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solidThinking, Inc. announced today that its solidThinking Inspire software has been named a finalist in the Design Tools category of the Design News 2013 Golden Mousetrap Awards. Design News is a publication and community of design engineers. The finalists for this year's Golden Mousetrap award were selected by Design News'…

Dassault Systèmes and Accelrys, Inc., today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement for Dassault Systèmes to acquire San Diego-based Accelrys, Inc. (Accelrys). Under the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, Dassault Systèmes will make an all cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Accelrys…

ESI Group announces the latest release of Virtual Performance Solution. Delivering faster results in crash simulation, the new version also offers new approaches for modeling product assembly, for assessing Noise, Vibration & Harshness (NVH), and for predicting airbag opening behavior more accurately. Virtual Performance Solution brings industrial clients a decisive competitive advantage, especially when facing…

Altium Limited along with Nimbic announce a new development partnership. This will make Nimbic the newest developer partner to join Altium’s newly formed Altium Developer program. The agreement consists of a strategic alliance between the two companies and the introduction of a new power integrity solution - Altium PI-DC.  Altium PI-DC…

Agilent Technologies Inc. will release first-quarter fiscal 2014 financial results after the stock market closes on Feb. 13. The company will host a live webcast of its investor conference call in listen-only mode. Date: Thursday, Feb. 13 Time: 1:30 p.m. PST Web access: www.investor.agilent.com Listeners may log on and select "Q1…

Cimatron Limited announced that its CimatronE and GibbsCAM software will be demonstrated at the Fornitore Offresi trade show, Lecco, Italy, from February 6-7, 2013. "Italian industry is a world leader in the design of high quality goods," said Mr Gianluca Renzi, Managing Director of Microsystem, Cimatron's Italian subsidiary. "However, local manufacturers are under…

solidThinking, Inc. announced that it has recently added seven new companies to its global network of channel partners. These partners will provide solidThinking Inspire and solidThinking Evolve software and support to customers in Brazil, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. "We are looking forward to a prosperous 2014 with our new partners," said Jim Hassberger, President…

Docupoint announces the release of the latest version of its DrawingSearcher AutoCAD search engine for CAD drawings. The newest version allows users to search across multiple platforms and file types – including all of the most common types of AutoCAD files. DrawingSearcher 2014 improves upon previous versions of the search…

ANSYS, Inc. announced that the Company expects to release its fourth quarter and YTD 2013 earnings on Thursday, February 27, 2014. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern…

AVEVA announced the opening of registration for the AVEVA World India Plant User Meetings, which are being held in Bangalore on 5 February 2014 and in Chennai on 7 February 2014. The events are organised for engineers and designers who operate AVEVA software, both in Engineering, Procurement and Construction companies…