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International manufacturing technology company, Jaivel, has used Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software to generate programs for the machining of more than fifty parts for the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car project.  Bloodhound SSC, which is powered by a combination of a Rolls Royce jet engine and a rocket, aims to set a new world land speed record of 1,000 mph in South Africa next year.

Staff at Jaivel, which has grown over almost twenty years into an international supplier of technology solutions for advanced manufacturing, are more used to working in the aerospace industry.  The company has played a key role in...

Synopsys, Inc. reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2016.

For the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, Synopsys reported revenue of $568.6 million, compared to $542.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2015, an increase of approximately 5 percent.  

"The fiscal first quarter was a very good start to the year, and we are well on-track to meeting our annual financial targets," said Aart de Geus, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys. "Our business is strong, even in the context of the challenging macro environment, and customers continue to count on us for their most critical projects. As the market and technology leader in...

COMSOL Conference 2015 brought together thousands of engineers, researchers, and designers worldwide to share how the COMSOL Multiphysics® software and its Application Builder are being used in multiphysics simulation and custom application design around the world. Experts produced over 750 user-contributed papers, posters, and presentations highlighting R&D projects and best practices in electrical, mechanical, fluid, and chemical engineering. The presentations are available at www.comsol.com/2015-user-presentations.

Best Paper and Best Poster Awards

The impressive R&D and application development work of COMSOL Conference 2015 presenters was recognized with Best Paper and Best Poster awards, including:

BOSTON: Best Paper Awards

• “ Structural Analysis of the Advanced Divertor...

3D Systems  announced today that it will showcase its full range of 3D solutions for dental applications at LMT LAB DAY Chicago 2016, February 26 - 27, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, booth M-24. 3D Systems' dental solutions experts will be available throughout the show to explain and demonstrate how its 3D technologies can optimize devices and improve workflows for dental labs and offices of all sizes.

Products and services on display at 3D Systems' booth M-24 will include:

• High throughput precision printing on the ProJet^® MJP 3600 Dental. Engineered specifically for dental lab use, the ProJet MJP 3600 Dental...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that David Long, the immediate past president of INCOSE (The International Council on Systems Engineering), will make a keynote presentation at CIMdata’s Simulation-Driven Systems Development Knowledge Council workshop which will take place at Michigan State University’s Management Education Center in Troy, Michigan on April 27. The event is being held in conjunction with NAFEMS’ Engineering Analysis & Simulation in the Automotive Industry: Emerging Standards & Practices event which will take place at the same location on April 28.

In his keynote address, “The Future of MBSE:...

Key takeaways:

• SOLIDWORKS announced Xdesign, a new cloud-based CAD product, and Xdrive, a cloud-based storage solution to be delivered in the future
• Bernard Charles, Dassault Systèmes’ CEO promised a major company push to be #1 in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) market
• SOLIDWORKS and Altium announced a new SOLIDWORKS/PCB application with integration to SOLIDWORKS that provides much needed functionality for developing smart, connected products

Dassault Systèmes recently staged their 18th annual user conference, SOLIDWORKS World 2016, in Dallas, Texas. Over 5,000 users, value-added resellers, solution partners, press, industry analysts, and SOLIDWORKS employees attended the January 31 through...

Omnify Software today announces that Oztek, Corp., a leader in designing and manufacturing digitally controlled power converter solutions for the OEM market, implemented Omnify Empower PLM to replace a manual, paper-based Engineering Change Order (ECO) system in order to eliminate tedious manual record keeping steps while gaining better traceability and reporting.

Oztek selected the Omnify Empower PLM solution because of its strong ECO management features as well as its ability to integrate with the company's existing schematic capture tool, Cadence OrCAD^®. Oztek is using the Omnify Empower PLM system to...

NetCracker Technology announced today that T-Mobile Netherlands, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has selected NetCracker to implement its sophisticated Product Management solution, which is comprised of Product Catalog and Product Lifecycle Management components. This will help T-Mobile Netherlands improve the overall management and delivery of its services.

T-Mobile Netherlands is among the largest providers of mobile telecommunications, offering services to 3.8 million customers. A centralized product catalog and sophisticated product management capabilities will enable T-Mobile Netherlands to consolidate...

Architecture, engineering, construction, and operations and maintenance (AECO) industry consultancy, Microdesk, announced today that the Denver International Airport has selected Microdesk's ModelStream solution to connect all building information model (BIM) data for their new state-of-the-art airport facility asset management systems.

Microdesk's ModelStream is a product that connects the information-driven power of BIM with the comprehensive asset lifecycle and maintenance management system IBM Maximo. This solution will provide the