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A new 3D printer is now available from Redstack. The Ultimaker 2 offers a new level of 3D printing, designed to provide incredible quality while still remaining easy to use. Usability is a key focus of the Ultimaker's design, with the printer ready to go within minutes of being removed from its box. With the elimination of a painful assembly processes, there is little standing between you and your first print. The Ultimaker 2 has also benefited from a unique development process. Instead of the secrecy that often surrounds high-tech products, the Ultimaker 2 experienced an open source development. This results in a 3D printer that is designed by the people, for the people. The sharing culture is a defining point of difference for the Ultimaker, especially considering the highly competitive nature of the 3D printing industry. With the access to the printer's source files available during development, the 3D printing community had

Version 5.2 of MEDUSA4 and MPDS4 is all about easy data exchange, even faster design editing, and productive engineering data management. All of the new developments and enhancements are designed to make it easier to work together with other people and other systems, while always benefiting from MEDUSA4’s legendary flexibility and intelligent design editing functionality. The highlights of this release include a new Windchill® PDMLink™ Workgroup Manager for MEDUSA4, new dynamic design tools, new P&ID functionality, dynamic routing and component moving tools in MPDS4, parametric component selection and placement enhancements, and a 3D DWG interface for models and entire plants. New Products New PTC Windchill Workgroup Manager for MEDUSA4 The new Windchill Workgroup Manager for MEDUSA4, available from MEDUSA4 version 5.2, is an integration between MEDUSA4 and the latest Windchill® PDMLink™ data management environment, developed in partnership with PTC. Users can access the familiar Windchill Workgroup user interface directly from MEDUSA4 for easy, integrated

Lantek sustains the upward trend of recent years and is expected to grow 15% in 2015, generating revenues of 16.2 million euros, compared to 14.08 million last year. This news was given at the annual conference, held during the last week in January at the Alava Technology Park and attended by the market and office supervisors, as well as the department heads from the headquarters. In total, 36 people from abroad attended, including technical and sales staff from America, Asia and EMEA. As highlighted at the event, this year Lantek will achieve its highest revenues in the last decade and its fourth largest increase since 2004. Since then, the headquarters, located in Miñano, Alava, has increased its sales by 161.7%, from a figure of 6.2 million to 16.23 million euros. Despite a context of economic crisis, Lantek has only experienced a dip in sales of 27.7% in 2009 and 3.5% in 2013. "Lantek

Good sales momentum over the 4th quarter, promising prospects for 2015 Solid Licensing activity Finalization of the strategic refocusing of Services activity Dynamic activity in Europe, difficult context in China and Russia Success of our disruptive solutions of immersive virtual reality and environmental challenge response Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: “The final quarter of 2014 reveals a positive sales dynamic partially overshadowed by transition effects affecting both Licenses and Services over the first three quarters. This performance confirms the anticipated intensification of the seasonal effect. The year was also marked by a negative currency effect and a difficult political and economic context in BRIC countries. Nevertheless, the deployment of our solutions among both business sector leaders and their suppliers continues to highlight the essential strategic importance of our technological solutions in the generation of productivity gains in industry and the continual quest for innovation. In particular, the success of our immersive

The GRAITEC partner Arkisoft will present Autodesk Advance Steel, Advance Design and Advance Workshop at the FEICON Batimat International Construction Trade Fair in São Paulo, on 10-14 March 2015. This 21th edition is the best qualified construction show in Latin America with more than 120,000 qualified visitors! In parallel with the event, the FEICON BATIMAT CONFERENCE will take place, promoting seminars for major organizations and reference companies, in addition to gathering internationally and nationally renowned professionals for technical talks, lectures, debate panels and case studies.

The GRAITEC partner Arkisoft will present Autodesk Advance Steel, Advance Design and Advance Workshop at the FEICON Batimat International Construction Trade Fair in São Paulo, on 10-14 March 2015. This 21th edition is the best qualified construction show in Latin America with more than 120,000 qualified visitors! In parallel with the event, the FEICON BATIMAT CONFERENCE will take place, promoting seminars for major organizations and reference companies, in addition to gathering internationally and nationally renowned professionals for technical talks, lectures, debate panels and case studies.

The ExOne Company announced that it has appointed Hans J. Sack to serve as President of the Company effective March 16, 2015. Mr. Sack brings considerable experience in the metals and automotive industries. Accordingly, he will apply a strong base of leadership in operational, commercial, geographic and strategic matters to ExOne. In connection with this appointment, Mr. Sack resigned from the ExOne Board of Directors and as Chair of the Strategic Oversight Committee effective on March 10, 2015. Concurrently, the Board reduced its size to seven members and appointed current director Raymond J. Kilmer to serve as Chair of the Strategic Oversight Committee. ExOne Chairman and CEO, S. Kent Rockwell, commented, “During his tenure as Director, Hans has demonstrated a wealth of operational and strategic experience, leadership and keen judgment. As President, he can be even more instrumental in the execution of our key strategic and operating plans for 2015 and beyond.

Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), announced it has appointed Ms Aarthi Subramanian as an Executive Director to the Board of Directors of the Company for a period of three years. With this appointment, the total strength of the Board of Directors increases to 11 directors, which include six independent directors. Ms. Subramanian is the Global Head of Delivery Excellence Group responsible for governance of service delivery, compliance and risk management. “TCS is keen on giving exposure to the functioning of the Board to top talent as part of their leadership development. Ms Subramanian, with over 25 years of experience across multiple industry solutions in different markets and a sharp focus on driving excellence in deploying best practices, will bring unique perspective to the Board deliberations. She will benefit immensely from the exposure to a global set of Directors,” said N Chandrasekaran, CEO & MD, TCS. Ms Subramanian holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from the National

Dutch BIM specialist and MEP industry developer, consultant and reseller, Stabiplan BV, was presented with the prestigious Platinum Club award for achieving the highest growth rate in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) division from Autodesk. The award was presented at the recent One Team Conference, an annual sales and leadership event held in Las Vegas, NV, that brings together Autodesk employees and partners from around the world.  Autodesk Platinum Club recognizes channel partners who have excelled in categories such as sales, growth and other key measures of success over the past year. Stabiplan is the winner for the category ‘Top partner in new billings EUR growth' in the Benelux, which means that it has achieved the best results in terms of sales. This shows that Stabiplan is a valuable Autodesk partner.

Trimble today introduced Tekla® Structures 21, the latest version of its Building Information Modeling (BIM) software for the engineering and construction markets. With advancements in interoperability, drawing control, usability and performance, Tekla Structures 21 improves industrial and commercial construction project workflows across construction disciplines. The new version delivers benefits to structural steel and precast concrete designers, detailers and fabricators, concrete contractors and general contractors, and enhanced collaboration with Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) design engineers, architects and others. "After a decade in use, Tekla Structures continues to further the evolution of BIM from an experimental to an essential part of designing, engineering and building all types of buildings and structures," said Risto Räty, executive vice president of Tekla and general manager of Trimble Buildings' Structures Division. "Tekla Structures 21 reduces the time between concept and construction by enabling more advanced project team collaboration and productivity—enabling free flowing communication between all project stakeholders