Lectra recently organized a round table on "Fashion, Sustainable Development and Technology" under the auspices of the "Fashion and Technology" Chair. The Lectra-ESCP Europe Chair, inaugurated in February 2014, aims to develop and convey knowledge based on innovations within the fashion and luxury sectors, thanks to cutting-edge technologies.
In the run up to the launch of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), which will be held next month in Paris, Lectra and ESCP Europe sought to present some of the ongoing sustainable development changes in the fashion sector. The round...

Altair today announced that Centre d'Expertise en Dynamique Rapide, Explosion et Multiphysique, SAS (CEDREM) has joined the Altair Partner Alliance (APA). The partnership adds CEDREM’s KTEX Family of integrated numeric tools for composites to the APA.

 "CEDREM is specialized in finite element simulations representing high speed phenomena (such as impacts, ballistics, explosion or blast) and composite behavior,” said Karine Thoral Pierre, CEO at CEDREM. “To improve our models, tools representing the composite materials at the mesoscale and taking into account the manufacturing processes were needed. The KTex Family meets this need. We improved our material laws and cut...

Trimble introduced today the latest version of its deformation monitoring software—Trimble® 4D Control™ version 4.5. Trimble 4D Control software analyzes and reports on the condition and behavior of land and structures such as buildings, dams, mines and bridges. The latest software version features new add-on capabilities—Trimble eCognition® software integration, support for non-Trimble total stations and frequency domain  analysis based on Fast Fourier Transform calculations—to better analyze complex data communicated from a broad range of sensors and enable better decision making.

The announcement was made at the International Symposium on Slope Stability in Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering organized...

The latest release of Edgecam’s manufacturing software contains over 30 important new and enhanced items of CAD and CAM functionality for milling, turning, and wire EDM.

Turners now benefit from a new time-saving Pre-Finish Plunge option found in the Finishing Grooving cycle in Edgecam 2016 R1. A single plunge cut is generated at the centre of a groove feature, and the cycle then continues to finish the feature in the usual way. As this removes most of the material it does away with the need for a Rough Grooving cycle.

Following on from Waveform turning, the existing Rough Turn...

Comet Solutions, Inc. announces a program in support of Gearbox design and manufacturing. The Comet Gearbox solution, consisting of a suite of solution-specific Gearbox SimApps, will provide automated processes integrating the broad spectrum of tools frequently used throughout Gearbox development: CAD, FEA, Multibody Dynamics, Gear/Bearing Simulation, and CFD in order to predict and optimize performance in the areas of Acoustics/Vibration/Dynamics, Durability/Reliability, Efficiency, and for management of cost and weight. 

Developed in cooperation with ADET (Advanced Drivetrain Engineering and Technology) and utilizing SMT (Smart Manufacturing Technology) MASTA, Comet’s new Gearbox Durability SimApp will provide gearbox OEM companies the means to...

Canon has announced its first solo entry into the 3D printing market with its first major in-house developed 3D printer concept at the Canon EXPO Paris.

The resin-based lamination system has been designed to rival current 3D printing technologies with a faster production process than ever before and superior print strength.

Few details about the actual technology have been released so far but Canon says it is an entirely new process which is “not only suitable for rapid prototyping but rapid manufacturing as well”.

Making the announcement today, Canon stated: “With the highest level of precision...

Modern Gourmet Foods (MGF), the fast-growing, international gourmet food and gift business, has selected Centric Cloud, a new cloud-based, SaaS PLM solution specifically designed with small businesses in mind. With an ultra-fast implementation, Centric Cloud is based on innovative technology and key industry learnings inspired by more than 100 PLM project implementations with leading fashion and consumer goods companies.

As a small business with a voracious appetite for growth, MGF will use Centric Cloud to optimize its creation of exceptional food-based gifts that are channel-specific to the mass retailers, specialty stores...

NGC Software today announced that Jump Design Group, the company behind Tiana B, Marina, Onyx and Onyx Moda, is implementing NGC’s Global Enterprise Suite (GES), a fully integrated suite of solutions for fashion PLM, Supply Chain Management (SCM) and ERP. Jump Design Group will also deploy NGC’s business intelligence (BI) offering from Qlikview.

Each application in NGC’s GES works in unison as a single enterprise platform, giving Jump Design Group the advantages of working with a single company that has in-depth understanding of the...

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reported a 16 per cent surge in net profit to Rs 6,084.66 crore for the quarter (Q2) ended September 30. However, according to the company statement, as per IFRS, the net profit for Q2 stood at Rs 6,055.20 crore whereas revenues was Rs 27,165.50 crore.

The Mumbai-based firm had reported a profit of Rs 5,244.28 crore in the corresponding period last fiscal, it said in a regulatory filing.

The company’s total income from operations for the quarter rose 14.06 per cent to Rs 27,165.48 crore as against Rs 23,816.48 crore last...

SAP AG announced that its operating profit for the third quarter, excluding special items, rose 19 percent year over year, reflecting double-digit cloud and software revenue growth on strength in mature markets. Revenue from cloud subscriptions more than doubled from last year.

Announcing its preliminary results, SAP said that operating profit for the third quarter rose 5 percent to 1.21 billion euros from 1.16 billion euros in the year-ago period. The results are on IFRS basis.

Non-IFRS operating profit for the quarter jumped 19 percent to 1.62 billion euros.

Total revenues for the quarter on IFRS basis climbed 17 percent to 4.98 billion...