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Workshop will take place at the Caterpillar Visitor Center in Peoria on April 29 &30 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 8 April 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces full agenda details for its upcoming Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council workshop. The focus of this year’s workshop, the 12th annual, is “Leveraging Simulation for Competitive Advantage.” The workshop will take place at the Caterpillar Visitor Center in Peoria, Illinois and will run over two consecutive half days. The workshop will start during the afternoon of April 29 and will end mid-afternoon on April 30. Highlights of the first day will include a personal tour of Caterpillar’s visitor center and museum, a keynote presentation on “Product Development: Keys for Success” from Caterpillar’s director of research and advanced engineering, Dr. Lou Balmer-Millar, which will be followed by a networking dinner. The second day of the workshop, April 30, will cover the

ASCON Group is pleased to announce its newest 3D CAD package, the new Renga Architecture for AEC design. Here is a single tool that combines the convenience of object-based CAD, the creative freedom of 3D direct modeling, and the simplicity of 2D editing. Renga Architecture is the first in a new line of AEC software from ASCON Group. It is designed to be a technological platform for solving a variety of design and construction tasks. Over time, the Renga family will expand to handle building construction and utilities design— systems which are already under development. 3D Modeling and 2D Drafting The new Renga Architecture system is the result of a multi-year effort by ASCON Group, in which programmers worked with many design organizations to learn their needs. The primary objective guiding the development of the new software was that users not be held hostage to external reference materials or missing element configurations; users

Aras® today announced that Southwest Electronic Energy (SWE), a leader in the design and manufacturing of lithium and lithium-ion custom battery packs, has selected the Aras PLM platform to streamline and automate strategic enterprise-wide processes surrounding product development and commercialization, from initial design collaboration through to engineering change management and problem reporting. After evaluating several enterprise PLM suites, SWE selected Aras PLM for the platform’s combined flexibility and out-of-the-box solutions. The company will implement these solutions with the help of Aras Partner EBD Advisors. “Our company’s competitive advantage rests in our ability to deliver the highest quality products with the fastest turnaround times,” said Doug Draut, IT Engineer at SWE. “Aras Innovator will help us improve quality and speed by providing a single collaboration platform to streamline all our core product-related processes.” “SWE continues to build upon 50 years of success as a pioneer in innovative energy solutions,” said Peter Schroer, President

GRAITEC announces a first-of- a-kind European BIM Tour across 18 cities in 8 countries. Kicking off with the first event in Newcastle, UK on the 14th April 2015, the GRAITEC European BIM Tour will visit eight countries; France, UK, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy and Romania, in eighteen major cities over a four month period, reaching thousands of industry professionals in the construction, infrastructure and manufacturing space. GRAITEC European BIM Tour attendees can expect to discover industry proven 'best BIM practices' whilst exploring an extensive portfolio of the latest advanced BIM technology. GRAITEC will also explain how customer-centric advice, development and support services can help businesses who are new to BIM define a strategy to rapidly and efficiently adopt BIM successfully, whilst simultaneously identifying key praxis to refine mature BIM environments. GRAITEC aims to share years of experience in helping customers develop and implement integrated BIM technology strategies and processes, across all types

ZWSOFT is welcoming its global partners to attend its 2015 Global Partner Conference (GPC) in Guangzhou, China on April 8th-11th. Theme of This Year: To Be Different This year’s theme “To Be Different” speaks volumes about ZWSOFT’s current competitive edge. The product line of ZWSOFT is so versatile that it ranges from the 2D platform, vertical industries, and mobile app to 3D design, aiming to provide new and all-round design experience for CAD users. On this grand occasion, ZWSOFT will mainly share recent achievements in product development, collect feedback for its future product roadmap and discuss business strategies with partners worldwide. Versatile ZWCAD Products to Guarantee Customer Satisfaction ZWCAD+ 2015 is the spotlight of many ZWCAD products in 2014. With ZWCAD+ 2015 Beta, ZWCAD+ 2015 and ZWCAD+ 2015 SP1 respectively released in last August, September and December, all of the versions are well-received by users, especially enhancements like Unicode and Google Earth Import and Export, etc.

Meghan Summers-West has been appointed president of CNC Software, Inc., the developer of Mastercam® CAD/CAM programming software for CNC machine tools. Former president, now chairman, Mark Summers made the announcement to all 139 employees on Thursday, April 2 at the company’s headquarters in Tolland, Connecticut. Its educational division staff located in Gig Harbor, Washington, participated in the celebratory announcement via teleconference. “As many people close to the Summers family know, this transition has been almost 32 years in the making. My daughter Meghan was born the same year that my brothers and I officially launched Mastercam and established CNC Software, Inc. in 1983,” Mark Summers said. “As a father, I am proud. As a business owner, and to all of you who have contributed so much of yourselves to make this company successful, I am wholly confident in this decision. For the majority of you who have watched Meghan grow up in these offices and have

Luxion is proud to announce the company’s new corporate headquarters in the continued growth and expansion of the company known for software development in the areas of lighting and real-time rendering technology. The new Luxion headquarters is located at 15143 Woodlawn Avenue, Tustin, California, 92780, in the heart of Orange County at the Pacific Business Center, just off the I-55 freeway and minutes away from John Wayne International Airport. With over 5,000 sq. ft. of creative space, the two-story building will serve as the central location for Luxion sales and customer support activities as well as support for marketing and development efforts.  “We are thrilled with how far the company has come and the opportunity to open the new headquarters,” say Claus Wann Jensen, CEO and Co-founder at Luxion. “With this larger office, we have a great location, ample meeting space and the room needed to support continued growth.” Luxion also established an

AVEVA has announced today the release of a new business paper: “The Digital Asset Approach - Defining a new era of collaboration in capital projects and asset operations”. This paper focuses on the importance of the Digital Asset for both Engineering, Procurement, & Construction companies (EPCs) and Owner Operators (OOs). One of the consistent challenges in both major capital projects and asset operations is the availability to all stakeholders of trusted information for effective and timely decision-making.  Through the collaborative creation, sharing and maintenance of a Digital Asset throughout the life cycle of its physical equivalent, all parties can improve their collective business processes and increase ROI. ’The Digital Asset approach has been central to our product development for many years,’ said Mat Truche-Gordon, Executive Vice-President – Business Strategy & Marketing, AVEVA. ‘At AVEVA we want to help EPCs and OOs to work together more effectively to deliver on-time, on-budget projects

Recognizing the need for more technical training to be offered in order to bridge the skills gap, Delcam is waiving all fees for any non-profit organization incorporating its FeatureCAM and Delcam for SolidWorks CAM software in its manufacturing education programs.  This applies to all non-profit institutions qualifying to Delcam Training Center (DTC) requirements in the United States and Canada starting from April 6th, 2015. FeatureCAM Training Centers, the forerunners to the Delcam Training Centers, were introduced over 15 years ago to help prepare students that wanted to further their education in engineering or get knowledge and training for entry level jobs in manufacturing.  Commenting on the new initiative, Delcam North America President, Glenn McMinn, said, "The program was created with the intention of allowing training centers the opportunity to properly train students and machinists with skills to seek employment effectively or to improve their current skills.  With the U.S. manufacturing sector

ANSYS announced today that five of its channel partners around the world have received Elite designation as part of its enhanced program to promote and support the adoption of comprehensive multiphysics solutions to meet customers' evolving technology requirements. The Elite status requires meeting steep requirements and certifies the channel partners to promote, sell, support and service the broad ANSYS multiphysics simulation portfolio. The Elite Channel Partners for 2015 are: CADFEM  GmbH in Germany, including its associates  CADFEM (Suisse) AG and CADFEM (Austria) GmbH Cybernet Systems Co. Ltd. in Japan ESSS in Brazil SimuTech Group in the United States TAE Sung Software & Engineering Inc. in South Korea The ANSYS Elite channel partner program, which includes Elite and Standard membership levels, promotes customer success by ensuring that channel partners meet stringent certification and resource requirements. Elite partners must have exceptional customer satisfaction rates, show consistent sales growth by meeting specific annual new business targets and employ technical and sales personnel who are fully certified by ANSYS. "All ANSYS channel partners