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fCoder Group, Inc. has introduced a complete set of software products designed for workflow automation. FolderMill is usually installed on the company server and monitors all the incoming files. The software follows the rules specified by company employees and sets automatic conversion of incoming files to the formats, such as PDF, JPG, TIFF and others. It also allows document printing, where applicable. Deployment of FolderMill can release the users from manual PDF creation and/or printing. All the work is done via two “hot folders” – files to be processed are placed in one of them and taken out of the other completely ready. As a result, there is no necessity to install printer driver and PDF creation software onto each office workstation. More than that, 100% of newly created PDF files and printed documents will satisfy the company standards. For example, all PDF files will be saved in searchable PDF/A format; all documents intended for

AMC Bridge releases LuxViewer™ for iPad 1.0 – new free tool for viewing and editing the rendering results obtained from LuxRender rendering engine. The tool is available at iTunes App Store. LuxViewer™ for iPad now allows users to open rendering results stored in FLM files from DropBox folder. Application supports the whole palette of instruments for rendering results editing as in the original desktop viewer. Files up to 200 Mb are supported for processing.

Stratasys, Ltd. announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 on Monday, March 2, 2015. The Company plans to hold the conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year financial results on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys Web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab; or directly at the following web address: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/fsefp4qi. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 800-510-9691 and the international dial-in is 617-614-3453. The access code is 23883766. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register. The webcast will be available for 90 days on the "Investors" page of the Stratasys Web site or by accessing the provided web address.

Agilent Technologies Inc. reported orders of $995 million, up 2 percent over one year ago, for the first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2015, and revenues of $1.03 billion, also up 2 percent compared with one year ago. Orders and revenues each grew 6 percent on a currency adjusted basis (3). First-quarter GAAP income from continuing operations was $102 million, or $0.30 per share. Last year's first-quarter GAAP income from continuing operations was $121 million, or $0.36 per share. During the first quarter, Agilent had intangible amortization of $43 million, transformation costs of $12 million and a tax benefit of $24 million. Excluding these items and $6 million of other net costs, Agilent reported first-quarter adjusted income from continuing operations of $139 million, or $0.41 per share(1). "Agilent delivered a solid start to the year," said Bill Sullivan, Agilent CEO. "The strength of our core analytical business drove our success, offsetting currency headwinds and

This March, Barry Wehmiller International (B-WI) will once again exhibit at Automate, North America’s largest solutions-based showcase of automation technologies. The show takes place at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois from March 23-25. In Booth #292, B-WI will showcase engineering and automation solutions that combine to solve productivity, efficiency, and profitability challenges of manufacturers worldwide.  Automate is one of the top 10 manufacturing shows in USA and features leading global players displaying the latest automation, robotic, vision and motion control technologies and systems. James Mansfield, B-WI’s Senior Business Development Leader - US Southeast, said, “Automate 2013 was an ideal platform for B-WI to showcase our capabilities to different types of manufacturers. With an expected footfall of around 30,000 potential visitors, this year will allow us to present how a unique combination of our automation and engineering solutions can impact functional objectives like productivity, efficiency, responsiveness, etc., and drive organizational values like

OPEN MIND Technologies AG participated in its tenth SOLIDWORKS World event recently held in Phoenix AZ. Nine of these exhibits have been as a Gold Partner, which acknowledges the deep integration of hyperMILL® with SOLIDWORKS. Users run both CAD and CAM software concurrently on the same database to achieve perfect interoperability of SOLIDWORKS and hyperMILL®. There is no loss of data between CAD and CAM processes. This enables continuous workflows from design right through to manufacturing. That’s why the OPEN MIND maintains close contact with the CAD manufacturers and users. SOLIDWORKS is an extremely popular design system, with over 2.8 million licenses. OPEN MIND’s integrated CAM solution is ideal for companies that design with SOLIDWORKS or for job shops that frequently receive native SOLIDWORKS data files from their customers. Many other CAD formats are also read directly into SOLIDWORKS. The list of new features presented in the 2014.2 version of hyperMILL® was

Inceptra, LLC, was named 2014 Performance Partner of the Year at the Dassault Systemes Value Solutions Sales Kickoff in Miami Florida on January 20, 2015.  The Kickoff, held at the Miami Hilton Downtown in Miami Florida was attended by Dassault Systemes Value Added Resellers from North America, Central America and South America. The Performance Partner Award is awarded to the largest software revenue contribution to Dassault Systemes' Value Solutions Channel by a Value Added Reseller. Inceptra has held this position for 6 consecutive years in North America. Inceptra was DS' third largest VAR in the world, as measured by DS Software revenue contribution, in 2014.  In addition to this prestigious award, Inceptra Sales Representatives received numerous other awards including 7 out of 12 awarded Gold and Silver Excellence Awards, by achieving substantial revenue contribution to Dassault Systemes by Inceptra Sales Representatives through the United States.  In the area of marketing excellence, Inceptra was awarded

Over the past year the hype around “the cloud” has grown substantially, but so has the confusion. What is the cloud, should I fear it or love it?  I’ve started digging into the confusion about the cloud and specifically the impacts it has on PLM. First there’s the question of terminology Private, public, single tenant, multi-tenant, hosted, SaaS, on-premise, data centers, and more.  These terms are all references to various forms of the cloud at the fundamental level.  Yes – even the “on-premise”.  But here are some clarifications that may help: Private, single tenant, and on-premise, tend to refer to a single enterprise application per server per business.  So your business owns or leases equipment and owns or leases the software and the databases whether onsite at the business,  at a data center, or at some hosted location.  The configuration of the software will be unique to the business and may be

Altair and AVL today announced a tighter integration between Altair OptiStruct®, an award-winning finite element analysis (FEA) solver that is part of the Altair HyperWorks® computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite, and AVL EXCITE, the market-leading simulation environment for dynamics and acoustics of powertrain systems.  The fast and accurate coupling between OptiStruct and AVL EXCITE shortens the associated workflow, reduces error, and improves the robustness of engine dynamics analyses. The AVL EXCITE product family is a powertrain-oriented rigid and flexible multi-body dynamic analysis solution which provides advanced techniques to calculate the dynamics, strengths, vibration, and acoustics of combustion engines, transmissions, and conventional or electrified powertrains and drivelines.  Outstanding models of lubricated contacts (slider bearings, piston and piston rings) facilitate detailed investigations of the contact behavior, including the prediction of friction and wear. Customers use Altair OptiStruct for structural and NVH analysis as well as to efficiently create flex bodies for engine dynamics analysis.  With this development, Altair OptiStruct

Simparel, Inc. (http://www.simparel.com) announces that global jewelry and accessories brand Berry Jewelry has begun implementation of the cloud-based Simparel® Enterprise solution at its New York City headquarters and other global offices. By replacing general industry ERP with the fully integrated fashion ERP, product lifecycle (PLM), supply chain (SCM), and warehouse management (WMS) solution, the private label and brand wholesaler expects to gain full visibility into the entire design to delivery processes and empower its teams and business partners to make faster, better-informed decisions. “As a design-focused company, we need much more business information than our Sage MAS 200 accounting/ERP system can currently provide,” explained CEO Martha Berry. “Most importantly, we wanted a system with PLM capabilities that could start at the design phase and carry us all the way through to sales and shipment. After carefully evaluating more than ten systems, our cross-functional power user group declared Simparel the hands down