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Key Takeaways

• Today’s complex industrial products combine mechanical, electrical, and software components. Effective development of these complex products necessitates a robust, multi-domain systems engineering framework integrating requirements, design, testing, and production activities.
• Establishing seamless, end-to-end connections among requirements management, PLM, ERP, and other enterprise systems is essential for achieving traceability throughout the entire lifecycle.
• Transforming the engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) into manufacturing (MBOM) and service (SBOM) bills requires thorough mapping and alignment across multiple phases of the lifecycle—a complex yet essential process...

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Electronics industry solution provider accelerates expansion in Physical AI and System Design & Analysis

On September 4, 2025, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Cadence) announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Hexagon AB’s Design & Engineering (D&E) business, including the well-known MSC Software portfolio, for approximately €2.7 billion (~US$3.16 billion). The transaction will be settled 70% in cash and 30% in Cadence common stock issued to Hexagon, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.

Cadence, a pivotal leader in electronic systems design, has...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2 September 2025— CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, today announced the creation of a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) practice. Industry veteran and AI thought leader Diego Tamburini has been appointed Executive Consultant and Practice Director to lead the new practice, which will guide solution providers, investors, and industrial organizations on the practical, high-value applications of AI across the entire product lifecycle.

Drawing on Diego’s deep background in PLM, CAD, CAM, CAE,...

The S&A market grew by 8.8% to $10.9 billion in 2024

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata Simulation and Analysis (S&A) Market Analysis Report. This report expands on the S&A market analysis conducted as part of the CIMdata 2025 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The well-known PLM MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during calendar year 2024. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical regions,...

This CIMdata educational webinar will show how transforming your business value proposition can positively impact your bottom line.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 19 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global research, consulting, and education firm specializing in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and the Digital Transformation it enables, announces a free educational webinar, “Beyond Features: Transforming Your Go-To-Market Strategy to Sell Business Value.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 11 September 2025, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and last for one hour.

The software landscape has changed, with Solution Selling becoming of paramount importance for technology solution providers. Customers are no longer buying product...

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Takeaways

• Hexagon AB celebrated their 25 years of measurement-leadership journey at Hexagon Live 2025 in Las Vegas, NV.
• In 2024, Hexagon announced they were exploring spinning off part of their business. At Hexagon Live, they announced its name, Octave, a company starting with about 7,500 employees and €1.5B in revenues.
• The company introduced AEON, a humanoid autonomous robot designed to work alongside humans, that has great promise in industrial applications.
• Hexagon Nexus, their open, cloud-native “Digital Industrial Platform” continues to expand and demonstrate measurable benefits.

CIMdata had the pleasure of attending Hexagon Live 2025, held at...

Second Module of the 2025 PLM MAR Report Series Now Available

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 13 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Review and Trends Report, the second of five modules of the CIMdata 2025 Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series offers detailed information and in-depth analysis of the global PLM market for 2024. It contains analyses of major trends and issues, revenues of leading PLM providers, and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, as well as historical and projected data on market growth.

This...

The First Module of the 2025 PLM MAR Report Series is now Available

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 1 August 2025—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata 2025 Executive PLM Market Report. This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata’s comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also includes perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect current suppliers and investments.

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Advanced CAD for On-premises and the Cloud

Takeaways

• In discrete manufacturing, efficiently generating and maintaining designs and related data is critical for effective product development and realization. High quality CAD data enables advanced solutions such as composites design and advanced manufacturing and strategies such as model-based enterprise (MBE) and digital thread to function efficiently.
• Creo 12 and Creo+ are the latest iterations of PTC’s flagship parametric 3D CAD solution featuring improvements in design, simulation, and manufacturing enabling customers to develop virtual product models and support MBE more easily and efficiently.
• New and improved capabilities in...

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Harnessing complexity for a competitive advantage

Takeaways

• Siemens is continuing its move to SaaS and cloud delivery of its Siemens Xcelerator industrial software portfolio with strong adoption by small- to medium-sized businesses.
• Product, manufacturing, and supply chain complexity continues to increase, and Siemens is developing solutions that will help their customers harness that complexity to achieve a competitive advantage.
• Teamcenter can now identify and report on software and hardware compatibility within a product. This enables a company to initially deliver the correct combination and maintain the correct compatibility throughout the product’s life, as both...