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Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division today announced a partnership with New Zealand-based Scada Systems, Ltd., a global leader of industrial solutions for power generation and transmission as well as other markets. The companies will cooperate to reaffirm their position as industry leaders in electrical design for industrial applications.

Hexagon can now directly sell Elecdes Design Suite (EDS) to complement its current extensive industrial design and engineering software offerings. EDS, developed by Scada Systems, is a 2D and 3D intelligent electrical and instrumentation software solution.

Expanding needs in wind and solar power generation projects require an industrial wiring solution plus an instrument management...

Atos today announces that it has been recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and action on climate change by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’, based on the Group’s last climate reporting.

Based on data reported through CDP’s 2022 Climate Change questionnaire, Atos is one of a small number of companies that achieved an ‘A’ - out of more than 15,000 companies scored. This is also the 10th consecutive year that Atos has been on the CDP Leadership Band.

Atos was recognized for its actions to cut emissions, mitigate climate risks and develop the low-carbon economy,...

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies, today announced the acquisition of CIM3, an Italian distributor of Hexagon’s ESPRIT software.

ESPRIT is high-performance computer aided manufacturing (CAM) software that specialises in CNC machine programming, optimisation, and simulation for precision machining. Developed in close cooperation with machine vendors, the scalable platform orchestrated modular support for multi-tasking, complex Swiss-turning operations, wire electrical discharge machining (EDM) and additive manufacturing processes.

Founded in 1990, CIM3 has resold ESPRIT products since 1998 and is one of the largest resellers in Italy. Headquartered in Ravenna, the company supports ESPRIT...

CIMdata’s 2023 education offerings will kick off in Ann Arbor, Michigan in March.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 14 December 2022—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, announces the first public CIMdata Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate program of 2023. The program will take place in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from March 13-17.

This unique CIMdata program prepares PLM professionals to address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and evaluations of achievement. CIMdata experts with years of hands-on experience lead the program. Successful completion...

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Key takeaways:

• Rockwell Automation, a global leader in industrial automation, has ramped up their investments in software and services to better support industrial adopters of their solutions
• While not focused on product lifecycle management (PLM), their recent investments and acquisitions make them a player in the global PLM market
• Data is at the core of what they do and the company is expanding their cloud-native portfolio to better support lifecycle collaboration within their customers

CIMdata had the pleasure of attending the Rockwell Automation Fair 2022, held in McCormick Place, a cavernous exhibit space on the south side...

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that its SokolTM Flex OS software now supports RISC-V embedded development with the availability of one of the industry’s first commercially supported, extensible, and customizable Linux® platforms for the RISC-V architecture. Based on the popular, open-source Yocto Project industry standard, Siemens‘ Sokol Flex OS helps embedded developers create customized, Linux-based systems for RISC-V architectures with ease, security and confidence.

The RISC-V architecture is ideally suited for industrial, medical, defense-aerospace, and consumer applications. Semico Research predicts that global deployment of the architecture will reach 62.4 billion cores by 2025.

Siemens’ Sokol Flex OS for the RISC-V architecture...

Infor®, the industry cloud company, today announced that Palais des Thés, French house known for its exceptional teas, has opted for Infor CloudSuite Distribution Enterprise, a cloud-based ERP platform with features designed and developed for the food retail sector. At the same time, the retailer has chosen the Infor Factory Track module, a solution for automating and simplifying stock and production operations that manages automation in factories and warehouses, from receipt of raw materials to processing and packing to dispatch of finished products, while integrating inventory, operations planning, and the associated work and attendance times.

Launched at the beginning of 2022,...

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli America's Cup team is using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to design, simulate and optimize its racing yacht for the forthcoming America’s Cup challenge (37ᵗʰ America’s Cup).

“The Siemens Xcelerator as a Service portfolio provides critical tools to Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli that allow the team to design, analyze and evaluate all aspects of the boat’s hydraulics and fluid-dynamic performance,” said Matteo Ledri, Head of CFD, Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team. “Using Siemens’ software, the hull, foils, rudder and sails can be analyzed as part of...

ENO, a premium jewelry manufacturing solution dedicated to mastering the art of jewelry craftsmanship, has selected Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software® provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Founded in 2005 and based in California, ENO is a multi-generational family business rooted in the jewelry and accessories industry. The company offers the complete product development process from concept to design to quality assurance, packaging, social compliance guidance and...

Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, today announced a partnership with Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, that positions AspenTech to introduce a unique, integrated modelling and optimization solution that will enable capital intensive industries to achieve practical and economic solutions for Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU).

The new solution is based on technology developed by Aramco collaboratively with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST). Aramco, through its subsidiary Saudi Aramco Technologies Company (SATC) has licensed the technology to AspenTech as part of its broader capabilities to optimize carbon emissions...