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RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc. is welcoming three popular fashion brands to the fast-growing list of apparel, footwear and accessories companies that have selected the cloud-based FashionManager™ software solution to manage their concept-to-consumer operations. Thom Browne, a men's and women's wear design house based in New York, started in 2003…

Zuken Inc. has announced that major Taiwanese Design and Manufacturing Services (DMS) company has built a new design environment centering on CR-8000 Design Force based on a technical partnership with Zuken. Pegatron adopted Zuken's CR-8000 in 2012, and through technical cooperation with Zuken they integrated advanced automated design functions into CR-8000 Design…

Infor announced on its quarterly Lender Update Friday, September 12, that fiscal 2015 Q1 software license fees and subscriptions revenue increased 22 percent at actual currency rates and in constant currency1 compared to its fiscal 2014 recast Q1. Non-GAAP Q1 license fees and subscriptions revenue2 increased 21 percent at actual currency rates…

Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: “The growing use of our Virtual Prototyping solutions, illustrated notably by the strength of New Business in the Licenses activity, was mitigated in the first half by adverse economic effects such as the persistence of significant foreign exchange impacts, the effects…

Continuing with its Internet of Things strategy to enable customers to bring smart, connected products to market faster, PTC today announced that its Axeda Machine Cloud® technology was named 2014 Innovative Technology of the year for the Internet of Things by the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) during the 2014 Technology Leadership Awards.…

Stratasys Ltd. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held GrabCAD, Inc. in an all-cash transaction. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of September, subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions. Upon completion of the…

ZW3D today announced the availability of ZW3D 2014 SP. This new version features more than 300 improvements in CAD and CAM modules, enabling users to design more flexibly and machine faster. Upgrading 3D Modeling with Optimized Functionalities Improvements of ZW3D 2014 SP cover every aspect of ZW3D’s CAD functions, such…

VCollab announced enhanced model compare capabilities in the latest release of the VCollab product suite. These enhancements help engineers to easily find, study, document and present the differences in the CAE results as well as the differences in the geometries/meshes during design changes. The enhanced model compare capabilities now allow for…

Synopsys, Inc. announced that Elmos has selected Synopsys' comprehensive custom and digital tools to increase the engineering productivity of its mixed-signal design teams. Elmos' decision to switch to Synopsys' solutions is based on the superior results delivered by Synopsys' Galaxy™ Design Platform and mixed-signal verification tools. The tools selected by…

Three leading Vero Software brands will be demonstrating their latest releases at the forthcoming French microtechnology trade fair, MICRONORA 2014. Edgecam, VISI and WorkNC will present new features and improvements in their latest versions, on Stand 402 in Hall C at the Exhibition Centre Micropolis in Besançon, from 23rd to…