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ESI Group announces the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with EDF Energies Nouvelles (EDF EN). The partnership is in place for the next five years and will focus on innovative product development for the renewable energies market, leveraging ESI’s Virtual Prototyping technologies and expertise. New solutions and products co-created in the frame of this partnership will be exclusive to EDF EN. EDF Energies Nouvelles, a market leader in green electricity production, has appointed ESI to provide studies to optimize the day-to-day operations and maintenance of existing installations, and to support the development of new ones. These renewable energy installations may include photovoltaic installations, wind farms, and offshore wind farms. ESI’s Virtual Prototyping solutions will sustain the design of EDF EN’s innovative installations by virtually simulating their future performance for standard usage and for accidental conditions - enabling them to anticipate maintenance cost and assure compliance with new and upcoming regulations,. Eric Daubourg, COO of ESI

Cimatron Technologies Inc., is donating software valued at over $1.7 million to Southeastern Community College (SCC) in Iowa. The CimatronE software-a CAD/CAM solution for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts-will be used to provide training for students in design and advanced manufacturing. Donation Helps Meet the Talent Needs of Manufacturers  It is one of the largest donations to SCC and will provide the foundation for training students from high school through college to meet the increasing demand for manufacturing expertise by companies in Iowa. The region is home to such industries as energy, pharmaceutical, food processing, and plastics. The donation was facilitated by the Lee County Economic Development Group, a private/public partnership to foster development and employment in the county. Cimatron Sees Iowa as a Key Manufacturing Location  "This donation, along with another donation to North Iowa Area Community College last year, underscores the importance Cimatron places on growing the manufacturing industry in Iowa and throughout North America," said Bill Gibbs,

Fulfilling its promise to expand access to its professional design software in education, Autodesk, Inc. has made its industry-leading design, engineering and entertainment software free* to students, instructors and academic institutions worldwide. Through this action, more than 680 million students and educators from over 800,000 secondary and post-secondary schools in 188 countries can take advantage of free access to Autodesk’s professional software and services for use in classrooms, labs, and at home. “The way we make things is changing rapidly, and we need a workforce ready to design for new manufacturing and construction techniques. By providing free professional design tools to students, faculty members and academic institutions around the world, we’re helping get industry ready for the next phase,” said Carl Bass, CEO, Autodesk. Following its announcement of free software for academic institutions in the United States earlier this year as part of President Obama’s ConnectED initiative, Autodesk has gradually expanded free access to its leading design

Innovyze announced the release of the V2.0 Generation of SCADAWatch. This network data management and business optimization tool for water distribution systems turns traditional offline analyses into real-time, actionable intelligence for better, faster decision making and insightful recommendations at key operational touch points. SCADAWatch equips utilities with the first-ever scalable framework for proactively viewing, sharing and analyzing all key water information, operational performance indicator (KPI) measures and hydraulic and water quality data in motion on a real-time business dashboard. It automatically generates comprehensive, high-fidelity performance reports and develops the optimal course of action based on specific performance objectives. V2.0 enables water utilities to save time, monitor everything from uptime to analytics, focus on what matters, react faster to important events and identify opportunities to drive operational efficiencies as they happen. An indispensable modeling tool, it will also change the way water utilities around the world use pressure, flow and tank level data to

AlphaCorr announced the second release of Folding Genius for Adobe Illustrator. Folding Genius is intended for AI users who need folded 3D visualization of their existing dieline design files for corrugated packaging and point-of-purchase displays. Folding Genius supports 3D visualization of dielines created in: AlphaCorr Rules, SteelRules or Dieline Genius Online Esko Artios Arden Impact Adobe Illustrator Supporting Adobe Illustrator versions CS6, CC and CC2014 on both Mac and Windows, the Folding Genius plug-in works from within Illustrator to animate and render folded cartons, boxes and displays with their graphics, then exports to 3D PDF.

3D Systems announced 3DSPRINTTM, a new desktop and cloud-based platform that changes the way people share, view and print 3D data. 3DSPRINT empowers anyone to access and print 3D data anytime, from any source, anywhere, breaking down historic design and manufacturing barriers to 3D printing. It allows engineers, designers, service bureaus and customers to focus on delivering the best products to market faster than ever and worry less about if and how they’ll get their 3D prints. Users can store, access and share data with anyone they choose, from wherever they want: in a secured public cloud, on the desktop or in their own private cloud. “We are very excited to deliver the full power and benefits of our integrated digital thread to our extensive user community worldwide,” said Avi Reichental, President and CEO, 3DS. “With 3DSPRINT we are giving engineers and designers the ultimate streamlined shared cloud and desktop platform experience that

The Mechanical and Construction division of PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC-M&C), a leading provider of diversified technical services to the oil and gas industry, has leveraged Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Core to successfully implement a new Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). Having worked on some of Vietnam's largest and most complex oil and gas projects, PTSC-M&C found that the effective management and control of thousands of documents across a project lifecycle was a significant challenge – especially when multiple departments and potentially hundreds of personnel were involved. In 2013, the company began the search for a new EDMS and selected Intergraph to provide the solution after an extensive evaluation period that involved multiple vendors. Intergraph worked in conjunction with local distributor and partner, True Technology, to implement the new EDMS, which is used to manage project documents by making use of pre-configured work processes, allowing PTSC-M&C's project to team to effectively monitor, control, track and respond to

August Electronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider with headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They have a distinguished and long-standing track record of customer satisfaction and productivity, as shown by their yearly recognition in Profit magazine’s PROFIT 200 – Canada’s top 200 fastest growing companies. As an ISO 9001:2008 certified company, August Electronics is committed to a philosophy of continuous quality improvement. When combined with strong work ethic and a core of quality training for their personnel, they consistently exceed their customers’ expectations, setting them apart from their competitors. As an EMS provider, August Electronics receives product/Bill of Material (BOM) information from customers in various formats including emails, spreadsheets and even phone calls. Without an electronic system in place to track and manage this information, August would run into issues with duplicate data and wasted time spent searching for information. Their existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system did not

Fiscal 2014 net revenue of $111.5 billion, down 1% from the prior-year period and flat on a constant currency basis Fiscal 2014 non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share of $3.74, within the previously provided outlook of $3.70 to $3.74 per share Fiscal 2014 GAAP diluted net earnings per share of $2.62, within the previously provided outlook of $2.60 to $2.64 per share Fourth quarter net revenue of $28.4 billion, down 2% from the prior-year period and down 3% on a constant currency basis Fourth quarter non-GAAP diluted net earnings per share of $1.06, up 5% from the prior-year period, versus the previously provided outlook of $1.03 to $1.07 per share Fourth quarter GAAP diluted net earnings per share of $0.70, down 4% from the prior-year period, versus the previously provided outlook of $0.67 to $0.71 per share Fourth quarter cash flow from operations of $2.7 billion, down 4% from the prior-year period Returned $1.1 billion to shareholders

ANSYS, Inc., announced today that James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer of ANSYS, Inc., will present a company overview and answer questions at the Nasdaq 31st Investor Program in London, England on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. Greenwich Time (3:30 a.m. Eastern Time). A live audio web cast and archive will be available at http://investors.ansys.com