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Dassault Systèmes announced that Grundfos, a global leader in advanced pump and water solutions, has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud to digitally transform its commercial building services, domestic building services, industry and water utility divisions. In a multiyear agreement,1 Grundfos will use Dassault Systèmes’ entire portfolio of industrial equipment industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, to manage product lifecycles more sustainably, and drive its services business. Virtual twins integrating modeling, simulation, data science and artificial intelligence will enable 3,500 users to collaborate, increase productivity and innovation, improve traceability and control, reduce operating costs and time to market, and enable new business models at scale. The U.N. declared a Water Action Decade focused on the sustainable development and integrated management of safe water resources in light of estimates showing that billions of people do not have access. Grundfos’ decision to adopt the 3DEXPERIENCE platform reinforces its commitment to pioneer solutions to the world’s water challenges through

 PDF On Thursday, September 18, 2025, Aras Corporation announced that Mr. Leon Lauritsen will succeed Mr. Roque Martin as CEO. Mr. Martin joined Aras as CEO in October 2021 following founder Mr. Peter Schroer. Under Mr. Martin, Aras continued its status as a CIMdata PLM Mindshare Leader due to their continued growth and industry impact. Mr. Martin will continue at Aras as an advisor. Mr. Lauritsen came to Aras via its 2022 acquisition of Minerva, a top tier Aras partner. He spent over 20 years at Minerva, starting as a consultant, becoming vice-president and partner at the time of the Minerva acquisition. While at Minerva, he was instrumental in expanding their business via selling and supporting the Aras product. At Aras, Mr. Lauritsen had several sales leadership and general management roles most recently SVP of Global Sales and GM of Aras EMEA. As CEO, CIMdata expects Lauritsen’s strong technical and customer

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Jaspal Public Company Limited (Jaspal Group) has successfully gone live with Centric Product Lifecycle Management (Centric PLM™), marking a key milestone in its digital transformation journey to strengthen product development. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, comply, buy, make, price, allocate, assort, market, sell and replenish fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home, cosmetics & personal care products as well as multi-category retail, to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Jaspal Group is a Thai-founded fashion and lifestyle company carrying forward a legacy spanning 70 years of heritage. Armed with an impressive portfolio of over 25 brands, Jaspal Group leads as a brand owner and distributor, managing a diverse mix of apparel, accessories, home goods and beauty products. Its portfolio of brands includes Jaspal, CPS Chaps, Lyn, Jelly Bunny, CC Double O and Misty Mynx, alongside exclusive distribution of

SAP SE announced that UiPath Inc., a global leader in agentic automation, has successfully gone live with an SAP Cloud ERP Private solution as part of its strategic digital transformation initiative. The company achieved 93% clean core in solution design and 88% clean core across the overall implementation, advancing its goals to modernize ERP, a component of its ongoing journey toward operational excellence. As part of UiPath’s growth strategy, the company targeted ERP as a critical area of transformation, taking an automation-first approach to streamline and standardize its operations. As a global company, UiPath needs to comply with multi-GAAP reporting across different geographies. By moving to the cloud, UiPath is now able to connect fragmented systems, cut time and resources spent on billing cycles, and simplify complex multi-GAAP reporting processes—including order to cash, lead to cash, finance, procurement and human resources. “Our transformation efforts are centered around two key goals—how can we leverage automation to

At Autodesk University, award-winning software maker and AI pioneer Chaos announces a host of new AI-powered tools designed to enhance creativity and enable architects, designers and visualization specialists to work faster and smarter. Leading the launch is Veras 3.0’s new image-to-video generator, an AI-powered visualization tool that transforms static renderings into dynamic animations through simple prompts, adding motion, atmosphere and storytelling directly within everyday design workflows. “As AI continues to transform the AEC industry, Chaos is paving the way with responsible AI tools designed to serve as creative companions for architects, designers and visualization artists, while ensuring that they retain control and ownership of their work,” said Iveta Cabajova, recently appointed Chaos CEO. “We’re leveraging AI to help AEC professionals address everyday design challenges, amplify their capabilities, boost efficiency and unlock new ways to explore and create faster than ever before.” Unlike general-purpose AI video tools, the Veras image-to-video generator is designed specifically for AEC workflows, integrating natively with Revit,

EarthCam, the leader in live camera technology, content and services, announced its ninth-generation integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud®. Unveiled during Autodesk University 2025, the updated integration is EarthCam’s most comprehensive to date, designed to deliver intelligent visual data and automation that enhances safety, compliance, and productivity for project teams using Autodesk Build and Autodesk Docs. This milestone builds on years of partnership between EarthCam and Autodesk, aligning with the shared goal of connected construction. With the launch of Control Center 9, EarthCam brings together live imagery, 3D model alignment, and AI-powered analytics in a deeply embedded experience within Autodesk’s platform. Project managers, VDC teams, and safety professionals now have unprecedented access to real-time, searchable visual data, ensuring that critical insights are always within reach. A key enhancement of this ninth-generation release is universal EarthCam 3D model alignment, which makes EarthCam’s “camera-infused” BIM model views available to all Autodesk-focused projects, regardless of scale. Compatible with every

Elysium, a global leader in interoperability solutions, proudly announces the release of 3D-SUITE EX11.0, a major upgrade that strengthens foundational model-based capabilities and introduces key innovations across the 3D engineering workflow. In this release, the product name has also been updated from “3DxSUITE” to “3D-SUITE”. The change aligns the written form with the way the name is actually pronounced, making it more intuitive and approachable for global users. This update reflects Elysium’s commitment to accessibility, clarity, and user adoption worldwide. Enhanced PMI Handling — The Lifeblood of the Model-Based Enterprise Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) is central to enabling a connected MBE. However, PMI only provides value when accurate, complete, and compliant with standards. EX11.0 introduces new and enhanced functions to elevate PMI quality, traceability, and usability. PMI Checker — Raising the Standard for Model-Based Definition Accuracy The headline enhancement of EX11.0 is the introduction of PMI Checker, a powerful new automated validation tool that brings unprecedented reliability

Emerson, an industrial technology leader delivering advanced automation solutions, announced the availability of AspenTech Subsurface Intelligence™ (ASI), an open, cloud-native agentic environment that incorporates AI to transform the user experience and accelerate subsurface-related decision making while leveraging existing investments in legacy applications. ASI’s AI-powered guidance capabilities and library of domain-specific agents operate with the industry-standard OSDU® Data Platform to automate workflows and develop insights that improve the speed from data to results and decisions. ASI fulfills a critical industry need to work in an agile, multi-disciplinary manner, optimize production and improve access to information trapped throughout various parts of the organization. “Silos between disciplines, software and geographies are impacting the upstream industry’s ability to make fast, effective decisions about how to maximize returns for subsurface projects,” said Dr. Vikas Dhole, senior vice president of modeling and optimization at Emerson’s Aspen Technology business. “ASI is transforming subsurface workflows by improving multi-disciplinary collaboration across the hydrocarbon extraction project

Jama Software, the industry-leading requirements management and traceability solution provider, announced that Jama Connect, and its add-ons, Jama Connect Interchange™, and Jama Connect Advisor™ are now available in AWS Marketplace, a digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors that make it easy to find, test, buy, and deploy software that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Designed for teams that value precision and collaboration, Jama Connect enables you to gather, manage, and validate requirements with unmatched efficiency. By fostering clear communication and providing real-time traceability across tools and teams, this software empowers businesses to reduce risks, improve quality, and accelerate time to market. AWS customers will now have access to Jama Software’s suite of requirements management and traceability tools directly within AWS Marketplace. AWS customers now have the ability to streamline the purchase and management of Jama Connect, Jama Connect Interchange, and Jama Connect Advisor within their AWS Marketplace account. “Jama Software’s partnership

MOCA Systems, Inc. (MSI), provider of Touchplan, the leading construction planning software platform, announced the upcoming release of Precision Time Planning, a new capability that gives contractors the flexibility to plan, sequence, and coordinate work with time intervals of weeks, days, hours, or minutes, and to organize shift work as needed. This new capability will be on display for the first time at the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Show taking place September 12–15 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Touchplan is exhibiting at Booth #1615. “The volatility, complexity, and urgency of today’s construction environment demands accurate and flexible digital workforce planning” said Brett Adamczyk, President of the Software Division at MSI “Touchplan’s Precision Time Planning delivers that capability by enabling teams to schedule work down to the minute, manage crews across shifts, and plan at the right level of detail, all while preserving the platform’s signature ease of use.” Empowering Crews and Trade Partners With Precision