The Swedish software company, Tacton Systems reports record earnings for fiscal 2014. With growth last year at 39 percent, the company’s revenue surged to SEK 170 million and earnings to SEK 27 million. The forecast for 2015 is strong growth with about 60 new employees.
“Last year we signed several new contracts with major international companies. At the same time we continued to intensify collaboration with existing customers. In 2014, CPQ solutions–Configure Price Quote–had its breakthrough. We notice now that advanced configuration often lies at the management level and becomes an integral part of the sales process for successful companies,”...

Infor today announced that it has been awarded a 2015 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Infor Xtreme™ Support has received this honor, amongst a select group of businesses that have demonstrated outstanding achievement in customer experience. Applications for the Confirmit ACE Awards are evaluated against Voice of the Customer best practices as defined by the Confirmit Customer Experience team. This recognition verifies Infor's commitment to providing superior support.
"Our team does not believe in 'one-size-fits all' support. When customers come to us with a question, we listen and tailor our responses...

aPriori, a provider of enterprise product cost management software solutions, and Beijing RAINFE Technology Company Ltd., a leading product lifecycle management software developer, reseller and services provider in China, today announced a new reseller agreement that will bring aPriori’s market leading technology platform to Chinese manufacturers.  RAINFE will market, sell, implement and support aPriori’s product cost management solutions for its many clients in the aerospace, marine, defense, automotive and energy industries.   RAINFE will also serve as an aPriori Certified Design Services Bureau in China, providing aPriori customers with operations in China with access to highly qualified local resources available...

3D Systems announced today it has entered into a reseller agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Under the new agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific will immediately begin to offer 3DS' popular line of Cube® and CubePro® 3D printers, SenseTM 3D scanners, TouchTM haptic stylus and education-friendly CAD software. The combination of products provides a comprehensive educational solution for educators new to 3D design and printing as well as advanced programs from K-12 to university level.

"As a leader in providing STEM educators with the tools they need to teach the next generation of scientists and engineers we are excited...

Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power and marine industries, has acquired Blue Iron Systems, Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, and its flagship radio-frequency identification (RFID) and bar code product, IronScan. Blue Iron’s founder and staff have joined Intergraph as part of the acquisition and will be based in Calgary.

Blue Iron Systems’ IronScan offers RFID and bar code tagging technologies as part of a fully integrated plug-in for SmartPlant® Materials. IronScan is a bolt-on application to SmartPlant Materials that gathers material site data. No integration is required...

Key takeaways:

·         Products are becoming smarter and more connected and can often provide near- or real-time information about each product for analysis and better decision making

·         The IoT and smart, connected products are providing companies new opportunities to add value to the their customers, expand and add new products, and to create new business models

·         PTC continues to create and expand an ecosystem for defining and managing IoT solutions that can help their customers develop new products and business models

CIMdata recently attended the PTC LiveWorx event held at the Hynes Convention Center and the Westin Copley hotel...

Siemens today announced the release of Omneo™ Performance Analytics (PA) solution, the latest application for its software as a service (SaaS) Omneo offering, which it obtained last year as part of its acquisition of Camstar. Omneo PA, developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, delivers product performance intelligence from big data analytics. The solution monitors data across the entire supply chain and customer experience, while analyzing billions of data combinations in seconds. By revealing the hidden intelligence that pinpoints the source of product issues, Omneo PA delivers proactive analysis for big data.

“Performance Analytics empowers us to...

Sefaira, the market-leading daylighting visualization tool, has just announced a new feature for their software plugins for Autodesk Revit and Trimble Sketchup. In addition to the real-time visualizations announced last year, the new update adds customizable, exportable graphics which offer both a point in time analysis or an annual overview, and analysis tools which help designers easily identify overlit and underlit spaces and review heating or cooling requirements.

The new additions come as part of a push to make Sefaira more useful in presenting to clients. “Sefaira’s mission is to empower every designer to create inspiring, high-performing...

 The OPENCut CNC hardware/software solution for plasma and oxy-fuel is designed to optimize startup, productivity, and cutting quality. The system comes with elements needed for plasma 2D, bevel, and oxy-fuel cutting.

System modules from OPENCut are designed for the Open control OSAI CNC, up to the multi-touch operator panel, drives, and I/O systems controlled via EtherCAT fieldbus. The plasma generator system is available in 120A, 250A, and 420A sizes equipped with automatic gas console.

The OPENCut, HMI and CAM software with 2D and 3D graphics for profile definition, has pre-defined icon libraries and automatic nesting of different profiles.

Included in the system...

Geometric announced the availability of a new version 4.0 of its automated design for manufacturability solution, DFMPro for NXâ„¢ software. DFMPro version 4.0 delivers enhanced design flexibility with newly added support for additive manufacturing, tubing and sand casting processes.

NX, developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, is an integrated 3D computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering analysis (CAD/CAM/CAE) software. Companies are changing the way they think, design and manufacture. A next generation technique such as additive manufacturing is gaining widespread adoption in major industries as it offers endless opportunities and opens doors for complex geometries and light-weight parts....