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For the first time in the company’s history, Bechtle will appoint a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from 01 January 2023, with the position being filled from within its own ranks by Dirk Müller-Niessner, who will take on responsibility for all Bechtle Group platform activities. These include the Bechtle Service Factory’s Managed Services offering, the development of bechtle.com, the Bechtle Clouds platform as well as operation of the Bechtle data centres located in Frankfurt am Main, Rüsselsheim and Mutterstadt. Bechtle’s complete platform strategy will, therefore, fall under the remit of the new CTO, ensuring even greater efficiency and profitability at the largest German IT system house. Dirk Müller-Niessner will report to the Executive Board. “We are delighted to have secured an experienced colleague from within our own ranks to take on this challenging role,” says Michael Guschlbauer, COO, IT System House & Managed Services, Bechtle AG. For Bechtle and our position as

Roima accelerates growth, as Part Trap AB, a fast-growing B2B Digital Commerce software provider for discrete manufacturers known for Parttap ONE, joins Roima. Parttrap ONE offers everything B2B companies need for online business by quickly enabling digital sales of complex products and their spare parts. Part Trap is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and will expand Roima’s Swedish presence further.  Parttrap ONE is a complete B2B e-commerce Software as a Service (SaaS) solution with four core components: eCommerce, Product Information Management (PIM), Content Management System (CMS), and out-of-box real-time ERP integration for leading manufacturing ERPs.  Roima is on a continuous growth path and is one of the largest independent industrial software providers in the Nordics, with close to 45 million euros in revenues including Part Trap. Today, Roima is serving over 400 customers worldwide, helping to boost their competitiveness through more efficient operations, better quality, and end-customer experience with solutions in manufacturing, warehouse,

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, announced that it has planted 100,000 saplings — one for each member of the LTIMindtree family — to celebrate its inception. LTIMindtree was formed on November 14, 2022, through the merger of erstwhile Larsen and Toubro Infotech (LTI) and Mindtree, leading technology consulting and digital solutions companies under the Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Group. LTIMindtree has implemented this unique green initiative across Assam, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, and West Bengal in partnership with SankalpTaru Foundation, an NGO focused on reforestation and environmental conservation. All full-time as well as contract employees of LTIMindtree are being presented personalized certificates of plantation, along with photographs and location details of the saplings planted in their names. Through a web-based, blockchain-powered backend system, the employees will also be able to monitor the growth of their saplings. Debashis Chatterjee, CEO and Managing Director of LTIMindtree, said, “As a purpose-driven organization, we

Tango, the leading provider of Integrated Workplace Management System and Store Lifecycle Management solutions announced that Ross Leibowitz has joined the company as Senior Director, Workplace Products. Building on his over 20 years of experience helping drive product strategy for workplace and real estate technology companies, Mr. Leibowitz will help execute Tango’s product vision. Tango is leading the next generation of workplace solutions, bringing together key “Place” factors including planning, building, and managing the operations of real estate locations and assets, with the equally important “People” side of real estate, ensuring employees are engaged and productive at the workplace. Mr. Leibowitz’s deep industry expertise will be invaluable as the company evolves its capabilities further to support hybrid work and employee-focused technologies. “We are thrilled to have Ross join Tango,” said Pranav Tyagi, President and CEO at Tango. “We are a company comprised of industry pioneers, who bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise,

Yaskawa Europe, a world leader in industrial robotics, and Alma, a specialist in off-line programming (OLP) for welding robots, announce the signature of a partnership agreement. Within the framework of this agreement, which is in line with the historical collaboration between the two actors, Alma’s Almacam Weld software becomes a reference OLP solution in Yaskawa Europe’s catalog and will be promoted by the manufacturer to its customers with Alma’s support. Off-line programming, a key lever for the productivity of robotic welding installations Off-line programming, which allows a robot to be graphically programmed from a virtual scene and its movements to be simulated, is more than an alternative to traditional programming by learning. It is an approach that is becoming more and more common among manufacturers, and is all the more interesting when the products manufactured are varied, modular or subject to frequent adaptations, and when the series to produce are small. In Europe, dozens of

For more than ten years, Bechtle has been working with Europe’s leading air carrier—the Lufthansa Group. In the future, Germany’s largest IT system house will take on responsibility for the supply and functionality of hardware for 20,000+ IT workstations at 500 of the Lufthansa Group’s worldwide locations. A contract has been concluded for an initial five years with the option to extend. Bechtle will implement the project in collaboration with HP Germany and the Lufthansa Group’s IT infrastructure department as operator of the workstations. The hardware includes end devices such as notebooks and desktops, standard peripherals including monitors and keyboards, as well as special peripherals, for example card readers, scanners and label/barcode printers. To ensure organisational and technical support in the event of disruptions, as well as instant personal services for employees, Bechtle will provide on-site service to cover all hardware anywhere in the world. Moreover, Bechtle will handle lifecycle management

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, announced a key partnership with ZF Group that will advance the integration of its software positioning engine and GNSS correction services into mass-production ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) and autonomous driving systems. Hexagon’s safety-certifiable software positioning engine and correction services will be integrated into ZF’s ProConnect connectivity platform, which enables full vehicle communication (vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-satellite and vehicle-to-network). Like Hexagon, ZF, a German-based global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, is focused on the next generation of mobility – from electric vehicles to fully autonomous systems. Hexagon’s correction services and software positioning engine leverage dual-frequency and multi-constellation GNSS signals along with tightly coupled inertial capabilities that accommodate vehicle dynamics in all driving conditions. Their integration is vital to providing the necessary functional safety, lane-level positioning accuracy and ASIL (automotive safety integrity

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) announced the release of IntelliCAD 11.1. IntelliCAD 11.1 is a major release that includes performance improvements and new features.  Many new commands are available: Quick Dimension, Adjust Spacing, Center Mark, Center Line, Replace Block, Quick Block Save, Live Sectioning, Align Space, Facet Model Helix, and Extract Isolines. New features also include the ability to define custom paper sizes for .pc3 printer configuration files, replace blocks with existing external references, and choose alternate fonts when an SHX font cannot be found. More enhancements include an improved interface when printing and exporting to PDF, more ways to add sheets when publishing, a home view and rotate arrows for the view cube, blocks in table cells, table cell content management, and multileader styles, multiline styles, table styles, and visual styles as part of the Explorer. For IntelliCAD versions that support working with BIM files, export to .ifc files and attach or import

Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that Amalthea, a leading global provider of goat cheese and organic cow cheese, is using Infor’s integrated artificial intelligence (AI) solution to help improve cheese quality and yields, build customer loyalty and boost sustainability. For every 1 percent increase in yields, Amalthea expects to save approximately 500,000 euros, which it can reinvest to further develop the business. Amalthea plans to significantly increase its manufacturing capacity in five years to meet the high demand for more cheese types and innovative solutions such as its CleardMilk® formula, a process by which it can extract whey, cream and other components from raw milk. This helps lessen waste and improve sustainability practices. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Amalthea strives to make the most of the top-quality goat milk it receives from about 50 goat farmers who are members of the Amalthea Cooperative of Goat Farmers. Amalthea’s stated mission is to enhance the lives

Blutsgeschwister, unique women’s clothing and accessories brand based in Germany, has chosen Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution to modernize their design & production processes and allow their team to work from anywhere, on any device, at any time. Centric Software® provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 2001 by Karin Ziegler in Stuttgart, Germany, Blutsgeschwister brought together a small group of visionaries to create ‘Feel Good Wear’ for the individual and empowered woman. The designs are known for their eye-catching prints created exclusively in-house. Each year, the Blutsgeschwister develops 350 to 400 styles, totalling to around 1,500 colorways and designs. The brand sells to its customers through its 400+ retail partners across Europe, its 15 flagship stores located in major German cities,