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VMH International, a premier Siemens PLM Software partner, announced today that it has been selected for membership in Okuma America's Partners in THINC. Partners in THINC is a collaboration network of more than 46 companies that serve the metal-cutting and manufacturing industry. They come together to solve problems and explore new productivity ideas for real-world manufacturers. With the open architecture, PC-based THINC®-OSP control as its nucleus, Partners in THINC brings specialized equipment, expertise and a commitment to provide the best possible integrated solutions to the end-user. VMH International provides seamless, integrated software solutions from Siemens, VoluMill, and CGTech VERICUT. Based on extensive industry experience, VMH evaluates organizations’ parts and processes to determine the best combination of design, manufacturing, tool path, and machine simulation software, and to develop a custom mentoring and training strategy. This approach helps ensure that companies perform in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible to improve quality,

HP announced Intel Corporation as the silicon architecture for HP Multi Jet Fusion, a revolutionary technology engineered to resolve critical gaps in the combination of speed, quality and cost, and deliver on the potential of 3D printing. Dion Weisler, executive vice president, Printing & Personal Systems (PPS), HP joined Brian Krzanich, Chief Executive Officer, Intel, on stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, to share their vision for how this collaboration aims to realize the transformative potential of 3D printing. HP recently unveiled HP Multi Jet Fusion as part of its Blended Reality ecosystem, designed to break down the barriers between the digital and physical worlds. Leveraging unique 3D print intellectual property, including HP Thermal Inkjet assets, HP Multi Jet Fusion is built to transform manufacturing across industries by delivering systems that are 10x faster than the best technology on the market today, with better quality, increased productivity, and

Hexagon Metrology, Inc. and TriMet, LLC (Fenton, MO) announced a strategic partnership agreement. TriMet is now an agent of Hexagon Metrology, offering ROMER portable arm coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and serving Southern Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The company has extensive knowledge of the ROMER product line and cites reverse engineering, CAD modeling, large scale scanning, and tool building as part of their core competencies. TriMet will also offer contract metrology services for Hexagon’s portable CMM line. Hexagon Metrology is the world's largest supplier of metrology equipment and software. "TriMet is in a unique position to service leading aerospace companies in the Wichita to St. Louis corridor," said Jack Rosignal, Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations for Hexagon Metrology, Inc. "By offering comprehensive solutions to the local market that cover all stages from design through manufacture, they truly can offer complete portable metrology solutions to their customers. TriMet's extensive experience means

CADENAS PARTsolutions had a record year helping manufacturers deliver more than 106,000,000 digital product models to their customers. CADENAS PARTsolutions clients have seen a 23% increase in digital part downloads over 2013, representing more than $83.2 Billion in estimated sales of industrial components, proving more and more engineers are looking to save time and money by sourcing manufacturer certified digital product models. “We’re excited to be the number one provider of digital parts for manufacturers,” says Rob Zesch President and COO of CADENAS PARTsolutions. “This achievement really shows that the demand from engineering community for digital product data continues to increase, and manufacturers are seeing huge results in return by delivering an exceptional digital customer experience.” Digital Part Downloads Are A Strategic Sales Driver A recent survey of engineers from more than 500 companies shows that that 85% of digital part downloads result in the purchase of that product, making the ability to

BigRep teamed up with Autodesk as an early adopter of their open 3D-printing platform Spark. This was announced on the occasion of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) starting January 6 in Las Vegas. Spark is a complete, open and free platform for 3D printing that will connect digital information to 3D printers in a new way. It´s objectives are to improve information exchange between design software and the printer, to optimize designs before production begins and to provide open APIs for a broad group of users to access and innovate the 3D printing pipeline. BigRep is offering a full size 3D FDM printer with a printing volume of 1.3 m³ at an extremely competitive price. Renowned industrial companies, i.e. from automotive, aerospace or robotics sectors are highly interested in the BigRep 3D ecosystem. Additionally, professional users like architects, designers and artists around the world are banking on BigRep’s future where any given object, i.e. chairs,

Tecplot, Inc. announced that Tecplot 360 EX 2015 Release 1 is now available for general use. Highlights of this release include: Conditional expressions in equations using IF() statements. Triangulation and advanced streamtrace seeding (by customer request). Arbitrary slice improvements to adjust the orientation of arbitrary slices. Improved options for appending data, drag-and-drop, and file dialog performance, especially on networks. This short video demonstrates writing conditional expressions using the IF() function. Product manager, Durrell Rittenberg explains, “This video uses a 2D wind turbine and one time step, but it would apply to any data you might process in Tecplot 360.”

Striker Systems is pleased to announce Release 2015 of its flagship STRIKER CAD/CAM & Nesting Software. The focus of STRIKER 2015 is further automation of processes that often require CNC programmer intervention.  For punching applications this includes more intelligent recognition of part features that require special tool operations, more comprehensive tool-path optimization during automated nesting processes, and advancements in automatic tool loading and re-punching of parts to accommodate movement between different tool setups.  Advancements in profile cutting applications include fully automatic placement and laser etching of part numbers and other relevant data, improved tool-path optimization algorithms, and an all new interface to quickly modify tool-path parameters assigned to individual parts or across nested layouts. Additional STRIKER 2015 enhancements include further improvements to the PARTshare interface for SolidWorks®, Solid Edge®, and Autodesk® Inventor, and overall interface advancements to streamline programming processes.  “Our goal with each new release is to take our customers another step

hyperMILL® 2014.2 is the latest release of the high-end CAM software from OPEN MIND Technologies AG. In addition to a number of new functions, there are also many enhancements to existing functions. OPEN MIND is one of the five leading CAM manufacturers in the world and hyperMILL® is one of the best CAM systems on the market, according to the NC Market Analysis Report 2014 compiled by CIMdata, a market research company. OPEN MIND is releasing the second version this year in order to live up to expectations to offer users one of the most innovative CAM solutions. In addition to a key extension for solid modelling in hyperCAD®-S, the CAD part of the system, hyperMILL® 2014.2 features a range of improvements for CAD programmers and machining. 3D shape Z-level finishing When it comes to Z-level finishing, CAD systems usually simply follow the X and Y coordinates. If the bottom surface is curved,

Open Text™ Corporation, today announced that financial results for its second quarter fiscal year 2015 will be released on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at approximately 4:00 p.m. ET. Teleconference Call Mark J. Barrenechea, OpenText CEO and John Doolittle, OpenText CFO will host a conference call on January 27, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss the company's financial results. Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Time: 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT Length: 60 minutes Where: 1-800-319-4610 (toll-free) +1-604-638-5340 (international) Investors should dial in approximately 10 minutes before the teleconference is scheduled to begin. A replay of the call will be available beginning January 27, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. ET through 11:59 p.m. on February 11, 2015 and can be accessed by dialing 1-800-319-6413 (toll-free) or +1-604-638-9010 (international) and using passcode 1469 followed by the number sign. For more information or to listen to the call via web cast, please use the following link: http://investors.opentext.com/events.cfm .

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Aart de Geus, Chairman and Co-CEO, will speak at the 17th Annual Needham Growth Conference in New York on Jan. 13, 2015. This event will be broadcast live on the Internet via the Synopsys corporate website at http://www.synopsys.com/Company/InvestorRelations on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 at 8:00 a.m. ET (5:00 a.m. PT).  To access the live webcast presentation, please go to the website ten minutes prior to the start of the event, to register and to download and install any necessary multimedia software.  The webcast replay of the presentation can be accessed at the Synopsys corporate website approximately ten minutes following the conclusion of the live event.