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At our joint trade show stand with Rittal, CIDEON and German Edge Cloud, you can gain fascinating insights into the digitalisation of industrial automation. Trade show highlights EPLAN will be showing include innovative solutions for machine building and plant system engineering, including manufacturing integration, along with a focus on the energy sector and building services engineering. With EPLAN Education, we are addressing educational institutions and students. There will naturally also be a sneak preview of the upcoming EPLAN Platform 2025.  Come visit us in hall 11 at stand E06 from 22 to 26 April 2024 Exclusive sneak preview: EPLAN Platform 2025 und other software highlights You can get exclusive insights into upcoming product innovations. EPLAN Platform 2025 with a focus on the rapid training of new users and easing the burden for qualified specialists Product innovations for machine cabling: EPLAN Cable proD Manufacturing support for panel building: EPLAN Smart Mounting and Smart Wiring Augmented Reality for servicing

Centric Software®, the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) market leader is pleased to announce that Berne Apparel, a leading workwear company has selected Centric PLM™ to drive efficiency. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, outdoor, luxury, multi-category retail, grocery, food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care and consumer electronics to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 1915, Berne Apparel is privately held and based in Ossian, Indiana. The company produces durable, affordable workwear and outdoor clothing for men, women and children. Products include insulated outerwear, tops, bottoms and accessories, with expansion to new categories coming in the future. Berne Apparel’s products can be found at bernedirect.com, at farm & agriculture retailers, and through industrial distributors. Amanda Campbell, Product Development Manager at Berne Apparel, highlights the necessity for streamlined processes and a centralized

SAP SE announced that Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, has chosen the RISE with SAP solution to accelerate its journey to the cloud. Deutsche Telekom is the first enterprise to implement RISE with SAP through SAP’s recently expanded partnership with T-Systems as a premium supplier of RISE with SAP, marking a significant milestone in the relationship between SAP and Deutsche Telekom. As Europe’s largest telecommunications provider, with more than 252 million mobile customers, 25 million fixed-network lines and 22 million broadband lines, Deutsche Telekom operates in more than 50 countries. Aligned with the company’s vision to be the leading digital telecommunications provider in the world, Deutsche Telekom has chosen RISE with SAP to transform a major part of its ERP landscape to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. As a premium supplier of RISE with SAP, T-Systems will migrate, consolidate and manage more than 300 systems into the public and private cloud

Eviden, the Atos Group business leading in digital, cloud, big data and security, announces that it has been selected by the French defense procurement agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA) to industrialize the new P3TS (“Plug and Play Positioning and Timing System”) geolocation solution that will equip all the French Armed Forces’ defense vehicles by 2024. P3TS is a compact, multi-constellation GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) -integrating GPS and Galileo constellations -, offering unprecedented resilience and ease of deployment. P3TS is a solution that extends tactical situational awareness to non-digitized vectors, from dismounted soldiers to army support vehicles. Information regarding position and time-stamp, which is updated in real time, is fed into the Scorpion program’s combat information system – SICS, developed by Eviden – as well as into the tactical radio, enabling the entire chain of command to gain a better understanding of the combat environment and to limit the risk of

Simpler and faster design with intelligent CAD product data NC Componenti, with more than 38 years of experience in the automation industry, has taken a major step forward in improving accessibility and efficiency for its customers by integrating its Easy-Link® Catalog into the CADENAS platform. The company's strength is the Easy-Link® conveyor system. Now, with the integration of the catalog powered by CADENAS into the website, NC Componenti offers an even more comprehensive and efficient service. New 3D CAD configurator improves digital customer experience NC Componentis' Easy-Link® Catalog offers instant configuration and fast downloads in more than 100 CAD formats. This state-of-the-art platform allows designers to select products in the format of their choice, download them, and effortlessly integrate them into their designs. The entire process, enriched with all essential design metadata and datasheets, is done quickly and easily with just a few clicks, providing an immediate and intuitive solution to meet the dynamic

Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Intrinsic ID, a leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) IP used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs). The acquisition adds production proven PUF IP to Synopsys' broadly used semiconductor IP portfolio, enabling SoC designers worldwide to protect their SoCs by generating a unique identifier on chip utilizing the inherent and distinctive characteristics of every silicon chip. The acquisition also adds Intrinsic ID's team of experienced research and development engineers who have deep expertise in PUF technology. The terms of the deal, which are not material to Synopsys financials, are not being disclosed. "In our increasingly connected world, chip designers are integrating PUF technology in their SoCs for many applications, including identification and the creation of a product ID for track and trace," said Joachim Kunkel, general manager of the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "The acquisition of Intrinsic ID complements our extensive semiconductor

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced that effective July 1, 2024, Greg Bentley will transition from Bentley Systems’ CEO to Executive Chair of its Board of Directors. Nicholas Cumins, currently COO, will then be promoted to CEO, and be proposed to join the Board of Directors. The announcement was made during the opening event for Bentley Systems’ new UK headquarters in the City of London, beginning the observance of the company’s 40th anniversary. Nicholas Cumins, CEO Designate Cumins has served as Bentley Systems’ COO since January 2022. He joined Bentley Systems as Chief Product Officer in September 2020 prior to the company’s IPO. Previously he was General Manager of SAP Marketing Cloud and served as Chief Product Officer of Scytl, a platform for online voting, and as Senior Vice President of Product with OpenX, a pioneer in programmatic advertising. Before OpenX, he had already served in a variety of senior

HCLTech, a leading global technology company, has received two new Microsoft Azure specializations for its portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions. The new specializations - AI and Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure; and Build and Modernize AI Apps with Microsoft Azure - underscore HCLTech’s expertise in delivering end-to-end AI and ML solutions with its Scale AI data science platform that allows enterprises to rapidly develop and deploy custom ML models. The platform enables companies to deliver world-class customer experiences, streamline operations and facilitate intelligent decision-making. With this, HCLTech has 21 Microsoft specializations covering Azure, modern workplace, security, analytics and business applications, in addition to AI and ML. "Our Scale AI platform facilitates the adoption and implementation of Azure AI solutions for clients. The latest AI specializations recognize our deep expertise in Microsoft technologies and our comprehensive approach to AI innovation, which enable us to help enterprises achieve seamless integration of AI across

The PROSTEP Group will be celebrating a milestone birthday this year. As a recognized expert for PLM integration, it has been providing customers in the automotive industry, mechanical and plant engineering, shipbuilding and other industries with support when it comes to digitalizing their business processes, and thus ensuring digital continuity, for 30 years. Over the course of three decades, PROSTEP has become the leading vendor-neutral PLM consulting and software company with a comprehensive range of solutions and consulting services for manufacturing industry. ProSTEP Produktdatentechnologie GmbH, as the company was originally called, grew up with the topic of standards. It was founded as the operational arm of the ProSTEP Association with the aim of proving support to industry in the context of implementing the STEP standard. A major milestone was transformation of the limited liability company (GmbH) into a stock corporation (AG) in 2001. It set further professionalization of PROSTEP's commercial service offerings and expansion of the network of branch

Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading supplier of Additively Manufactured Electronics (“AME”) and multi-dimensional polymer, metal & ceramic Additive Manufacturing (“AM”), announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31st, 2023. Revenue Q4/2023: $14.5 million, up 19% compared to Q4/ 2022 FY 2023: $56.3 million, up 29% compared to FY 2022 Gross Margin (“GM”) FY 2023: 45%; up 41% from 32% in FY 2022 Adjusted1 Gross Margin (“Adjusted GM”) FY 2023: 48%; vs. 46% in FY 2022 Net Cash Burn² down 42% from 2022 to 2023: FY 2022: $146 million FY 2023: $84 million FY 2024: $12-20 million EXPECTED, as a result of Q4/22 Reshaping Nano Initiative (the “Initiative”) Details regarding Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted gross margin can be found below in this press release under “Non-IFRS Measures.” CEO MESSAGE TO SHAREHOLDERS:We would like to update you - our shareholders and prospective shareholders - with additional perspective on our continued record performance, organizational changes, and an outlook on exciting times to come. To start with –