Dassault Systèmes SE ("Dassault Systèmes") and Medidata Solutions, Inc. ("Medidata") announced that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") approved the proposed acquisition of Medidata by Dassault Systèmes. Receipt of CFIUS clearance was one of the final conditions to the merger. In accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, and subject to the remaining customary closing conditions, the parties are expected to close the transaction in the coming days. Dassault Systèmes would like to include its advisors to this successful transaction: Goldman Sachs Paris Inc. et Cie acted as financial M&A advisor in the acquisition of...

3D Systems and Antleron are announcing a collaboration, intended to play a pivotal role in advancing and accelerating breakthroughs in the biomedical industry. Bringing together two industry pioneers – 3D Systems for 3D printing technologies and healthcare expertise, and Antleron for leadership and innovation in the development of regenerative products and personalized patient care - the companies will collaborate to support Antleron’s development of bioprinting solutions utilizing 3D Systems’ printing technologies.

Antleron has created an R&D facility at their headquarters in Leuven, Belgium - a location known as an incubator...

Continuing their quest to drive technology-based innovation for flexible materials industries, Gerber Technology opened their state-of-the-art Innovation Center in the heart of New York City during their annual FashionTech conference, ideation, with more than 300 attendees. The 18,000+ square foot Innovation Center will provide visitors with a unique experience that will help them stay connected to the latest trends and technology in fashion & apparel, as well as flexible material processing.

The Gerber Innovation Center is located on the 19th floor of the Starrett-Lehigh Building in New York City, which is home to many other fashion industry icons and long-standing Gerber...

Leeds University adds PLM to their curriculum by implementing Bombyx PLM to give their students the reality of the fashion industry today, and its digital future.

The platform will be available across BA and MA fashion courses, giving the students a real-life scenario of the industry and jobs that are ahead of them, giving them a realistic view point and source to give them a taste of their careers to come.

“Bombyx PLM provides fantastic training with a fully functional PLM that our students can experience. The system is intuitive in nature...

A research grant from the regional government of Wallonia has been awarded to LASEA, a company specializing in systems for precision laser micromachining, and Aerosint, a startup company developing selective powder deposition technology for Additive Manufacturing (AM). The 2-year project, which will have a total budget of nearly €1 million, aims to lay the groundwork for building a hybrid AM system that combines metal powder laser melting with in situ laser ablation.

The two companies bring complementary expertise needed to investigate the feasibility of such a hybrid process. LASEA will investigate the powder melting and ablation process conditions....

Astera Labs Inc., in collaboration with Synopsys, Inc.  and Intel announced an industry-first demonstration of a complete PCI Express® (PCIe®) 5.0 system, delivering 32 GT/s speeds for next-generation server workloads. The end-to-end solution showcases system-level multi-vendor interoperability between Intel's PCIe 5.0 test chip, Synopsys' silicon-proven DesignWare® Controller and PHY IP for PCIe 5.0, and Astera Labs' industry-first Smart Retimer SoC for PCIe 5.0. The companies will demonstrate the solution at the PCI-SIG Developers Conference in Taipei, October 28-29.

"We're excited to collaborate with Synopsys and Intel to prove to the industry that we are ready for...