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Bechtle AG delivered a very strong fourth quarter and, according to preliminary figures, concluded the 2025 financial year in line with expectations. Business volume increased by approximately 8% to nearly €8.6 billion, revenue climbed approximately 2% to some €6.4 billion, while EBT reached around €324 million. The number of employees increased to 16,360…

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the infrastructure engineering software company, announced the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) is using Bentley’s Blyncsy solution to enhance its existing performance-based budgeting process for highway maintenance. ALDOT adopted a performance-based budgeting model more than 15 years ago and continues to refine its implementation to ensure maintenance funds are…

The start-up develops innovative solutions for green hydrogen. With CIM Database Cloud and Elements for IoT, it now creates an end-to-end digital backbone that connects product development, operations, and service. Hydrogen is considered a key energy carrier of the future. To date, however, its production and transport remain cost-intensive and…

Flexxbotics, the autonomous manufacturing platform leader, announced the update to its FANUC industrial robot connector driver within the Flexxbotics Transformers open-source project on GitHub. The enhanced FANUC connector driver expands robot-to-machine interfacing interoperability, real-time robot awareness, and secure bi-directional control across automated production environments and advanced robotic workcells. The updated…

IFS, the world's leading provider of Industrial AI software, launched IFS Nexus Black Resolve for Utilities – purpose-built and combining decades of utilities expertise with cutting-edge AI capabilities to revolutionize the most inefficient element of field service operations. The announcement was made at DISTRIBUTECH® International 2026, where IFS is demonstrating…

OpenSpace, the Visual Intelligence Platform for builders, announced the general availability of OpenSpace Field, an image-based,  field-first solution for creating and managing tasks and issues that helps jobsite teams create, capture, document, and act on work items in real time.   OpenSpace Field expands OpenSpace from a system of visual record into…

Elysium has released CADdoctor SX11.0. Key Enhancement Changed support of CAD versions Import & Export Options Versions added in SX11.0 Supported Versions CATIA V5 (Standalone) Importer / Exporter R35(V5-6R2025) Importer: R10 – R35(V5-6R2025) Exporter: R14, R19 – R35 NX (Standalone) Importer 2412.7000 UG10 – NX 2412 Series Parasolid (Standalone) Importer…

Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses, announced new AI-powered enhancements to Sage X3. The new capabilities give product-centric organizations clearer visibility across finance, sales, and supply chain operations, allowing teams to respond faster as conditions change. Mid-sized businesses are operating in…

Zoo, a company that creates infrastructure for hardware design, announced the launch of Zookeeper, a conversational CAD design agent that helps engineers move from intent to fully editable CAD models through natural language interaction. With Zookeeper, users can describe what they want to design, ask questions, explore alternatives, and iterate…

Asite, a leading platform for information management in the built environment, is proud to announce the successful renewal of its ISO 19650 Framework Kitemark. This internationally recognized standard reaffirms Asite’s commitment to helping organizations meet ISO 19650 standards. Asite is one of just two SaaS organizations to have this accreditation…