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Infor®, the industry cloud company, announced that Liljeholmens Stearinfabrik has chosen Infor M3 CloudSuite to help future-proof the processes for purchasing, planning, manufacturing and deliveries. The multi-tenant cloud solution will be powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Liljeholmens Stearinfabrik manufactures candles and has production in Oskarshamn and headquarters in Malmö, Sweden. Liljeholmens is the world's largest manufacturer of candles made from Stearin and one of Sweden's oldest companies still operating. Liljeholmens has been running Infor M3 enterprise resource planning (ERP) on-premises for many years. “We were prepared to upgrade our on-premises solution to the latest M3 version but realized that, with our limited IT resources, it would suit our organization better to run M3 in the cloud,” says Sofia Lanebäck, responsible for supply chain and M3 at Liljeholmens. “With Infor M3 CloudSuite, we will automatically receive all new updates and new features while still maintaining the ease of use of M3.” After a procurement process, Liljeholmens

Centric Software® is delighted to announce the release of a success story about its customer, MECCA. Founded 25 years ago, MECCA has redefined the Australian and New Zealand beauty landscape. With more than 100 stores across Australia and New Zealand, as well as online stores in both countries and T-Mall global, MECCA offers an exclusive edit of the best in beauty from more than 200 brands, including signature lines MECCA Cosmetica, MECCA MAX and kit. To meet Australia’s strict ingredients legislation, MECCA decided to implement Centric PLM® to automate existing processes involving ingredient compliance. It was highly important that the teams had easy access to all the information about products in one place including ingredients, artwork files and claim documentation.  David Cumberland, GM of Risk and Compliance at MECCA shares, “We were looking for a back-end solution that provided a secure environment for data. We can’t approve products with incomplete data on ingredients or missing documentation

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, and Tagawa City, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate digital transformation in Tagawa City. As part of the partnership, Tech Mahindra will leverage its expertise in next-generation technologies such as 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR), to help Tagawa become a smart city. To further support the digital transformation journey, Tech Mahindra and Tagawa City will work together to upskill the local talent with software engineering skills in Japan. In addition, Tech Mahindra and Tagawa City will collaborate on the expansion of local 5G with Multi Edge Computing (MEC), as well as the development of new hardware and software using AR and VR. Furthermore, Tech Mahindra will help Tagawa City in its vision for the digitalization of sports facilities, using technologies such as motion cameras and Artificial Intelligence

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, announced that it has been selected as a transformation partner by Yorkshire Water, a leading UK utilities company, to modernise operations across its clean water, waste water, and asset management businesses. Yorkshire Water is the ninth largest water utility in the world and provides water and wastewater services to 5.2 million customers across Yorkshire. As part of the engagement, LTIMindtree will help migrate Yorkshire Water’s core business systems to the SAP S/4HANA platform covering a wide range of areas such as work and asset management, complex scheduling, materials management, inventory management, health, and safety. By automating and simplifying processes, consolidating data, and modernising core systems using intelligent technologies, LTIMindtree will enable Yorkshire Water to boost operational efficiencies, augment capabilities, and enhance user experience. Unified management of assets, workforce, and finances will allow Yorkshire Water to drive integrated planning and scheduling of work,

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 4 January 2023—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Craig Brown, Executive Consultant, will join a webinar entitled “Systems Engineering Rigor needs an Interoperability Framework.” The webinar, hosted by The Reuse Company, takes place on Tuesday, 17 January, at 11:00 AM EST. The webinar will look at why an interoperability framework is vital for systems engineering and will consider the following: How an interoperability framework can eliminate holding copies of requirements in separate files, ensuring that engineers use the same basis for requirements. How through the use of rigorous change and notification control, the requirements refinement is seen by others as they occur. How technology invented for requirements sharing also works for other engineering deliverables such as models, reports, simulation, and physical testing. How interoperability technologies can help streamline an operation by eliminating copies of requirements in spreadsheets, thus helping to create an authoritative

Addnode Group announces that it today has acquired FAST2 Affärssystem AB (FAST2), one of Sweden’s leading suppliers of business systems for real estate companies. The company is expected to have net sales of approximately SEK 80 million. FAST2’s proprietary business system is used by nine out of 13 of the largest public housing companies in Sweden. The system handles both technical and financial management. FAST2 was formed in 1996, four of the founders are still active in the company and offices are currently located in Stockholm and Gothenburg. Addnode Group’s subsidiary Service Works Global’s (SWG) net sales amounts to approximately SEK 240 million and the company has a strong offering of proprietary digital solutions for managing and maintaining facilities, as well as workplace and FM services. SWG and FAST2 will together serve more than 400 customers, of which just over 200 are in the Nordics. "We are experiencing an increased demand for digitisation

Ansys, the global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software, announced the acquisition of Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software Rocky DEM, S.L. (“Rocky”). With this acquisition, Ansys adds Rocky, the leading discrete element method (DEM) tool, and a skilled team of developers, application support technicians and customer-facing staff in Brazil, Spain, and the United States. The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Ansys' consolidated financial statements in 2023. Rocky was a subsidiary of Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software (ESSS), a long-term Ansys Channel Partner, and developer of engineering software dedicated to modeling discrete mechanics problems. Ansys’ acquisition of Rocky builds on the companies’ long-term partnership and joint particle modeling workflow announced in 2021. Rocky’s software, with specific strengths in GPU computing and applying particle methods to multiphysics simulations, is used in wide variety of cross-industry applications that involve discrete solids of any size and shape. Particle modeling spans many industries

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of LocLab, a leader in 3D digital twin content creation. LocLab’s proprietary technology, enabled by a high degree of automation using proven workflows and artificial intelligence, allows the cost- and time-efficient creation of digital twins. LocLab’s in-house developed toolchain can leverage several data input formats to balance speed, cost and accuracy – such as terrestrial videogrammetry, survey data and point clouds – but only requires photographs or videos at minimum. Videogrammetry is a highly scalable method that comes in handy when survey accuracy is not needed and speed is preferred. Whether creating 3D models of machines, buildings and manufacturing facilities or large-scale areas such as transportation networks or entire cities, the AI software compares detected objects with LocLab’s vast object library of 3D elements (street objects, building components, rail equipment, etc.) to semi-automate

ActCAD 2023 Professional, Standard and Prime Versions released based on latest IntellICAD 11.1 Engine. This is a major release that includes performance improvements and new featuresas as mentioned below: Updated ODA SDKsversion 2022.12 Service Pack 1 Updated STEP/IGES translators based on Open CASCADE Technology (OCCT) version 7.6.0 Recreated QDIM command Recreated CENTERLIEN command Recreated ALIGNSPACE command Added new command to Adjust Spacing of Dimensions Added new command CENTERMARK Added new command Replace Block Added new command Quick Block Save Added new command Facet Model Helix Added new command Extract Isolines Added new command Live Sectioning Added new command Live QUICKWBLOCK Added new command Live SurfExtractCurve Added new sysvar MESHTYPE Improved FMEXTRUDE command to sweep a section along a 3D guide curve PDF .pc3 printer now supports custom paper sizes Replace blocks with existing external references Choose alternate fonts when SHX font not found Several improvements to View Cube New feature to save Custom Views in Model space and restore them Improved speed and performance Several improvements to User Interface Many improvements to Publish Dialog Simplified PDF Export dialog

Dedicated to investing in cutting-edge engineering simulation technologies and industrial applications, BETA CAE Systems comes up with another major release of v23.x.x series. v23.1.0 aims to extend automation while, same time, manage complexity and offer more scalability. Do not miss: The advancements in Human Body Models, supporting the new diversity models of THUMS family for ANSA and THUMS M50-O and F05-O for META. The complete solution for Isogeometric Analysis, expanded in pre- and now also implemented in post-processing, facilitating the reading of geometry and deformation results from LS-DYNA d3plot files. The enhanced functionality for watertight model preparation and surface wrapping for aerodynamic applications. The vast developments in post-processing for NVH, including new toolbars as well as the co-simulation of modal transient response with third-party applications. The significant speed-up in EPILYSIS calculations regarding SOL200 optimization with modal frequency response loadcase, combined with AMLS substructuring. The noteworthy performance improvements in the area of Machine Learning Prediction in KOMVOS. The further potential