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ITI TranscenData announced their sponsorship of PLM Europe – the Siemens PLM Connection 2014 event in Berlin, Germany, 6 – 8 October. This year ITI TranscenData will be featuring their “Migrate, Integrate and Validate” approach for NX and Teamcenter clients, as described in a recent article in the August edition of the PLM Europe…

Delcam will give the first previews of the 2015 version of its PartMaker CAM software at the Tornos Technology Centre in Coalville, Leicestershire, from 14th to 16th October.  Delcam will be at Tornos as part of the Think: Production event being run in association with Matsuura, Fanuc and Nikken. The…

Vasant Bennett, Managing Partner of Barry-Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR), announced a new identity for the organization, which will now be called Barry-Wehmiller International (B-WI). Along with the new name, the organization also proudly unveiled a new logo, color palette and a re-designed website. These new changes emphasize the organization’s global…

Earlier this year, Autodesk announced plans to introduce Spark, a new open platform for 3D printing, aimed at making it simpler and more reliable to print 3D models and easier to control how that model is printed. Now, Autodesk is collaborating with Local Motors, a leader in open-source hardware innovation, to utilize the Spark…

Radica Software announced the availability of Electra E7, its latest version of ECAD software for Microsoft Visio. Electra E7 is packed with significant improvements to meet various challenges faced by engineers responsible for highly-demanding electrical and control projects that often require hundreds of pages of documentation to design electrical, pneumatic…

The latest release 2.4 of the EPLAN Platform is now available for download and, for the first time, also as a 64-bit version. Overall, the CAE system impresses by providing additional opportunities to increase efficiency during the engineering process. The simplified representation of the PLC communication networks makes the documentation…

Granta Design today announced the initial members of the new Automotive Material Intelligence Consortium (‘AutoMatIC’) in advance of the first meeting, to be hosted by PSA Peugeot Citroën in Paris on October 23.  General Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, KSPG AG, and PSA will be part of an international collaborative project targeting material challenges…

To spur the development of next-generation advanced manufacturing professionals, today the Gene Haas Foundation announced $50,000 in scholarships to be awarded to high school seniors seeking a post-secondary degree in machining and advanced manufacturing technology. The announcement took place during a special program for Chicago-area school superintendents at the Smartforce…

Nihon Sekkei, Inc. and Autodesk, Inc. today announced that they are partnering to deliver a next-generation Building Information Modeling (BIM) process tailored for the Japanese market. The two companies will co-develop Japan-originating BIM workflows that meet global building design requirements, to aid in the creation of smart, sustainable buildings and infrastructure. For…

The BIMobject® Product portal was launched in February 2012 and is very proud to announce, that the Product Portal has reached ONE MILLION downloads. This is a clear proof that they are one the leading BIM object Product Portal in Europe with more than 50.000 BIM professionals that use the…