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Operating net sales increased by 15 per cent to 1,403.2 MEUR (1,216.7). Net sales including the reduction of acquired deferred revenue amounted to 1,401.9 (1,210.4). Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure (organic growth), net sales increased by 8 per cent • Adjusted operating earnings (EBIT1) increased by 12 per cent to 418.0 MEUR (373.1) • Earnings before taxes, excluding adjustments, amounted to 399.6 MEUR (367.6) • Net earnings, excluding adjustments, amounted to 327.7 MEUR (299.7) • Earnings per share, excluding adjustments, amounted to 12.1 Euro cent (11.0) • Operating cash flow decreased to 153.1 MEUR (237.3) • The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of 0.12 EUR (0.11) per share, an increase of 9 per cent This information is information that Hexagon AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person

Autodesk announced the release of the newest update to BIM 360 Cost Management on its blog. Changes were made to the Cost Tool, the Change Order Tool, and the Settings. To read the full deails of the release please go to: https://blogs.autodesk.com/bim360-release-notes/2023/01/24/bim-360-cost-management-january-2023/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Autodesk on CIMdata.com

Bosun, a leading manufacturer and supplier of paving bricks, kerbs, and retaining wall blocks in South Africa, has announced a partnership with BIMsmith, the leading product research platform for building professionals, for the development of new Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools for architects, engineers, and other construction professionals.  The partnership involves the creation of data-rich digital models of Bosun products that integrate seamlessly with BIM design software used by building professionals globally. Each product model contains key data representing both geometric and performance capabilities of each product, allowing for highly accurate early-stage design. The digital models are designed to integrate natively with Autodesk Revit, the leading architectural design software worldwide. The partnership also places Bosun products in front of a global audience of building design professionals on BIMsmith Market, the leading cloud platform used by architects and engineers to conduct building product research.  “We are committed to providing our customers with value-added concrete

CCE, a leading provider of advanced CAD interoperability solutions, has announced major updates of its CAD interoperability toolkits to provide richer access to product data stored in CAD files from all major formats. The recent updates round off a year of significant enhancements to its toolkits, including support for: Latest versionsof all major CAD formats CATIA V5 Pipingdata 2D drawing data New geometric tolerance datum specifications, symbols, and indicators 2D texturedata “We work with largest CAD/CAM ISVs in the industry who have a very demanding customer base. Our toolkits provide these ISVs much needed competitive advantages in the marketplace. We understand that what we provide is a strategic piece of technology for our customers. Our mutual success hinges on our ability to keep our toolkits updated at all times with new enhancements. As a result, we continue to make significant investments to ensure that they don’t have to settle for anything short of the best technology, most comprehensive set of features and

Engineering and construction organizations continue to turn to Oracle Primavera Cloud. Since 2017, Oracle has seen a 132% year-over-year average growth rate in customers using the solution to connect office and field teams, synchronize schedules and resources, and improve project outcomes. Companies taking advantage of Primavera Cloud’s planning, scheduling, resource and risk management capabilities include Bashundhara Group, DMCI Homes, McCarthy, and TNB Genco. “To help ensure successful project and business outcomes, stakeholders at every level—from the C-suite to the job site—have turned to Oracle Primavera Cloud to increase coordination, control, consistency, and compliance,” said Mark Webster, senior vice president and general manager for Oracle Construction and Engineering. “Scheduling is the heartbeat of every project and given the complexity of projects today, customers are realizing the benefits of integrating critical path method (CPM) scheduling and task management. Having a single, integrated CPM and task management schedule for construction projects, programs, and enterprises helps organizations deliver on each

EON Reality, Inc. (“EON Reality”), a global leader in Virtual and Augmented Reality (“XR”) industry and education solutions powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), announces the launch of its proprietary AI module, EON AI Assistant. EON AI Assistant is an innovative module which utilizes two unique AI technologies to provide a comprehensive and interactive learning experience. The first form of AI technology EON AI Assistant utilizes is Contextual Artificial Intelligence (“Contextual AI”), which gives AI a full digital body, such that the AI-based avatars will have functional eyes, ears, legs and more. This means that simply by utilizing EON AI Assistant’s Contextual AI on their mobile phone, users will be able to experience several new features never before possible with artificial intelligence such as having he avatar guide and assist users in real-world tasks, like maintenance and repair, while providing real-time feedback. For example, in a factory setting, the avatar could assist workers

To help organizations increase the efficiency of global supply chains, Oracle is introducing new logistics capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM). The updates to Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and Oracle Global Trade Management (GTM), part of Oracle Cloud SCM, help customers reduce costs, improve accuracy, automate regulatory compliance, and enhance logistics flexibility. Logistics leaders are overwhelmed with a recent buildup of port and shipping delays, fluctuating fuel costs, and evolving trade regulations while also being at the forefront of efforts to reduce carbon emissions of goods in transit. Organizations that don’t have flexible and responsive logistics processes in place often end up passing these delays and costs onto their customers. “The last few years tested the flexibility of global logistics operations and many organizations have struggled to keep pace with the changing market,” said Derek Gittoes, vice president of supply chain management product strategy, Oracle. “With Oracle Transportation Management and Oracle Global

Touchplan, an award-winning collaborative construction planning software platform that helps make construction project outcomes more predictable and profitable, has announced a new ticket export capability. The feature makes the hassle of moving tickets to P6 much easier, allowing users to update their P6 schedule based on changes made in Touchplan. Ticket Export saves time by exporting data from Touchplan directly into P6 as often as the user desires. The entire project in Touchplan can now be exported and used to update P6. Users can also export pieces of the Touchplan schedule into P6 to continue to build upon the Master Schedule. Touchplan’s innovative daily planning and analytics platform is trusted by more than 59,000 design and construction professionals worldwide. More than 4,600 project teams have used Touchplan successfully to optimize the delivery of more than $93.4 billion in construction. “This new feature, along with our upcoming P6 Import upgrade, will dramatically reduce time spent

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has partnered with fellow Nemetschek Groupbrand Solibri to offer users a new way to deliver quality designs confidently. With Solibri Inside, you can validate, report and modify design errors in an easy-to-use model checker directly inside Vectorworks. Created with designers’ needs in mind, the new feature helps to reduce risk with fewer errors and improves efficiency with fewer file exchanges, saving architects, their consultants and clients valuable time and money. “Quality assurance is a critical component of BIM, but many architecture firms have historically lacked a robust way to accurately and efficiently check their models,” said Vectorworks CEO Dr. Biplab Sarkar. “We’re proud to alleviate this pain point for our users in collaboration with Solibri through this integrated, flexible and time-saving solution. Solibri Inside provides automatic rule-based checking in a convenient application, so architects can confidently deliver high-quality, precise designs every time.” This innovative feature now works within the

Patrick Farrell of Siemens announced the newest release of Simcenter Mechanical simulation on the Siemens Blog. Many updates have been made, please read the full post for the details. https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/simcenter/simcenter-mechanical-simulation-2212/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Siemens on CIMdata.com