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Infor today announced Infor Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Accelerate, powered by Aras. Initially launched at Inforum 2014 as Infor PLM Innovate, this new PLM solution will provide strong value to automotive, industrial manufacturing, high tech and aerospace & defense customers. The Infor PLM Accelerate solution will provide users with an Infor-focused user experience and is available for both on-premise and private cloud (single-tenant) deployment. "Discrete manufacturers can benefit from a highly scalable PLM solution that provides enterprise users with a full range of services to fit their unique product development needs," said Kenneth Amann, Executive Consultant, CIMdata, Inc. "Infor has developed a PLM suite that delivers a comprehensive integrated environment that can save both time and money." This latest offering provides a full-featured, highly scalable, flexible and secure PLM solution. Infor PLM Accelerate is designed to easily adapt with the unique business practices of discrete manufacturers. The solution moves beyond the capabilities of standalone

Hawk Ridge Systems announces Flex-X™, a new Joint Venture with ATR Soft® at SOLIDWORKS World 2015. Flex-X provides a portfolio of cost-effective productivity tools designed to extend the capabilities and functionality of SOLIDWORKS Enterprise Product Data Management (EPDM). Flex-X is a Joint Venture to develop and globally distribute productivity applications for the small-to-medium business sector which use SOLIDWORKS 3D design and SOLIDWORKS Enterprise PDM. The first Flex-X application, xBOM will be introduced at SOLIDWORKS World 2015. xBOM is designed and optimized to process Bill of Materials (BOMs) within the EPDM solution. Based on user interviews, the challenge of BOM Management was a universal theme. xBOM is designed to meet the majority of BOM Management needs within the architecture of the EPDM application, saving a significant investment in time, money and expertise. Accessible as a download with a price point under $1,000, xBOM is available to SOLIDWORKS EPDM users anywhere in the world. As Dale Ford, President and

PROSTEP's 3D PDF Pro 2.0, a new desktop plugin solution for Adobe® Acrobat® Pro, is now available. The release of 3D PDF Pro 2.0 in January of 2015 includes several new and exciting features which help to enrich 3D PDF documents.  These features bring static imagery to life by efficiently repurposing 3D CAD engineering data into interactive PDFs. The capabilities of 3D PDF Pro have proven time and again to exceed customer expectations by reducing engineering overhead, loss of scrap, rework, and supplier response time. 3D PDF Pro now provides more tools to create easy-to-follow instruction manuals and generate animations on the fly. With the enhancements of 2.0, users can easily highlight a specific scope for an assembly and intuitively adjust part information without an external source. Additionally, 3D PDF Pro 2.0 offers added tools to search and filter large lists of assemblies or Model Structure items.

Delcam’s PartMaker Division will demonstrate a completely novel approach to post-processing for multi-axis machine tools in PartMaker at North America’s premier precision-machining event, the PMTS 2015 exhibition to be held in Columbus, Ohio, from 21st to 23rd April.  The latest version of PartMaker includes a revolutionary approach to CAM post-processing for multi-axis turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes.  PartMaker 2015 offers the ability to generate a ‘Post-Processor Reference Guide’, an on-command manual explaining how to program any given multi-axis lathe with PartMaker and so take advantage of all the machine’s capabilities. The company will also introduce its new, free productivity application, the PartMaker Multi-Channel Viewer, at PMTS. Other highlights of PartMaker 2015 include improved support for today’s latest breed of multi-tasking machine tools, more powerful milling and turning functionality, and improvements in the software’s knowledge-based technology for storing optimal feeds and speeds for additional tools. "As the pioneer of CAM software for multi-tasking turn-mill centres

DesignSense announced that their innovative press tool design product DSTools has achieved “Solution Partner” status from SOLIDWORKS Corp. Fully integrated with SOLIDWORKS™ in a single window, DSTools lets the tool designers to generate a fool proof die set design, and Manufacturing Bill of Materials in few design inputs by the Tool designer. The product DSTools has embedded the knowledge base of an experienced tool designer, and tight integration with SOLIDWORKS™ thereby making it easy for designers to focus on component specific design. Mr. Nainar Ramaswamy, managing director of DesignSense said, “Our mission is to make our customers successful by reducing cost and complexity of engineering. DSTools achieves that for tool designers. This recognition by SOLIDWORKS Corp augments well for our solutions, reaching out to a large customer base of SOLIDWORKS™.” Used along with SOLIDWORKS™, DSTools generates die sets based on basic parameters of a strip layout, material and production rate, using proprietary algorithms, DSTools generates

3D Systems announced today that it has completed its acquisition of all shares of Cimatron Ltd. for approximately $97 million, inclusive of Cimatron’s net cash. The integration of Cimatron’s software products into the company’s portfolio strengthens 3DS’ leadership position in 3D-printing-centric advanced manufacturing by enabling a seamless digital workflow between design and traditional and additive manufacturing processes. The transaction adds complementary technology, extends 3DS’ sales coverage globally, multiplexes cross-selling opportunities and is expected to be accretive to the company’s cash generation and Non-GAAP earnings per share for the full year 2015. “Cimatron represents a perfect strategic fit for our business by providing expanded capabilities in product development, sales coverage and complementary technology. We believe that this combination offers unique synergies with significant long-term customer benefits and shareholder value,” commented Avi Reichental, President and CEO of 3DS. “We are delighted to welcome Danny Haran and his entire global team to 3DS as

 PDF Key takeaways: About 25% of all Enterprise IT applications support product development, a far greater number than traditional CAD and PDM applications where organizations typically focus their IT efforts Industry segments such as automotive, aerospace, high tech & telecom, and industrial machinery all have unique challenges, and all have legacy systems such as mainframe, in-house, and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) applications, as well as suboptimal information flows embedded within their business processes TCS’ Product Development Information Technology (PDIT) transformation offering guides customers along a maturity path using a flexible framework that results in reduced operations and product development costs, shortened time to market, and improved product quality Cost reductions obtained along the PDIT maturity path are used to reinvest on tactical and strategic initiatives Product Development Complexity Product development is complex in any company, especially for multi-site global manufacturing companies. Effective and efficient transformation of an idea into a product or service and bringing it to market requires

Lectra is pleased to announce that Johnson Controls has reaffirmed its confidence in Lectra by extending their global partnership agreement for an additional three years. To preserve and strengthen its position as a market leader, Johnson Controls will acquire all of its high ply fabric cutting equipment and related services exclusively from Lectra. Johnson Controls is the world’s largest complete automotive seating supplier, providing innovative, stylish seating systems to vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company supplies over 50 million cars every year from 220 production plants worldwide. During the first 10 years of the agreement, Lectra supported Johnson Controls in transforming their automotive trim cutting rooms worldwide, as they abandoned traditional die presses in favor of more flexible automated cutting. The company now has more than 180 Vector® solutions installed worldwide. Johnson Controls’ adoption of the Vector solution—ideal for high-volume cutting of a wide variety of automotive seat materials—and the resulting increase in

Synopsys, Inc. announced it will report results for the first quarter fiscal year 2015 on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, after the market close.  A conference call to review the results will begin at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) and will be hosted by Aart de Geus, chairman and co-chief executive officer, and Trac Pham, chief financial officer. Financial and other statistical information to be discussed on this conference call will be available on the corporate website athttp://www.synopsys.com, immediately before the call.  A live webcast will also be available on this site.  Participants should access the live webcast at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.  A webcast replay can be accessed on the corporate website beginning Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, at approximately 4:00 p.m. PT.  The replay will remain available until Synopsys announces its second quarter fiscal year 2015 results in May 2015.  In addition, a dial-up replay of the conference call will be available

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014.  Cadence reported fourth quarter 2014 revenue of $423 million, compared to revenue of $377 million reported for the same period in 2013. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized net income of $65 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, in the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $38 million, or $0.13 per share on a diluted basis, for the same period in 2013. Revenue for 2014 totaled $1.581 billion, compared to revenue of $1.460 billion for 2013. Net income for 2014 was $159 million, or $0.52 per share on a diluted basis, compared to net income of $164 million, or $0.56 per share on a diluted basis, for 2013.  Using the non-GAAP measure defined below, net income in the fourth quarter of 2014 was $84 million, or $0.27 per share on a diluted