Position Papers

The supervisory board of Nemetschek AG approved the dividend proposed by the executive board. The considerable dividend increase to EUR 1.60 per share is in keeping with the very positive business development in 2014. Executive and supervisory boards will submit the dividend proposal to the annual general meeting for resolution on May 20, 2015. Thus, compared to the previous year (EUR 1.30 per share), the dividend will increase by approximately 23%. With 9,625 million shares entitled to a dividend, the total amount of dividends to be distributed should increase to EUR 15.4 million (previous year: EUR 12.5 million). The dividend payout ratio for the 2014 fiscal year is therefore approximately 35% – in relation to the operative cash flow amounting to EUR 44.2 million. Furthermore, the executive and supervisory boards will propose a stock split at a ratio of 1:4 to the annual general meeting. Every shareholder is to receive three

C3D Labs today announced its results for the year 2014. Following the trend set in 2013, the company's revenues again nearly doubled, growing by 95% year over year. New C3D Customers C3D Labs is responsible for the development of the C3D geometric modeling kernel, and so it is pleased that in 2014 five more companies chose to implement C3D. This means that 15 CAD development firms now use the Russian-developed kernel in their 3D software. C3D Labs' new customers are international and local. From South Korea, Solar Tech develops Quick CADCAM. From Ukraine, Dynamics & Structures Lab. and their Belinda Structure for engineering analysis. And from Russia, NIP-Informatica develops TECHTRAN. Companies that already license the C3D kernel are now launching their C3D-based products on the market. Here are just a few examples: К3-Furniture 7.3 from GeoS Center Geometry Comparison (LGC) from LEDAS BAZIS 9 from Bazis-Center PASSAT 2.08 from NTP Truboprovod C3D Labs parent company and primary customer ASCON

Delcam will launch the 2015 R2 version of its PowerSHAPE Pro software for the design of products and tooling on Booth #933 at the Rapid conference and exhibition to be held from 18th to 21st May in Long Beach, California.  The new release includes a number of new options for reverse engineering as well as improvements to speed up and simplify the editing of product designs to make them more suitable for manufacture. By offering a combination of solid, surface and direct modelling, together with reverse engineering, PowerSHAPE Pro provides the most comprehensive range of design techniques available in a single CAD program.  Having all the different technologies in the same package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines any product-development process that requires both reverse-engineering and CAD functionality.  PowerSHAPE Pro can connect directly to most scanning hardware to capture and display scan data in real time.  The 2015 R2

Zuken announces the expansion of its E3.series reseller network in North America with the addition of CAM Logic. CAM Logic is a leading provider of PLM Solutions and 3D Engineering software and services. E3.series is a complete solution for the design of wiring, control systems, hydraulics and pneumatics and is fully integrated with the industry’s major MCAD solutions. “Adding E3.series to our portfolio means we can now offer our customers a smooth integration between our MCAD solutions and Zuken’s electrical and fluid design tools, and we can support customers who use advanced electrical design systems. Combining these solutions will make it much easier for mechanical and electrical engineers to work together and build higher quality products faster.” - Jim Carlisle, Owner and President, CAM Logic John Molloy, Director of E3.series Americas Channel Sales at Zuken, said, “Improving ECAD/MCAD integration is a major factor for companies looking to maintain their competitive edge. Achieving better communication between

Bob Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, is pleased to announce the appointment of William Fricks to Managing Partner of Barry-Wehmiller International (B-WI), its global consulting division that provides engineering and information technology solutions to mid-market manufacturing companies. Fricks has more than thirty years of experience selling, designing and delivering manufacturing automation and business management solutions. After joining Barry-Wehmiller’s Design Group in 2003, Fricks distinguished himself with his strong technical aptitude and exceptional organizational, project management and client development skills and was promoted to Design Group Partner in 2012. “William has demonstrated outstanding leadership and business development skills which will serve Barry-Wehmiller International well as they enter a new chapter in the company’s history,” Chapman said. “His experience will help to strengthen B-WI’s capabilities and services and ensure they deliver forward thinking industry solutions while keeping Barry-Wehmiller’s people-centric values in focus.” In his new role, Fricks will report to Carol O’Neill, VP of

Materialise announced a strategic partnership with Kapstone Medical, a product development and intellectual property service provider for medical device innovators. The new partnership will provide medical device companies and surgeon inventors a complete solution for bringing ideas to market from initial idea to product launch.  For over 25 years, Materialise has been on the leading edge of 3D printing and image-based software solutions with its Mimics Innovation Suite.  In addition, its Anatomical Data Mining (ADaM) solution has been able to help orthopedic device manufacturers bring anatomical evidence into product development with validated, population-based average models derived from databases of imaging data. Kapstone Medical is an end-to-end customized solutions provider dedicated to helping medical device innovators develop and safeguard their ideas. The company integrates a suite of disciplines to give physician inventors, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers of all sizes the opportunity to efficiently develop new ideas, on time and on budget. “We are excited to join Kapstone Medical in

Continuing the trend that has developed over the last few years, BIM requirements have been rapidly growing on all project sizes and types. With Public Sector Construction increasing over 5% compared with last year and Private Sector Construction recovering strongly, needs for BIM services continues to surge. With offices in Southern California, Chicago and soon New York, ENGworks is continuously hiring BIM Experts to fulfill Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Subcontractors and Owners' BIM needs. In the last 12 months alone ENG grew by 30% and now has over 100 people to serve the US Market. Moreover, with a solid pipeline of awarded projects we expect to grow at least by another 30% to 40% in 2015. 100 people may not sound like a big number for other service industries, but for a US BIM Services Company it is a lot! 100 people places ENG among the main players and largest in the BIM

Saffron today announced the availability of SaffronStreamline, a product lifecycle intelligence solution that provides end-to-end knowledge about issues and defects in a product's lifecycle, helping manufacturers shorten time to market and manage potential risks. The rapid growth of connected devices, machines and software makes this capability an urgent business requirement.  SaffronStreamline's Product Lifecycle Intelligence layer sits above a customer's existing Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) systems. SaffronStreamline unifies multi-sourced data with enterprise data into a single layer of intelligence that enables organizations to share knowledge from one to many experts across their ecosystems. Customers solve problems quickly and shorten time to market via access to information about multi-discipline issues, to expertise and to the shared causes of problems. "A new class of software has emerged from research labs and is increasingly embedded in our smartphones, tablets, laptops, Web sites and even enterprise systems. These cognitive systems are disrupting

Frame (previously Mainframe2), an innovator in virtualized software delivery and leader in bringing Windows applications into the cloud instantly, today announced the public BETA of its new end-user product, furthering its leadership role in bringing the CAD industry into the cloud environment. Frame is exhibiting (Booths 8 and 9) at the Develop3D Live conference in Warwick, UK, as well as participating on a panel on the future of CAD in the cloud with other top industry executives. Frame has pioneered “rich graphics apps in the cloud” with its platform already in use for more than a year by leading software vendors like Adobe and Siemens. More than 100,000 users have ran Windows apps from the cloud using Frame so far, with no cumbersome installation. “Three years ago, we envisioned a platform that combines the best of the cloud’s flexibility with the power and reliability of desktop software,” said Dr. Nikola Bozinovic, Founder and

Fujitsu announced the release of a new, enhanced version of FUJITSU Manufacturing Industry Solution EXAMAG LLG Simulator(1), a software package for simulating magnetic fields with support for massively parallel computing. The new version will be available from March 24. The product simulates the behavior of magnetic bodies, including the speed and stability of the magnetization process in magnetic materials. When used as part of the development process for hard-drive heads or other memory devices, this software can help reduce the number of prototypes and improve performance. This new version adds the ability to simulate the spin-transfer torque effect, in which the application of an electric current can change the magnetic orientation of an electron. This feature enables simulations of the data recording process of next-generation magnetic memory, which is designed to offer the benefits of higher speeds with lower power consumption. The new version, which now runs on Windows as well