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Mentor, a Siemens business, will be known as Siemens EDA as of January 2021.  The organization continues to operate as part of Siemens Digital Industries Software.

Under this new banner, Siemens is bringing together the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of EDA software, with Siemens technology for simulation, mechanical design, manufacturing, cloud, IoT and low-code.

The result is the broadest and deepest portfolio of industrial software that is uniquely positioned to help customers successfully navigate the accelerating convergence of semiconductor design and systems design.

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The closing event of this year’s CIMdata PLM Roadmap and PDT 2020 conference was a fireside chat about why an enterprise digital strategy must include key elements to enable digital twins and the digital thread. 

The session included final words of wisdom from Peter Bilello, president and CEO of CIMdata; Marc Halpern, VP and analyst with Gartner; and Torbjörn Holm, founder and technical fellow with Eurostep; and was moderated by Ken Versprille, executive consultant with CIMdata.


In a nutshell, the panel covered the following three themes:

How to maximize business value from digitalization, and...

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has elevated its participation in the Digital Twin Consortium by becoming a founding member. Having been a groundbreaker member since day one of the consortium’s launch in May of 2020, Bentley will deepen its collaboration as a founding member and become a member of its steering committee.

Defining Digital Twins
One way that Bentley is helping advance the Digital Twin Consortium’s mission is through defining the terminology used to describe digital twins. Casey Mullen, distinguished architect, strategic technologies at Bentley Systems, has contributed his expertise as a lead author of the 

Atos announces it has reached an agreement to acquire Motiv ICT Security, the largest independent Managed Security Services (MSS) provider in the Netherlands. This acquisition will reinforce Atos’ position as the 3rd worldwide Managed Security Services provider[1] and expand its capabilities in key areas such as threat detection and response. In addition, Motiv’s sovereign Security Operations Center (SOC), independently certified at the highest levels of maturity, will further bolster Atos’ extensive network of global SOCs, a pivotal component of the Atos Prescriptive Security approach.

Atos will benefit from Motiv’s 180+ highly skilled cybersecurity experts, together...

Stratasys Ltd. announced a new program to integrate its 3D printers in production environments with the factory floor via the GrabCAD® Software Development Kit (SDK). Each SDK package includes a complete set of application programming interfaces, documentation, and code samples that enable development partners and manufacturing customers to establish two-way connectivity between Stratasys FDM® 3D printers and enterprise software applications. The program gives customers the power to integrate, manage, and support additive manufacturing for production of end-use parts.

Stratasys has previously introduced support for MTConnect, an industry-standard protocol that enables customers to...

OpenBOM™ announced the availability of new OpenBOM’s advanced data management Bill of Materials and purchasing functions for Autodesk Fusion 360 customers. The release brings the power of OpenBOM to the Autodesk Fusion 360 user community via the extension of Fusion 360 data management functions.

“The OpenBOM Extension for Autodesk Fusion 360 demonstrates the extensibility of Autodesk manufacturing applications via our Forge Manufacturing Services. It seamlessly extends Fusion 360’s data management capabilities by providing flexible and easily configurable options to create a Bill of Materials, to manage Parts, Vendors and Purchasing Orders,” says Stephen Hooper, General Manager of Autodesk...

L&T Technology Services Limited announced that it has been selected by Schindler, the Switzerland-based global leading provider of elevators, escalators, moving walks and related services as one of its key partners to provide innovative digital engineering capabilities.

“Innovations such as digital twin technology, build to automation, and the advancements in wireless connectivity are accelerating Industry 4.0 adoption. Schindler is a pioneer in the elevator & escalator industry and through this alliance, we commit to supporting Schindler in matching new-age innovations with traditional engineering.”

According to the agreement, L&T Technology Services will provide product development, innovation and...

Infor, a Koch Industries company, announced that it has become the first founding sponsor of The Smart Factory @ Wichita, a new Industry 4.0 immersive experience center launched by Deloitte and Wichita State University in Kansas.

The facility on Wichita State’s Innovation Campus includes a fully operational production line and experiential labs for developing and exploring smart factory innovative capabilities. As a founding sponsor, Infor and its parent company, Koch Industries, will provide Industry 4.0 expertise, solutions and cutting-edge...

Centric Software is celebrating partnerships with 400 customers, approximately 60 who have adopted Centric PLM since the COVID pandemic began. The current pandemic underscores the fundamental need for digital solutions when bringing consumer products to market by enabling remote working in addition to driving cost savings, efficiency, business agility and team collaboration. Centric Software has a proven history of providing the most innovative PLM solutions to introduce new products to market faster, greener and at an optimal cost.

Centric PLM users include companies of all types and sizes spanning 30+ countries such as retailers, brands and manufacturers. From...

Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced the signing of an agreement to acquire MECADAT AG, a distributor of CAD CAM software and complementary solutions for tool and mould making.

Founded in 1987, MECADAT AG has been a reseller of Hexagon’s VISI production software in Germany for over two decades and supports more than two thousand customers. It also provides complementary application support such as data management platform (DMP) software. Headquartered in Langenbach, Germany, the company employs 27 people and supports an extended network of sub-resellers serving the wider regional market.

“The MECADAT team has tremendous...