Trace One today announced that Irish retail leader Musgrave Group has renewed its agreement for Trace One’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Musgrave leverages Trace One PLM to effectively manage its private label ranges from ideation and specification management through to final packaging and approval. As owner of one of Ireland’s most trusted brands, SuperValu, Musgrave has established a strong reputation for local provenance and quality. The continuing deal will help Musgrave work with multiple local suppliers and seamlessly manage their brands, while preserving their reputation and growing consumer trust.

“Own brand products are an important part of our business,” said Pádraigh Cronin,...

Lantek announced that it has appointed CNC Gear, based in Beuningen, near Enschede as the new main distributor for Holland for its world leading sheet metal CAD/CAM products. Lantek recently opened an office in Utrecht to expand its presence in the Benelux region, where it already has over 600 customers. By appointing CNC Gear it will be ensuring that Dutch sheet metal manufacturers will be able to have access to Dutch speaking sales and support services for Lantek’s extensive range of products.

Jelle van Harsselaar, Managing Director of CNC Gear says, “In our company we have 10 years...

An official distributor of Global CAD/CAM Supplier – Vero Software Group, has established a new partnership that is set to help manufacturers in Eastern Europe compete in the ever-changing manufacturing industry.

Dreambird, an official distributor of Vero’s products in Russia, CIS and Baltic countries (Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia) has created a new partnership with two companies that will allow them to offer two of Vero’s unique software solutions. 

SPARK, a leading company that supplies tools and complex solutions for sheet metal processing in Russia and Technical Solutions Company; a dealer of Flow water jet cutting...

(Reuters)  Siemens AG has agreed to buy CD-adapco, a privately held U.S. engineering software firm, for close to $1 billion in cash, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Siemens's deal with CD-adapco could be announced as early as Monday, the person said, asking not to be identified because the agreement is not yet public. The two companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Melville, New York-based CD-adapco makes computer programs used by engineers to simulate the inner workings of an engine. Those products will complement a business unit of Siemens focused on product...

NAFEMS, the International Association for the Engineering Modeling, Analysis & Simulation Community, and CIMdata have announced plans to co-host two events dedicated to “Driving Industry to Model-Based Systems Engineering” and “Engineering Analysis & Simulation in the Automotive Industry” on April 27th and 28th, 2016 respectively, in Troy, MI. These events will focus on delivering information and insights on critical topic areas in a manner that maximizes the “take-away” value for attendees. 

"For several years, NAFEMS and CIMdata have worked closely together to provide mutual assistance and support for establishing best practices in several areas of engineering analysis, systems modeling and simulation,”said Matthew Ladzinski, Vice-President - Americas, NAFEMS. “It...