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Aras® today announced the availability of Aras Component Engineering, connecting the IHS CAPS Universe Electronic Component Data to the Aras PLM platform for the engineering of new products and systems. Aras Component Engineering embeds more than 100 million commercial electronic components seamlessly and securely into the Aras PLM environment, providing engineering and sourcing professionals with a single point of access to design, procure and sustain products with electronic components. See a Demo of Aras Component Engineering @ http://aras.com/plm/002721 Aras Component Engineering was developed in partnership with IHS, the world’s leading source of business-critical information, insight and analytics. The IHS CAPS Universe database is the premier electronic component database containing part attribute data and documentation on hundreds of millions of parts from more than 2,000 global manufacturers. Together, IHS and Aras streamline and simplify component selection, approval, sourcing and compliance processes while increasing efficiency and productivity, and reducing regulatory and supply chain risk. “By

Engineering PLM Solutions announces today that EagleBurgmann Germany, provider of industrial sealing technology, chooses RuleDesigner Configurator to automate mechanical seals customization and to provide designers distributed worldwide with the necessary design guidelines. EagleBurgmann has a global customer-oriented design strategy and several distributed engineering departments. This scenario, combined to the high configurability of mechanical seals, lead the company to strive for providing designers globally distributed with all the necessary design guidelines. So, they decided to look for a configurator system to provide a global rule-based designing process which would have helped the designers in their daily task by automating product customization and by providing them with the necessary design guidelines. After a software selection, EagleBurgmann chooses RuleDesigner Configurator. People involved in the evaluation were impressed by the deep and stable Solid-Edge integration, compared to that of the other configurators evaluated; by the user-friendly interface which allows users to start small processes with no

Bestseller Fashion Group China (BFGC) has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. BFGC markets clothing and accessories in more than 6,000 stores in China, under four Bestseller brands (Only, Jack & Jones, Vero Moda and Selected) as well as the independent J. Lindeberg brand. The company will use the Centric PLM software for apparel, retail, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies to support growth, further optimize product development, and improve supply chain processes, according to Dan Friis, CEO of BFGC. The purchase highlights Centric’s stated plans for Asian expansion. In July, the company closed on $24 million in growth capital financing. One of the primary goals of the financing round was to help Centric expand its presence in the China market, according to Chris Groves, president and CEO of Centric. “China presents one of the biggest opportunities in the apparel and consumer products market, with both brands and

ANSYS, Inc. announced today that the Company expects to release its third quarter 2014 earnings on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss third quarter 2014 results and future outlook. CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION: What: ANSYS Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call  When: November 5, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time ANSYS encourage participants to pre-register for the conference call using the enclosed link. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call, bypassing the live operator. Participants may pre-register any time, including up to and after the call start time. You will immediately receive an online confirmation, an email with the dial in number and a calendar invitation for the event. To pre-register, go to:  http://dpregister.com/10053703 You may also reach the

Today, Siemens PLM’s Pascal Vera and Polarion Software’s Stefano Rizzo are joining forces to co-present the second Keynote titled “PLM and ALM Getting Together” at the annual Polarion Live User Conference. Pascal Vera, who is leading Systems Engineering and Mechatronics product initiatives and strategic planning at Siemens PLM, as well as heading Teamcenter Mechatronics product management efforts, is joined by Stefano Rizzo, who in his role as SVP Strategy and Business Development is responsible for the long-term vision and product strategy at Polarion. Following last month’s announcement of Polarion’s partnership with Siemens PLM Software to integrate Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology from Siemens with Polarion’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution, today’s presentation will detail the approach, benefits and roadmap of the integration. The partnership was established in response to the highly competitive and complex environment of modern-day manufacturing where innovation is more and more relying on the software component of embedded systems. While

ZW3D today announced the coming of this year’s design challenge, inviting CAD enthusiasts to sharpen their skills and win cool prizes by designing household products. Each year, ZWSOFT will organize worldwide 3D CAD design competitions and events to meet the designers, innovators, and creators of tomorrow. This fall, from October 15th to November 30th, ZWSOFT will team up with KeyShot to present a contest of designing household products with ZW3D CAD/CAM. In this 3D CAD model competition, challengers are encouraged to show off their professional skills in creating household wares, like chairs, fans, bathroom accessories, kitchen appliances and many more. Each challenger will enjoy a free 45-day trial of ZW3D CAD/CAM at http://www.zwsoft.com/zw3d/zw3d_2014_design_contest/. Entries of the challenge will be evaluated carefully by their complexity, creativity & practicality and rendering skills. The most exciting and inventive designers will receive cash rewards, as well as ZW3D Premium one-year licenses. For the first-place winner, ZW3D will provide incentives of $1,000 along

Continuing with its Internet of Things strategy to enable customers to bring smart, connected products to market faster, PTC today announced it has joined the Salesforce Analytics Cloud ecosystem. Wave, the Salesforce Analytics Cloud, is the first cloud analytics platform designed for every business user, making it easier than ever for anyone to explore data, uncover new insights and take action instantly from any device. PTC will use its PTC ThingWorx and PTC Axeda Machine Cloud® technology to extend Wave by providing access to streaming Internet of Things (IoT) data from smart, connected products. Specifically, the integration will empower PTC and Salesforce customers to view data generated in a unified experience. The insights gained from the data will allow business units across an organization to more easily develop data analytic strategies that deliver stronger business value to their customers. PTC and Salesforce Analytics Cloud empower customers to transform data into business insight, with benefits that include: A

ModuleWorks have announced a development partnership with AMC Bridge to provide integration and custom development services to ModuleWorks Partners around the globe. AMC Bridge has been providing software development services for more than 15 years. It specializes in delivering solutions for CAD, CAE, CAM, PDM and PLM applications and the development team have expertise and experience in mathematical modeling, analytical geometry, 3D graphics, finite element and structural analysis, in addition to data and process management.  They have headquarters in the USA and All Team members have university degrees in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering, as well as an in-depth knowledge of modern software development techniques. AMC Bridge will work alongside the ModuleWorks integration team to provide consultancy services on a project oriented basis allowing partners to bring ModuleWorks technology based products to market faster and effectively. David Plater, Technical Director at ModuleWorks comments “By partnering with AMC Bridge we’re able

Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Camstar Systems, Inc. The acquisition will build on Siemens’ industrial digitalization strategy by broadening its integrated product development and production automation solutions for the electronics, semiconductor and medical device industries. Today’s announcement represents the latest step to help companies realize innovation with a truly integrated digital enterprise. Camstar’s best-in-class MES solutions will complement Siemens’ existing vertical industry offerings. Camstar will become part of Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) business. The transaction is expected to close during the second half of November, 2014. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed. Camstar’s enterprise MES portfolio delivers scalable, flexible, enterprise-wide solutions for centralized or distributed multi-site manufacturing environments. Today’s complex product development environment is driving strong demand for enterprise MES solutions among manufacturers in discrete industries. The Camstar portfolio includes next-generation, high-performance analytics to gain insight into the operations of complex and global processes. This

The latest release of Radan, from Vero Software, includes enhanced functionality to ensure imported 3D files retain accurate information, resolving manufacturing issues throughout the production process, including at the press brake. A number of the 180 enhancements in Radan 2015 help bring all aspects of the software together – CAD/CAM, Radbend, Radm-ax, Radtube and the logistics products. “When people think of Radan they think of the world’s most powerful sheetmetal CAD/CAM software,” says Product Manager Olaf Körner. “But Radan is actually a whole suite of connected products. For example, there is a major connection between 3D in CAD/CAM and the Radbend press brake software. When manufacturers unfold a model they need to know how the bend process will be affected further down the production line.”   This is aided by an important update in Radan 2015 – strengthened 3D translation procedures, which he says import information more consistently. The routines for automatically calculating