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Dr. Alain de Rouvray, Chairman and CEO of ESI Group, proposed to the Board of Directors on December 4th, 2013, the appointment of Dr. Christopher St.John as Chief Operating Officer of ESI Group. The Board accepted the nomination. Dr. Alain de Rouvray can now rely on two COO; Dr. Vincent…

Tech Soft 3D announced the acquisition of tetra4D and its line of 3D PDF products, including 3D PDF Converter - the world's only solution for converting native 3D CAD data into rich, interactive 3D PDF documents from within Adobe Acrobat. Through this acquisition, Tech Soft 3D will begin working directly…

Highlights: Extends multi-threaded processing support for dramatically faster backward ray trace analyses and photorealistic rendering Supports targeted analysis of illuminance and intensity output charts to expedite design troubleshooting Accelerates creation of complex lighting components with new swept and freeform objects Provides new volume scattering types to facilitate the design of…

Infor today announced Infor Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Enterprise Edition version 11.0 to help drive collaboration and innovation. The latest iteration is specifically designed to provide users with considerable gains in its ease of use. The upgrades allow users to better leverage technology and make actionable decisions in real time. Infor EAM…

German toolmaker Lahnwerk GmbH has invested in new high-speed mills and five-axis machining centres, plus Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software.  The outcome has been greatly improved surface quality and reduced manufacturing times. Lahnwerk, which employs 140 staff in Hessian Biedenkopf, specialises in the design and production of casting equipment, including patterns,…

Extensive interest in the WorkNC stable of products from Vero Software on show at Euromold, meant orders placed at the exhibition topped the €100,000 mark. Features in the latest releases of WorkNC, WorkNC Dental, WorkXplore and WorkPLAN attracted considerable enthusiasm, and as well as the €100,000+ orders, the team provided…

System Insights and Autodesk recently teamed to build solutions to marry 3D spatial modelling with real-time manufacturing data analytics. These capabilities were presented at Autodesk University 2013 recently. Carl White, Senior Director of Manufacturing Engineering Products at Autodesk stated, “By working with System Insights we aim to increase the visibility…

Knovel announced today the addition of six publishers, including Taylor & Francis and ICE Publishing, to its roster of more than 100 authoritative publishers and societies. Knovel has signed more than 20 new publishing partners since January, making 2013 a record year for content expansion. As a result, engineers worldwide have…

3D Systems announced today the acquisition of Village Plastics Co., a manufacturer of filament-based ABS, PLA and HIPS 3D printing materials. Through its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Norton, Ohio, Village Plastics delivers the highest quality, precision 3D printing filaments. 3DS plans to immediately integrate Village Plastics materials and manufacturing technologies to…

SmartCAMcnc has announced the release of SmartCAM® v2014. SmartCAM v2014 delivers a redesigned and improved user interface that assists in usability, ease of learning and user efficiency, plus a variety of milling process modeling, toolpath verification and geometry modeling improvements. The SmartCAM product family consists of Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) applications…