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Kuei Tong Huang, from National Chin-Yi University of Technology in Taiwan, was the winner of Delcam’s 2015 international student CAM competition, which was held at the company’s Birmingham headquarters earlier this month.    Runner up in the competition was Zhao Zhiyang from China, while Lee Hyun Jun from South Korea came third. The other finalists came from Germany, Russia, Malaysia and the Ukraine.  Each of the contestants had previously won the CAM competition in their region to qualify for the final in Birmingham. The Delcam CAM competition was again sponsored by cutting-tool supplier, Seco, which provided the tooling for the student’s machining projects.  For the final competition, each student was given an IGES file of a component from which they had to produce a machining program using Delcam’s PowerMILL software for high-speed and five-axis machining.  The various NC programs were then run on one of the high-speed machining centres within Delcam’s Advanced Manufacturing Facility

Simparel, Inc., has appointed Ken Fearnley to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Fearnley brings more than 20 years of experience in managing the strategy, development and support of PLM, R&D, Mobile and other software applications within the fashion technology, discrete manufacturing and life sciences industries. Working from the company’s New York City headquarters, he will set the strategic vision and direct the development of all current and future Simparel software solutions. According to Simparel Chief Executive Officer Steve Vogel, “Simparel is recognized as a technology leader; Ken Fearnley secures and extends this leadership. He began creating web and cloud applications for industry leaders over a decade ago; long before any of us knew they would become mission critical. His accomplishments in driving product innovation in mobile and web applications, combined with continuous improvement and software development best practices, are integral to the strategic roadmap of the Simparel product portfolio. Ken

Maplesoft has entered into a partnership agreement with ISKO engineers, one of Germany’s leading providers of CAE services and solutions. Located in Munich, ISKO engineers will provide consulting services around Maplesoft’s products, specifically Maple and MapleSim, for virtual prototyping of engineering designs, design-space exploration and design parameter optimization. Their services will cover multi-domain dynamic-system model development, analysis tools for parameter studies and optimization, model-preparation for software and hardware-in-the-loop (SIL, HIL) testing, as well as product training. “We have seen a surge in demand for our solution-development services in the US and Asia over the last two years, and that demand is starting to emerge in Europe,” said Paul Goossens, VP Engineering Solutions at Maplesoft, “Up to now, ISKO engineers AG has helped us address that demand on an ad-hoc basis, and making a formal commitment to the relationship will enable us to serve our markets more effectively.” “We are very pleased to be part

Cimetrics Inc. today announced it has joined the ThingWorx Ready™ Partner program. Cimetrics will integrate its Analytika technology with the ThingWorx® IoT platform to offer customers with another way to analyze complex data requirements. “For more than 15 years, Cimetrics has been an innovator and industry leader in delivering physical world data analytics. We are thrilled about the opportunity to work with ThingWorx in enabling the future of smart, connected products, systems, and systems of systems,” said Jim Lee, CEO of Cimetrics. “Cimetrics’ Analytika provides our ThingWorx customers with a powerful way to analyze their “System of Systems” complex data requirements,” said Chris Kuntz, Vice President, Ecosystem Programs, ThingWorx. “We appreciate Cimetrics’ proven analytics experience as part of our Partner ecosystem and look forward to leveraging their years of machine data insights applied to a variety of IoT business challenges.” Analytika is a proven production-scale analytics platform that is scalable, flexible and secure.

Presentation will share some of the keys to successful product development. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 March 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dr. Lou Balmer-Millar, Director of Research and Advanced Engineering for Caterpillar, Inc. will make a keynote presentation at CIMdata’s Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council workshop which will take place at the Caterpillar Visitor Center in Peoria, Illinois on April 29 & 30. Dr. Balmer-Millar will speak during the afternoon of April 29, after workshop attendees have had the opportunity to participate in a tour of the Caterpillar Visitor Center. In her keynote address, “Product Development: Keys for Success,” Dr. Balmer-Millar will discuss some of the keys to successfully developing products to meet the challenges of globalized markets, difficulty finding talent, and the rapid movement of technology, turning them in to opportunities for long-term success. Dr. Balmer-Millar is responsible for the execution and governance

 PDF Key takeaways: Today’s digital upheavals and disruptions threaten everything and everyone throughout the extended enterprise Innovation is more than ever a key to enterprise sustainability; leading enterprises are defining and enabling their PLM platform business models around that insight No enterprise can afford to miss the competitive advantages that come with the implementation and proper use of a product innovation platform Lifecycle management, like every technological advancement, has a lifecycle of its own. CIMdata’s recently unveiled three position paper series on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platformization makes this clear. These papers covered in detail what is driving this evolution in PLM, the new forms of innovation in product development resulting from that evolution, and some very bold marketplace thrusts by the solution providers.  At the heart of the evolution of innovation, PLM solution providers are offering powerful new capabilities. These include leveraging the cloud, service oriented architectures (SOA), and other smart technologies such as enablers

ZW3D today announced the availability of ZW3D 2015, bringing much improved design and manufacturing experience and expanding reach of niche markets with multiple partner applications. ZW3D 2015, developed according to the users’ needs, features hundreds of CAD & CAM enhancements to increase product quality, reduce overheads and shorten leads time, like upgraded file translator with better healing functions, boosted drafting tools with new "Isometric Section View”, new operation list in CAM, STL support in 5X milling, and much more. "We care a lot about user experience and focus on improving every detail to elevate efficiency,” said Colin Lin, Vice Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “This edition will not fail you. It has numerous advances in basic CAD & CAM modules, along with plenty of handy applications." The partner applications of ZW3D 2015 cover diversified areas, from rendering, sheet metal, FEA to CNC machining: KeyShot for ZW3D plugin brings single-click integration to the product design

Gstarsoft now reach an agreement with TraceParts. The good news is GstarCAD users can directly download 2D&3D modeling trace parts through the access which is integrated into GstarCAD 2015. TraceParts is a digital engineering 2D&3D content company, offering progressive business solutions through powerful web based products and services. The TracePartsOnline.net CAD portal is freely available to millions of CAD users worldwide, with hundreds of supplier catalogs and 100 million CAD models and product datasheets suitable for the Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Maintenance processes. With TraceParts, designers can download whatever parts they need in drawings. Now simplify your design work with GstarCAD 2015, free download here www.gstarcad.net. Gstarsoft carry out GstarCAD 2015 New Year Promotion with distributors, in which CAD users could get a $30 OFF for purchasing GstarCAD 2015, or $10 OFF for upgrading GstarCAD to the latest version. Click to get the coupon code www.gstarcad.net/coupon/gstarcad.html

Pricol Limited, a manufacturer of automotive components for OEMs and Engineering products, has chosen PTC Windchill for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The use of PTC's Windchill will empower Pricol to support their business progress and product development requirements better. "In order to upkeep our ambitious growth plans, we have line up the need for a faster and more effectual environment to enable global concurrent product development and support the fast changing necessities for our programs. We selected and secured with PTC because of Windchill remarkable results, PTC's proven track record as an active partner, and its growing strength in the industry," says Dr. Prabhakar Marur- CTO, Pricol Limited. "PTC is proud to work with Pricol. We are very eager that Pricol has chosen us to help them move forward in what is a very dynamic and challenging industry. This selection clearly proves PTC's PLM momentum in the automotive sector," says Rafiq

Fibreform Precision Machining expanded its capabilities with the procurement of Kubotek validation software and Catia CAD software. The move followed the Company’s earlier acquisition, the Global Performance 9.12.8 CMM running PC-DMIS CAD++, as the next step toward the most up-to-date model-based product inspection methods. The significant investment in Kubotek and Catia software evidences Fibreform’s commitment to stay in front of the latest model-based inspection techniques. The Catia software suite is used in conjunction with Kubotek and PC-DMIS CAD++ to ensure that full product definition is captured and any errors due to translation are eliminated. “The acquisition of Kubotek and Catia is aimed at making the interface between customers and Fibreform much easier,” said Ashley Nicholls, VP of Operations and Engineering. “Customers can be assured that they are getting exactly what the original CAD design specifies. Kubotek can work with all major CAD platforms, thus simplifying customer interaction,” said Josh Ziegelhoefer, Manufacturing Engineer