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Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Tatra Trucks, a leading truck manufacturer in Czechia, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software including Teamcenter® software for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Mendix™ low code platform to help increase production volume and strengthen its ability to manufacture vehicles that meet specific customer requirements. To achieve these goals, Tatra Trucks is digitalizing to intensively modernize and optimize production processes to meet the company’s ambitious plans for growth. "The implementation of Siemens’ Teamcenter software represents a major technological shift for Tatra Trucks and will provide the company with a significant competitive advantage on the global market. Digitization will enable us to respond more efficiently to the specific requirements of each customer and faster order processing. We anticipate more flexible development, faster technological preparation of production and more timely deliveries of the required quality," said Jakub Pončík, technical director, Tatra Trucks. The use of

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Teddy Group has selected Centric Market Intelligence™ to underpin data-driven decisions across product planning and competitive pricing to boost its market positioning for flagship brand, Terranova. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, luxury, footwear, outdoor, home and related goods like cosmetics & personal care as well as multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 1961, Teddy S.p.A Group has grown from a small local store in Rimini, Italy, into a global fashion retail powerhouse. Terranova, launched in 1988, represents one of the group’s flagship brands with over 500 stores in 37 markets, offering contemporary fashion for men, women and children. Today, the brand operates through multiple channels, including retail stores, 13 direct e-commerce markets and a growing marketplace presence. The integration of Centric Market Intelligence

 PDF Making Variability a Competitive Advantage in the High-Tech & Electronics Industry Key Takeaways Product platforms, product variants, modular design, and software-defined features are common, proven strategies to efficiently meet diverse and changing customer demand improving top and bottom-line value in many industries, but especially in high-tech and electronics. Ensuring product architecture, designs, and production methods share a common approach to managing product variability enables maximum efficiency and reduces risk of errors. Software-defined products (i.e., products where features and options are implemented by enabling capabilities via software activation) are becoming more common and used to drive high-margin after-sales revenue. Aras Innovator’s approach delivers a unified product-centric variability definition and supporting technology stack, enabling consistent, efficient management of configurable products across sales, engineering, manufacturing, and service while supporting diverse strategies like configure-to-order, engineer-to-order, and hybrids. Introduction The high-tech and electronics (HTE) industry, a cauldron of rapid technological evolution, faces the daunting task of balancing relentless innovation with the imperative

This annual educational webinar will focus on the PLM market results for 2024. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 13 May 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is excited to announce an upcoming free educational webinar, “2025 PLM Market Update.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 12 June 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will run for one hour. The PLM Economy, CIMdata’s term for the global ecosystem of software and services providers that assist industrial companies in achieving their PLM objectives, has grown strongly over the past decade. This webinar will focus on the results for the calendar year 2024 and offer insights into CIMdata’s forecast for 2025 through 2029. This webinar will help attendees: Distinguish CIMdata’s PLM definition from those offered by other market influencers. Understand the differential growth experienced across the various segments of the PLM market. Identify key players in the global PLM market landscape. Find out what

3D Systems Corporation announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025. Revenue of $95 million as growth in new hardware systems and related services was offset by a decline in materials sales driven primarily by inventory management in the dental aligner market. Previously announced $50 million cost savings initiative proceeding on schedule for completion by mid-2026. Reduction in operating expenses in Q1 continues to reflect the Company’s focus on cost and efficiency. Company announcing an additional cost reduction initiative estimated to deliver $20 million incremental savings in 2025 to accelerate organizational alignment in response to potential macroeconomic and tariff risks. Company withdrawing full year guidance due to risk of protracted weakness in customer capex spending. Top priority on delivering profitability at current scale. Strong new product portfolio spanning all metal and polymer platforms positions company well for accelerated growth and profitability when customer capex rebounds. Balance sheet significantly strengthened as April sale of Geomagic

In the first quarter of 2025, the HOMAG Group’s order intake and sales were at approximately the same level as last year. Earnings improved thanks to cost reductions and a robust service business. There are still no signs of a market recovery at present. The HOMAG Group’s order intake increased by four percent to EUR 391 million in the first three months of 2025 (previous year: EUR 377 million). “We recorded a slight upward trend in orders for individual machines,” explains CEO Dr. Daniel Schmitt. “However, the market situation remains challenging and we do not yet see a significant recovery.” The order backlog had decreased to EUR 814 million as of March 31, 2025 (March 31, 2024: EUR 871 million). Sales decreased slightly compared to the previous year to EUR 335 million (previous year: EUR 347 million). EBIT before extraordinary effects increased by 25 percent to EUR 13.5 million (previous year: EUR

Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of cloud-based ERP solutions for the construction industry, announced receipt of its annual System and Organization Control (SOC) SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II attestation engagement reports for the eCMS Hosting Service system that was designed and implemented throughout the period January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024. The trust services reports provide independent validation that Computer Guidance Corporation’s security, availability, and confidentiality controls operated in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) applicable Trust Services Criteria (TSC) as a result of an examination of the description of a service organization’s system and the suitability of the design and operating effectiveness of controls involving a number of factors such as security, availability, and confidentiality outlined in the audit report. The audits reviewed several processes and procedures that have been implemented by Computer Guidance to proactively manage the cloud environments that

Emerson, an industrial technology leader delivering advanced automation solutions, is empowering manufacturers with seamless data mobility across a new suite of life sciences software in the DeltaV™ Automation Platform. Providing key automation solutions from the earliest stages of recipe development through commercial manufacturing, Emerson’s suite of life sciences software makes it easier for organizations to select and connect critical tools necessary to bring quality treatments to patients faster, safer and more sustainably. The traditional process of creating a new treatment from research through clinical trials to commercial manufacturing is largely manual and intensely time consuming. Life sciences companies spend substantial resources in both time and money performing the steps necessary to move information across various applications to successfully develop and manufacture new products. With a wide variety of technology solutions from different providers in the various segments of the business, data can quickly become siloed in individual applications, making it difficult to

Exiger, the market-leading supply chain AI company, announced the launch of its end-to-end tariff solution, Tariff Intelligence – a central hub to forecast and triage tariff impacts at all levels of the supply chain. Powered by custom visualization, automated workflows, agentic AI, and real-time calculators, Tariff Intelligence gives customers incredible granularity into which routes, suppliers, and components trigger higher tariffs, enabling targeted strategies that defend against cost increases and support rapid alternative supplier identification, screening, and onboarding. Tariff Intelligence is the market’s only supply chain visibility solution that enables users to map their tariff exposure down to the raw material and part-level. Agentic AI contextualizes the impact of tariffs, import/export restrictions, and supply chain disruptions for customers’ specific parts, automating actionable analyses and accelerating informed risk mitigation decisions. Tariff Intelligence is integrated into 1Exiger, a single sign-on, intuitive supply chain UX, and uses Proactive Intelligence, an advanced AI capability that predicts where

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has launched an augmented reality (AR)-based infrastructure management solution, in collaboration with CareAR and ServiceNow, to enhance IT operations with augmented intelligence, real-time remote assistance and automation-driven workflows. HCLTech is seamlessly integrating its expertise in infrastructure services and AI capabilities with enterprise AR solutions from CareAR, a Xerox company, on the ServiceNow platform. This comprehensive and advanced IT management solution aims to streamline IT infrastructure support, enhance operational and business resilience and significantly lower the cost and downtime of clients’ critical infrastructure. “Integrating augmented reality into enterprise IT operations not only revolutionizes the overall experiences in your organization but also unlocks unparalleled opportunities for efficiency, collaboration, and innovation, ensuring a sustainable competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving market” said Ravi Yeddanapudi EVP, Digital Foundation Services, HCLTech  “We are excited to partner with HCLTech to scale our transformative augmented reality solutions globally. With their industry expertise and global reach, we are confident