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Strategic partnerships between Rimac Automobili, CADCAM Group, and Dassault Systemes were signed on November 28th, 2016 and are based on the implementation of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in the process of construction and the life cycle of the product. The growth of production and business expansion of Rimac Automobili demanded moving to the most advanced software solutions that enables quicker design, virtual simulation and facilitate the organization and preparation of the complex production of innovative products such as the Rimac cars. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform will enable Rimac Automobili to work in a unique centralized database. The database allows access to information about the project and/or the product that originated in various stages of construction as well as a visual overview to all participants of the process of development and production preparation. CAD and PLM solutions within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform will use over a hundred employees of Rimac Automobili, and will undergo training in collaboration with

Leading electronics manufacturing services firm ACDi is excited to announce it has been granted AS9100 Certification. This achievement affirms to industry ACDi’s devotion to upholding the strict requirements that govern the manufacturing of aerospace-related products. “Certification affords ACDi a certain competitive advantage,” says Bill Hornbaker, President and CEO of ACDi. “To be certified with this vital industry standard tells our clients and partners in the aerospace sector that we are well equipped to address their most challenging manufacturing requirements.” AS9100 adapts and supplements the ISO 9001 requirements as they were established by the aerospace industry in order to meet the high-level quality needs of the DoD, NASA and FAA. The standard (officially titled AS9100 Quality Management Systems – Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defense Organizations) was developed by Working Group 11 of ISO TC20 and was supported by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG), all together in an effort to

Epicor Software Corporation today announced that it has acquired privately-held docSTAR, an award-winning developer of document management software based in Schenectady, New York. The transaction closed on Jan. 3, financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition brings docSTAR collaborative cloud-based enterprise content management (ECM) and automated accounts payable (AP) solutions to the Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions portfolio. Founded in 1996, docSTAR has over 20 years of experience delivering solutions that enable organizations to increase productivity, reduce cost and transaction cycle times through business process automation.  Today, nearly 2,000 organizations in North America rely on docSTAR solutions—available as a cloud hosted service or on premises. docSTAR enables customers to streamline business processes with smart enterprise content management, document management, automated accounts payable and electronic forms technology that integrates with third party ERP solutions. docSTAR solutions are suitable for a number of industries including insurance, financial services, healthcare, real estate,

Educational webinar will provide an overview of semantic web technology that is relevant to product failure knowledge capture and reuse. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 5 January 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Why Connected Intelligent Products Need Semantic Web Technology.” The webinar will take place on February 9, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EST) and will last for one hour. The development of trustworthy connected intelligent products needs a knowledge system based design-for-reliability capability. Such a capability demands a seamless integration between the processes and tools of systems engineering and reliability engineering, as well as a knowledge system that can be used to transform implicit product failure knowledge into explicit machine-readable knowledge. The knowledge system must enable the capture and reuse of product failure understanding not only from previous generation products, but also from the verification and validation cycles of those currently

Ackermans, a leading South African retailer, has chosen Centric Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) suite by Centric Software to synchronise company information globally, clear out paper, adopt a digital transformation, and have immediate access to business-critical information. Centric Software’s flexibility in accommodating the fast pace of change of the fashion industry initially caught Ackermans’ attention. Renée Jain, supply chain systems manager at Ackermans said, “It’s always a challenge for us finding people that we can rely on and trust, but Centric’s local consultants just made the implementation so easy. Their flexibility and their ability to make changes and have them ready the very next day, meant that we could actually grow into the system as it was being implemented.”  To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Centric PLM on CIMdata.com

ESI Group announces today its provisional financial communication agenda for 2017:   2016 Full Year Sales – March 14th, 2017 2016 Full Year Results – April 19th, 2017 2017 Q1 Sales – May 24th, 2017 2017 Half Year Sales and Results – September 19th, 2017 2017 Q3 Sales – November 21st, 2017 Financial year 2017 ended on January 31st, 2018   Press releases are distributed after the financial markets closure. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for ESI Group on CIMdata.com

Accenture reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2017, ended Nov. 30, 2016, with record net revenues of $8.5 billion, an increase of 6 percent in U.S. dollars and 7 percent in local currency over the same period last year.  Diluted earnings per share were $1.58, an increase of $0.30, or 23 percent from the first quarter last year. EPS for the first quarter of fiscal 2017 include an $0.18 positive impact from a lower tax rate for the quarter. Operating income was $1.33 billion, an increase of 9 percent over the same period last year, and operating margin was 15.6 percent, a year-over-year expansion of 40 basis points. New bookings for the quarter were $8.3 billion, with consulting bookings of $4.9 billion and outsourcing bookings of $3.4 billion. Pierre Nanterme, Accenture’s chairman and CEO, said, “We are pleased with our strong financial results for the first

Vero Software’s German reseller 3D Concepts will be demonstrating Edgecam, Surfcam and Radan at South-West Germany’s largest industry trade show. Expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors, the i+e Industriemesse Schwarzwald AG exhibition at Freiburg from February 1 to 3 focuses on a variety of industry sectors including IT, machine engineering, electronics, sheet metal, plastics, and Industrie 4.0 services.  Thomas Menholz, from 3D Concepts, says it is the ideal venue to showcase the latest 2017 releases of Edgecam, Surfcam and Radan.  Edgecam 2017 R1 features around 50 items of new and enhanced functionality, including a Tombstone module for assembling pre-existing parts on a defined mounting device. A simple dialog window enables users to add pre-machined part files, specifying the positions they are to be mounted on a tombstone or other multi-component work-holding device.  Once they are assembled, Edgecam automatically merges and rationalises all machining sequences by tool or

PTC today announced it has been named "Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year" by IoT Breakthrough, an independent organization dedicated to helping the best Internet of Things (IoT) products and companies stand out in the industry. PTC also received the IoT Breakthrough award for "Industrial IoT Solution of the Year" for its Kepware® KEPServerEX® industrial connectivity software. "PTC is dedicated to providing the IoT platform of choice for companies building solutions for the industrial space, from custom applications that monitor a group of existing assets to remote service offerings that lower the cost of traditional maintenance," said Kevin O'Brien, vice president of IoT partner sales, PTC. "These awards are yet another validation of our efforts, and we remain committed to helping companies achieve new business value through IoT solutions." The "Industrial Internet of Things Company of the Year" award comes at the end of a breakthrough year for PTC in the IoT space. In 2016, PTC

Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the appointment of Martin O'Brien as vice president of the company's Integrated Electrical Systems Division. The division creates software for architecting, designing, manufacturing and maintaining electrical and electronic content for both original equipment manufacturers and their supply chain.   "It has long since been apparent that integrating and interconnecting complex functional systems into modern vehicles must be supported by advanced software that adds automation and creates a data thread that crosses boundaries with 3D and PLM solutions and then onward to suppliers," said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics.  "Mentor Graphics invested in this ahead of the curve and is contributing significantly to multiple markets in this space.  Placing this expanded division under a vice president reflects the increased opportunities we are seeing." "Martin has assembled a strong team of rare industry experts, who under his management have established clear leadership for Mentor Graphics electrical systems and