOSAR-based design process across its network of automobile manufacturers. AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) is a fast-growing global standard for Electronic Control Unit (ECU) design and the announced implementation by AISIN will help to unify the manufacturer’s software development infrastructure across automotive system domains and facilities.  AUTOSAR is an open and standardized automotive software architecture jointly developed by automobile OEMs, suppliers, and tool developers. It allows both automotive engineers and suppliers of ECUs to achieve modularity and scalability of software with standardized interfaces, improving the ability to handle high-complexity designs.  AUTOSAR also encourages design re-use, and transferability of ECU design assets. Adopting AUTOSAR will allow AISIN to focus on

EMC Corporation today announced that its first-quarter 2015 financial results and news release are available on the EMC Newsroom (http://www.emc.com/q1-2015-earnings) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000790070&owner=exclude&count=40). To view the original press release, please click here. Search for EMC on CIMdata.com

It is the fourth year of the forum in China that Eworks has collaborated with CIMdata. The China Forum is the fourth station of the program, which goes from the end of March to April in Ann Arbor, Amsterdam, Pune, Beijing, and Tokyo. As the main speakers of the forum, Mr. Peter Bilello, CIMdata President and Mr. Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata Director of Research introduced the global PLM market development and trends. Dr. Pei Huang, e-works CEO hosted the forum and did all the translation. In the session of The State of PLM—Today’s Market and Leading Trends, according to Mr. Peter Bilello, the global PLM market in 2014 has a 6.8% growth to $37.2 billion with a solid growth surpassed CIMdata's forecast. Among all the segments, simulation and analysis has a strong growth at 8.9%. PLM's next evolutionary step would be that companies need to innovate across the full spectrum of their operations

 Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced its call for submissions to the 2015 Be InspiredAwards program. The deadline for entries is May 31, 2015. The awards, which are selected by independent juries of industry experts, recognize the extraordinary and innovative work of organizations that help sustain the world’s infrastructure by designing, engineering, constructing, delivering, and/or operating roads, buildings, plants, utility networks, and more. Winning projects showcase “BIM advancements” through depth of information modeling, for better asset performance, and/or breadth of information mobility, for better project performance. The 18 Be Inspired Awards categories in this comprehensive, global program cover every aspect of the built environment. All Bentley users are invited to enter their projects in the Be Inspired Awards program, no matter what phase the project is in – preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or built. The three finalists chosen for each Be InspiredAwards category will win a trip to London to attend, as a guest of Bentley Systems,The Year in Infrastructure 2015 Conference, being held

Arena Solutions today announced a strategic partnership with Q Point Technology to offer Q Point's Green Data Exchange (GDX) to Arena PLM users. GDX is the largest online exchange for compliance data, allowing companies to obtain RoHS, REACH, substance disclosure, and Conflict Minerals information from more than 10,000 suppliers worldwide. "Compliance is a complex challenge that is only becoming more difficult for tech and medical device companies, as national and international governments alike, continue to add more regulations to adhere to," said Steve Chalgren, vice president of product management and strategy for Arena. "We're excited about this partnership with Q Point Technology, which gives our PLM community deep access to their rich compliance analysis solution." Q Point's Green Data Exchange enables customers to: Evaluate the compliance status of a product or sub-assembly to a regulation Know, at-a-glance, if a part is compliant and view all supporting supplier declaration data Communicate with suppliers to request information for

Dassault Systèmes  today announced its acquisition of Modelon GmbH, expert in “ready-to-experience” content for systems modeling and simulation which are strategic to transform the transportation and mobility industry. With this transaction, Dassault Systèmes reinforces its portfolio of industry-leading content, applications and services used in today’s age of experience. In the context of the Internet of Things, smart, connected objects such as autonomous driving systems are increasingly showing their potential to profoundly change consumer lifestyles, yet their highly intricate and interconnected systems must seamlessly work together to do so. Electronics are expected to comprise 50 percent of vehicle development costs by 2030 and the number of electric vehicles worldwide is predicted to reach 12 million by 2021. Model-based systems engineering is an important facet of defining, imagining and shaping virtual products and user experiences that flawlessly mimic future ones in the real world. Modelon GmbH’s proprietary, multi-physics modular and reusable content—based on the Modelica open standard

Workshop will take place in Santa Clara, California on June 17. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 23 April 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that CIMdata’s Systems Engineering Knowledge Council will present a workshop on the topic of “Systems Engineering Supporting High-Tech Product Development.” The workshop will take place in Santa Clara, California the day after CIMdata’s PLM Road Map for the High Tech Electronics Community. The workshop, now in its third year, will be facilitated by CIMdata’s practice manager for Systems Engineering, John MacKrell and will focus on the critical area of a systems-approach to product development. The emphasis will be on how systems engineering impacts high-tech companies and products. The workshop will explore the effective use of systems level requirements and work processes to drive all phases of the product development process from concept to retirement. Systems engineering (SE) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) are very

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced five new OrCAD® products and three key feature updates as it celebrates 30 years of continued OrCAD design and innovation. The expanded OrCAD portfolio enables greater product creation efficiency by delivering additional high-speed design capabilities that address productivity and time-to-market challenges.  The new products and key features focus on increasing designers’ productivity by reducing design cycle time and facilitating more advance designs via additional high-speed capabilities. New Products OrCAD Component Information Portal provides users with CIS database management capabilities and integrated access to parametric component data through an interactive, web interface directly within the OrCAD Capture CIS product OrCAD DFM Checker provides a comprehensive set of manufacturing/fabrication-centric checks for OrCAD PCB Editor. The OrCAD DFM fabrication checks can be run at any time during PCB place and route to help ensure that no fabrication-related issues are present, helping designers avoid fabrication-related delays, additional costs and re-work. OrCAD Panel Editor