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Siemens has been selected as the technology partner for AUTOParkit™, helping to expand the company’s significant growth of its fully-automated parking garage systems. Siemens has been working with AUTOParkit since 2016 and will now provide a full-complement of advanced automation hardware, as well as electrification and digital tools. AUTOParkit, designed and manufactured by Dasher Lawless Automation, is a USA-based OEM of fully-automated parking systems. The company is providing a necessary parking alternative for commercial development, which is being severely impacted by changes in the automotive transportation industry and continued market pressure to reduce space allocated for parking. AUTOParkit has embraced Siemens technology in its growth model, realizing the benefits of an integrated portfolio, from power distribution and digital factory to building automation. AUTOParkit has calculated that with this technology, the fully-automated systems will achieve a 2:1 space savings at approximately the same cost as a conventional approach, as well as cost

PROSTEP AG has embarked on the task of bringing a new generation into the company's management. At its last meeting in November, the company's supervisory board appointed Dr. Karsten Theis to the executive board. Theis, who has been with the company for over 15 years and has held a number of different management positions, will be responsible for PROSTEP products, marketing, sales (excluding the automotive OEM sector) and US business in his new function as deputy chairman of the executive board. Born in 1969 in Wuppertal, Theis studied electrical engineering at the University of Dortmund, where he did his doctorate in the field of automation technology and robotics. He joined PROSTEP in 2002. Among other things, he headed up the PLM Strategies & Processes business unit for several years, making a significant contribution to expanding PLM strategy consulting, which is now a core component of PROSTEP's service offering. Prior to

The re-opening of new state-of-the-art factory provides a milestone towards industrialization of Additive Manufacturing. The digitalised production facility offers R&D, production and post-processing, everything under one 4.500 sqm roof. The manufacturing capacity will be extended to more than 50 printers arranged in a future proof flexible AM cell approach. To view the original announcement, please click here. Search for Materials Solutions on CIMdata.com

Autodesk, Inc. announced the appointment of Stephen Milligan to its Board of Directors, effective December 13, 2018. Milligan has more than 30 years of executive operational and financial leadership experience and currently serves as chief executive officer of Western Digital Corporation. "Steve brings incredible expertise in technology, operations and finance, so I'm delighted to welcome him to the board," said Stacy Smith, chairman of the board of Autodesk. "I'm confident his presence will benefit Autodeskand its shareholders as we drive sustainable growth and returns." "Steve is an excellent addition to the Autodesk board," said Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk president and CEO. "He brings a wealth of experience in transforming companies and driving growth that will be invaluable as we continue our journey to become a SaaS driven Design and Make solutions provider." Prior to Western Digital, Milligan was president and chief executive officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST). During his tenure, Milligan led Hitachi GST through a financial and operational turnaround. Before joining Hitachi GST

Oracle today announced the Oracle Cloud Native Framework, providing developers a cloud native solution that spans public cloud, on premises and hybrid cloud deployments. Capitalizing on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and the recently announced Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment, the Oracle Cloud Native Framework introduces a rich set of cloud native managed services and on-premises software. The Oracle Cloud Native Framework also introduces Oracle Functions, a new breakthrough serverless cloud service based on the open source Fn Project. As organizations move to the cloud, they are facing new and difficult challenges addressing cultural change and increased complexity. DevOps and cloud native tooling have left many developers and projects behind the curve. Moreover, organizations eager to use standard open source components and leverage cloud capabilities, but are impeded by the number of complex choices, lack of training and fear of cloud vendor lock-in. By providing cloud native capabilities and offerings regardless of the deployment scenario and

Global interoperability solution leader International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) introduces the GoToINVENTOR software solution. GoToINVENTOR offers feature-based translation that enables the transfer of complete design intelligence from major CAD systems to INVENTOR with up to 100% automation and enhanced efficiency. GoToINVENTOR is based on ITI’s Proficiency software technology. By providing fully functional models that retain the original product knowledge in INVENTOR, GoToINVENTOR maximizes CAD data re-use and offers a reliable basis for further product design and development. Users can convert geometry, features, history, sketch relations, manufacturing information, metadata and assembly information from CATIA V5, NX, Creo/Wildfire, Solid Edge and SOLIDWORKS seamlessly to INVENTOR. GoToINVENTOR can also convert associative drawings along with the linked 3D models in one automated procedure. “At Autodesk interoperability and openness is the heart of our DNA”, states Karl Osti, Autodesk Manufacturing Industry Manager. “Together with ITI’s extensive know-how, solutions and proven track record, we can offer interoperability that

C3D Labs announces the release of the C3D Vision 2019 visualization module, a part ofC3D Toolkit for developers of engineering software. C3D Vision operates with polygonal models and is responsible for drawing visual scenes in 3D applications. The 2019 release of C3D Vision is integrated even more closely with the C3D Modeler geometric kernel. To automatically generate scene graphs based on mathematical models, developers now need call just one function. The multi-threading support already found in C3D Toolkit is now also implemented in C3D Vision 2019. There is an option to calculate polygonal models for visualization objects (based on mathematical representations of the geometry) in synchronous or multithreading mode. Searching objects and drawing is also performed in either of these two modes. The new version of the 3D engine aims to quickly and easily create modern 3D design projects. Together with the C3D Toolkit’s other software development modules –the geometric

Detego will be showcasing the latest digital in-store solutions on January 13-15 at NRF 2019. Returning as a co-exhibitor on the SAP booth (#3426), Detego will display their RFID-based inventory management software and latest AI applications for retailers. Detego has been complementing the SAP offering in fashion retail by utilizing IoT technology and providing SAP systems with real time data on item level. Exhibiting at NRF will be the Detego InStore Lean Edition, a new mobile solution for retailers, offering faster and cheaper access to the benefits of digital connectivity via an RFID based system. This solution allows fashion retailers to quickly adopt a “smart” replenishment process and carry out “intelligent” stocktakes, by starting small and scaling across the entire store network. Offered as a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) model with cloud hosting, retailers benefit from high inventory accuracy and consistent article availability at low cost. Detego’s software has already proven to

swatchbook, a cloud-platform provider for Material Lifecycle Management (MLM) and Vizoo, a provider of hard- and software solutions for material digitization, today announced their official partnership. The goal of this collaboration is to create a fast, efficient and lean process of scanning, storing and sharing high-quality digital material samples. “We are excited to deliver a tightly integrated solution to our customers,” says Yazan Malkosh, founder and CEO of swatchbook. “We have been working with the Vizoo team for quite some time. Their hard- and software solutions make it extremely easy to create high-quality 3D swatches from physical material samples, exactly what our customers need in their mission of going digital. With the integration between xTex and swatchbook the process of digitization and managing materials becomes extremely efficient.” “A lot of our clients are looking for a storage solution for their digital materials”, Martin Semsch, founder and Managing Director

Flexera’s taking its Software Monetization technology to the edge and recently launched FlexNet Edge™. The smart edge server enables entitlement-driven software and firmware updates for Internet connected and disconnected software and devices. Flexera’s enhanced offering empowers IoT companies and intelligent device manufacturers to implement their digital business models, making automated updates and better control of edge devices part of their IoT management and monetization processes. As part of Flexera’s strategy to further enable IoT monetization and management, the company announced a technology alliance with MachineShop. Flexera will leverage MachineShop’s extensive knowledge and industry experience related to smart edge computing. MachineShop’s Device Relationship Management™ software offering helps organizations with the complete lifecycle management of connected, smart products – onboarding, configuring, monitoring, management, decommissioning. A key element of the solution is a rich orchestration capability. “MachineShop is honored to partner with Flexera, who’s helping product vendors create and monetize the value of