3D Systems announced today that it will be exhibiting at Control 2016, the world’s leading trade fair for quality assurance, in Stuttgart, Germany, April 26-29, in Hall B, booth 3527. During the four-day event, 3D Systems will showcase its leading metrology and inspection software and scanner solutions as part of its comprehensive manufacturing ecosystem.

“The final quality of a part or product, whether produced using traditional or additive methods, remains key to successful manufacturing,” said Ilan Erez, Vice President, Co-COO and CFO, Software Products, 3D Systems. “Our suite of metrology software and scanning solutions enable fast...

Siemens and Local Motors have formed a new partnership which is intended to help advance the future of manufacturing by optimizing the development and large-scale 3D printing of cars. The partnership combines the power of Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software technology with Local Motors’ leadership in co-created and 3D-printed vehicles – a process called direct digital manufacturing (DDM). With a shared vision for the future of product development, Local Motors plans to enhance productivity in its innovative Local Motors (LM) Labs program by leveraging Siemens’ expertise in creating “digital twins”, while Siemens expects to further enhance its digital enterprise...

Dassault Systèmes has developed the 3DEXPERIENCE platform as a collaborative virtual environment for businesses to create differentiating customer experiences. Leveraging the total experiential immersion and room-scale capability of the HTC Vive VR system, Dassault Systèmes applications come to life, delivering a 3D experience in a highly accessible format that enables its customers to easily envisage potential solutions.

“We are in the age of the experience economy, which means that innovation must be driven by the value of experiences,” said Bernard Charlès, President & CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “With HTC Vive, our collaborative 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides a second to none...

Companies can tap into a huge potential when developing new products and by automating and optimising production - as long as they are using the right software. TEXION has, therefore, revamped and improved its ProCad range of CAD systems. With its new simulation software, this software specialist is also offering top quality 3D simulation that even the most discerning customers will accept when making their pre-selections. More drafts and fewer samples is just one of the advantages of this new system.

TEXION’s new software developments are also focusing on the machines that are used to produce this wide...

Dassault Systèmes today announced that Ericsson, world leader in communications technology and services, has chosen the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to drive its business transformation and support its market leadership.

Ericsson will replace its legacy backbone and connected IT applications with Dassault Systèmes’ “Business Operation Excellence” industry solution experience, based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, for a true end-to-end digitalization of its innovation, business and operations processes.  This improved performance and efficiency will help the company accelerate the delivery of powerful consumer experiences to the emerging Networked Society of connected people, industries and society.

By 2020, Ericsson estimates that...

IBM today announced first-quarter 2016 earnings results.

"We are pleased with the progress we have made helping our clients apply new cognitive solutions and hybrid cloud platforms," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and chief executive officer.  "IBM has established itself as the industry leader in total cloud, analytics and cognitive, all of which helped drive our strategic imperatives revenue growth at a strong double-digit rate, substantially faster than the market." 

"In the first quarter, we invested $3.6 billion in acquisitions and capital expenditures, and returned $2.2 billion to shareholders through dividends and gross share repurchases,”...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. plans to host its 11th CDNLive EMEAuser conference from May 2 to 4, 2016, in Munich/Unterschleißheim. CDNLive EMEA offers Cadence® technology users, developers and industry experts an opportunity to connect, share and inspire each other and discover new techniques and methodologies for realizing innovative products.

WHAT:
The conference offers:

• Keynotes by Tom Beckley, senior vice president and general manager, Custom IC & PCB Group at Cadence, and Ulf Ewaldsson, senior vice president, Group CTO and Head of Group Function Technology, Ericsson
• Papers: Numerous user-authored technical papers addressing all aspects of design and IP creation, integration...

CADsoft Consulting Inc., a proven leader in the implementation of design and construction technologies, is excited to announce its showcasing advance design technology this week in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 19th – 21st at BIMForum Spring. This event is a gathering of industry professionals, including architects, engineers, and builders, exploring the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to create and use data in new and sophisticated ways to improve the methods of designing and constructing structures for and within the Built Environment. CADsoft has long been a premier provider of advanced construction and BIM technology, helping professionals within the industry...

Centric Software announced major innovations and key breakthrough tools for leading industry players to create more value at IT4Fashion. IT4Fashion is an annual conference where fashion companies, academics and software houses from all over Europe meet to discuss IT technologies in the fashion and luxury industry.

Consumer behavior has irreversibly changed over the past 5 years and so has the way companies create, develop and bring products to market.

“Over the past several years, the footprint of PLM for fashion, apparel and footwear has been radically evolving. PLM enters a new phase of maturity where strategic...

BigLever Software, the leading provider of Product Line Engineering (PLE) solutions, today announced that the company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Charles Krueger, will be a featured presenter at the Method Park “Talk in the Park” event on April 26, 2016 in Rochester, Mich. Krueger and key executives from a major automotive manufacturer and Method Park will present and explore the latest advances in PLE that are driving automotive manufacturing to new levels of innovation.   

“Automotive companies today are faced with the challenges of managing the diversity of complex product lines across the full product family lifecycle –...