Position Papers

Electrical engineering has arrived in the cloud. The EPLAN Cloud is considered the central data hub for the ecosystem of industrial automation as well as for control cabinet engineering and panel building. But is the data in the EPLAN Cloud secure? “Yes,” says EPLAN Information Security Officer Martin Kerkmann, who also provides detailed answers to questions about the EPLAN Cloud’s standards, security and compliance. “With the new Trust Center, we’re providing an easily accessible and comprehensive information portal for our customers. This demonstrates transparency and increases trust in the EPLAN solutions.”  EPLAN Cloud now certified to ISO 27001TÜV Nord has now also confirmed the security of the cloud applications; in February 2022, the EPLAN Cloud was certified to the ISO 27001:2013 international standard, giving users the assurance that the software meets these internationally recognised security standards. And that’s not all: the quality of the EPLAN Platform products and services were also

Sandvik has signed an agreement to acquire the Spain-based company Preziss, a cutting tools and solutions provider within high-precision drilling, reaming, milling and tooling systems. With the acquisition of Preziss, Sandvik will strengthen its offering towards the lightweight components of the automotive market. The company will be reported in Sandvik Coromant, a division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions. “I am very pleased that we continue to execute on our shift to growth strategy. Strengthening our position within lightweight materials is one of the key priorities within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions,” says Stefan Widing President and CEO of Sandvik. Preziss has a global reach and sells to leading companies in the automotive industry. The company has a strong presence in Europe and in Mexico. Preziss is a full solutions provider for components machining with advanced engineering and application knowledge for lightweight products and production, as well as aftermarket service. Manufacturing in lightweight materials

Bechtle AG is creating an additional garden at its headquarters that will give its employees a total of 7,500 square metres of green space for meetings, working and breaks once an asphalt car park has been rewilded. The Bechtle garden will also be available for sports such as yoga, as well as after work events and both spaces will have full Wi-Fi coverage. The New Work concept is not only designed to meet the growing demands of employees for an attractive working environment, but is also part of our dedicated sustainability strategy.  On the back of positive feedback regarding the use of the garden and its popularity for meetings, creative brainstorming and undisturbed working, Bechtle has begun preparations to give a section of asphalt—previously used for car parking—back to nature. Once complete, the Neckarsulm Campus will be home to an additional 2,500 square metre landscaped plot. As with the established garden,

Dassault Systèmes announced the next act in its “The Only Progress is Human” campaign focused on the themes of heritage and future. “Living Heritage” is a student program that enables current and future generations to experience six UNESCO World Heritage Sites as they may have existed in the past while nurturing skills to innovate for a more sustainable world. For “Living Heritage”, 32 students on six teams from Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands and the U.S. used Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to recreate the Colosseum, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Konark Sun Temple, Pompeii, the Porta Nigra and Shuri Castle virtually. Guided by mentors from Dassault Systèmes and supported by the company’s 3DEXPERIENCE Edu – whose programs help seven million students each year develop in-demand industry skills on Dassault Systèmes solutions – the teams quickly adopted the same integrated modelling, simulation, information intelligence and collaboration applications used by industry globally, and created scientifically accurate, data-enriched virtual twins of the

iBASEt, the company that simplifies how complex products are built and maintained, announced it has strengthened its leadership by appointing Daniel Flick as Vice President, Global Partner Ecosystems. In this newly created position, Flick will lead the iBASEt Alliance activity with Resellers, Consulting & System Integrators, Technology and Academic Partners. Flick comes to iBASEt following 15+ years at Siemens, where he managed global partners and the Americas Alliance Program. “We’re thrilled to have Daniel join our team and help us build, develop and grow our Global Partner Ecosystem to best-in-class status,” said Naveen Poonian, CEO, iBASEt. “Daniel’s incredible background and passion for partnering perfectly aligns with our goals and we are confident he is what we need to drive execution and create disruptive opportunities for iBASEt, our customers and partners.” “I’m proud to bring my experience in building and executing go-to-market partnership programs across discrete and process industries to iBASEt,” said Flick. “My

NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a leading provider and integrator of advanced IT, communications, networking and biometric solutions announced industry veteran Steve Lizotte has joined the company as Vice President of Engineering. With more than 22 years of experience in biometrics, software engineering, business transformation and developing high-performing teams, Lizotte brings a deep industry knowledge. Before joining NEC, Lizotte led software development and program delivery activities for the Identity and Security business at Idemia. In that role, he was responsible for all development activities for biometric and digital identification systems and services used by state and local law enforcement, state departments of motor vehicles, and government background check programs. "We are very pleased to have Steve leading our Engineering team," said Eugene le Roux, Vice President, International Operations and Domestic Government for NEC's Digital Services business group. "As the industry leader in many critical areas, NEC biometrics and advanced recognition systems are

American Textile Company, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Pittsburgh-based American Textile Company is a leading provider of performance sleep solutions to retail, eCommerce, and hospitality customers throughout North America and globally. The company’s owned brand portfolio includes AllerEase® and Tranquility™, as well as licensed brands Sealy® and Tempur-Pedic®. American Textile Company is a strategic supplier of store brand and OEM bedding products to the world’s leading retailers. SVP of Information Technology, Karl Herleman, has over 30 years of experience in IT and was brought on a year ago to support the company’s continuing transformation into a digitally-focused, consumer-first partner to the leading retailers in the world. As consumer shopping behavior shifts

Ansys announced that Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, artificial intelligence (AI)-driven networks, successfully deployed the company’s software to accelerate production of its high-speed networking chips. Ansys helps Juniper achieve highly predictively accurate power integrity signoff in significantly less time with a massively parallelizable design methodology that achieves greater switching coverage and improved reliability. Networking chips are some of the largest, most complex chips in the semiconductor industry and are vital components in all data transfer applications — including telecommunications, internet switching and high-speed data center hardware. Advanced networking products often require the successful integration of multiple sub-chips coming together to form a single system solution. Juniper faced several challenges while implementing their latest 7nm high-speed networking product: the capacity to analyze a design with over 60 billion transistors; the ability to ensure reliable dynamic and static voltage drop (DVD) coverage for possible switching scenarios; and the hierarchical support needed to enable full-system analysis

GF Piping Systems, is the leading flow solutions provider across the world. It enables the safe and sustainable transport of fluids. Their business is driven by maintaining industry-leading sustainability levels, innovating through digitally enabled solutions, and investing in a culture built on performance, learning and caring.GF Piping Systems France has chosen BricsCAD® Mechanical to support its customers with product and assembly designs. THE CHALLENGE According to in-house designer Jacques Gardini, CAD software is vital for managing projects with ever-changing requirements and complexities. GF Piping Systems own an extensive, growing database of digital drawings in various file formats, which were previously accessed across different platforms. This wasted time on complicated conversions and sometimes led to accuracy issues. REAPING THE BENEFITS OF BRICSCAD BricsCAD was fully operational straight away. Its extensive support of all commonly used file formats has meant GF Piping Systems’ engineering team has seen improvements to their productivity after less than three months of

Xcel Energy, a leading US-based energy provider, is partnering with IFS, the global cloud enterprise software company, to undertake a gas and electric distribution end-to-end scheduling transformation. As a part of the transformation, Xcel Energy will utilize mobile workforce management (MWM) and planning and scheduling optimization (PSO) software from IFS, with an integration to SAP via an add-on component (AOC). Jesse Seering, Director of Scheduling at Xcel Energy, commented, “Planning, scheduling, and dispatching are manual processes for our teams today. We are excited on behalf of our customers and employees to digitize, streamline, and simplify our process.” Marne Martin, President, SMBU, IFS, said: “As energy providers rise to meet changing consumer demands, their digital transformation journeys are a priority. To continue exceeding customer and stakeholder expectations, companies are adapting their business models to focus on connected assets, projects, and service, as they are ultimately the key to empowering companies to stay ahead