CGS is participating at Texprocess in hall 4.0, booth E-07.

CGS will showcase its BlueCherry Shop Floor Control system, which is designed to monitor, track and report a wide range of production activities in apparel, soft goods and other discrete manufacturing plants.

“BlueCherry Shop Floor Control collects time and attendance, worker performance and incentive payroll information in real-time in order to increase worker productivity,” a press release from CGS informed.

Among others, it helps reduce manufacturing cycle times, improve production balance and labour-related compliance and enhance supply chain visibility.

Earlier this month, CGS rebranded its BlueCherry portfolio to include both, BlueCherry Shop Floor Control,...

3D Systems announced today that it plans to showcase its comprehensive scanning, design, manufacturing and inspection software tools and 3D metal printers that together are designed to drive greater efficiency and productivity in the mold making process at the Moulding Expo in Stuttgart from May 5 – 8, 2015. The 3D Systems booth is located in Hall 6-B 37.

During the live event, 3DS will demonstrate the design and manufacture of an injection mold that combines traditional manufacturing with a highly-complex 3D printed core insert. The insert contains super-efficient, conformal cooling channels, which could not be produced using traditional methods.

"Cross-technology...

Tata Consultancy Services has been awarded the prestigious recognition of "System Integrator Partner of the Year" by Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions. Announced during the annual Red Hat North America Partner Awards on April 8 in Orlando, Florida, recipients were honored for their ability to successfully deliver innovative open source solutions to customers in the commercial and public sector channels.

This designation is a reflection of TCS' solid relationship with Red Hat, specifically its strong system integrator capabilities that enable the seamless and exceptional integration of Red Hat solutions. Together, TCS and Red Hat's expertise and innovation have provided...

solidThinking Inc (www.solidthinking.com) announced today that it has signed productONE (www.prodone.com) as its first channel partner in South Africa.  productONE will introduce the South African market to solidThinking Inspire software and will be offering support and workshops to customers in the region.

"We are very excited to introduce solidThinking Inspire to this region through our newest partner," said Gronum Smith, Country Manager for Altair South Africa.  "Ensuring growth and customer support in this region is essential and productONE is our ideal partner, with its strong reputation in technical expertise and service."

Parent company of solidThinking, Altair (www.altair.com),...

Altium Limited has released the newest version of the company's flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer 15.1. Included in this release are a number of new features to improve design efficiency with expansions to productivity, documentation, and high-speed design. The newest update to Altium Designer is available now for all Altium Subscription customers.

"Altium Designer 15.1 is building upon the solid foundation we've had in place since the original release of Altium Designer 15," said Sergey Kostinsky, VP Engineering at Altium. "There's incremental improvements upon every layer in the platform for both designers and fabricators alike. This update...

PTC today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ColdLight, a visionary in big data machine learning and predictive analytics, for approximately $105 million. The acquisition of ColdLight’s Neuron automated predictive analytics platform will enrich PTC’s technology portfolio and extend PTC’s position as a leader in the Internet of Things (IoT) market.

ColdLight will serve as PTC’s core data analytics platform to deliver new value to markets both companies serve today – manufacturing, healthcare, media and retail – as well drive growth across new markets. When combined with PTC’s ThingWorx® IoT platform, ColdLight’s Neuron will automate...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the Nucleus real time operating system (RTOS) targeting high-performance, next-generation applications for wearable embedded devices designed for medical, fitness, security, safety and other sectors. The introduction of new multicore system-on-chip (SoC) architectures targeting wearable devices with Internet of Things (IoT) features requires an operating system that has a framework tailored to meet new system requirements. The Nucleus RTOS framework for smart wearable devices connects to other smart devices, gateways, or directly to the cloud. Optimized for size, performance, and power efficiency in unicore or multicore SoCs, the Nucleus RTOS is the first embedded operating system...

Infor today announced general availability of Infor Advanced Scheduling (AS) version 11. This latest release of Infor AS provides a major leap forward in product functionality.

Infor AS version 11 includes key enhancements to help planners collaborate efficiently and evaluate production schedule performance using real-time decision support metrics. The results are easier deployment of schedules and improved collaboration between various teams, ensuring schedules align with key business objectives.

Infor Advanced Scheduling is a constraint-based scheduling solution providing components that are aimed at addressing the unique scheduling challenges for process manufacturers managing variables such as the capacity of tanks, vessels and lines as...

Granta Design has released the latest version of GRANTA MI, its platform for managing materials knowledge. Version 8.1 expands on developments added in 8.0, the company states. Added features include Web app control over user groups to support workflows such as composite qualification.

The release adds tools and data structures for composite qualification and managing data related to additive manufacturing. It also has a multi-step importer for integrating complex data into the system, enabling users to place data from a single spreadsheet into multiple locations.

With the MI:Explore Web app interface, users can upload and edit data with a...

Elsevier, today announced the launch of Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD. Available to customers at no cost, the feature rich, easy-to-use search plugin connects Knovel's essential insights with one of the most widely used CAD software programs in engineering markets. This integration significantly improves the users' efficiency and workflow.  

Knovel Quick Search for AutoCAD empowers users to solve a broad range of knowledge-driven questions though a vetted collection of trusted engineering reference material without interrupting their normal CAD workflow. Users launch their search from within the Autodesk AutoCAD software environment, review results with snippets, and then access...