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Attendees will be the first to learn about CIMdata’s analysis of 2018’s PLM market results. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 11 December 2018 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) consulting and research firm, announces its 2019 PLM Market & Industry Forum schedule and theme. The one-day events will be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on April 4; Frankfurt, Germany on April 11; Pune, India on April 15; Beijing, China on April 19; and Tokyo, Japan on April 24. CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forum is designed exclusively for PLM software providers, PLM service providers, PLM systems integrators, and PLM channel partners of all sizes. Forum attendees will explore the challenges currently facing the PLM market. Presentations will offer insights into the current economic climate, leading trends, and their effects on the PLM economy. There will be a detailed look at the state and trends of current and future PLM

PTC announced that SuperSonic Imagine, a company in breakthrough ultrasound medical imaging devices, has deployed PTC’s ThingWorx® Industrial IoT Platform for the remote monitoring and service of its market-leading patient diagnostic devices. Founded in 2005 and based in Aix-en-Provence, France, SuperSonic Imagine manufactures the flagship Aixplorer® series, innovative ultrasound platforms, which feature the exclusive UltraFast™ technology. UltraFast™ has given rise to new imaging modes, such as ShearWave®Elastography (SWE), which allows users to view and measure tissue stiffness in real-time on a color map, setting the standards of care for non-invasive characterization of breast, liver, and prostate diseases. This fall, SuperSonic Imagine unveiled the smart, connected Aixplorer MACH 30, its first product supported by ThingWorx. Using SuperSonic Imagine’s unique technology, the Aixplorer MACH 30 includes a new generation of UltraFast™ imaging, a technology that enables acquisition rates 200 times faster than conventional ultrasound systems with innovative modes to enhance diagnostic performance. Aixplorer MACH 30 also features a

SGK announced today that Michael Fox will present From SmartLabel to SmartERLabel in a live webinar on December 13, 2018, 1:00 P.M. (ET). The SmartLabel® initiative is gaining global notoriety as it increases transparency and helps brands connect better to their customers. Most major U.S. consumer packaged goods (CPGs) are closely monitoring how SmartLabel is received as a transparency platform and as a regulatory disclosure platform, but SmartLabel has even more to offer. It can also improve transparency by providing better access to that information via a connected experience – the physical packaging directly links to the web with a scannable code. In SGK's BrandSquare webinar From SmartLabel to SmartERLabel, Michael Fox will share key insights and strategies to leverage the benefits of connected pack technology. Registrations for the December 13th webinar will be accepted up until the 1:00 P.M. (ET) start time at  http://www.brandsquare.com. "U.S. shoppers demand to know more about the grocery products they are buying than what is available from traditional

OriginTrail and Oracle have entered into a technology partnership that will result in an integration between the Oracle Blockchain Cloud Service and the OriginTrail network. The partnership spans across the region, as it involves several Oracle offices in Southeast Europe. OriginTrail’s blockchain protocol aims to become the global language of supply chains, enabling companies to speak the same language with integrity. The Oracle Blockchain Platform securely extends business processes and applications while enabling the faster processing of business transactions. OriginTrail and Oracle are working on an integration between Oracle products and the OriginTrail network that enables trusted data sharing based on distributed ledger technologies. Because of tight integration efforts, the enterprise software built by Oracle, namely ERP systems and cloud services, can be seamlessly connected with the OriginTrail network, and therefore other enterprise systems, by utilizing benefits of different legacy as well as novel DLT technologies, based on industry standards. This

The cash-strapped shipbuilding and shipping industries in South Korea found a new lease of life in October 2016 when their government announced plans to provide support to the industry. The scheme to achieve this will involve software development providers actively participate in making the shipbuilding companies technologically robust. In its wake, California-based blockchain company HashCash Consultants plans to confirm a tie-up with a leading shipbuilding company to give its infrastructure a blockchain remake. The government’s aim is to attract 250 or more orders of vessels by the end of 2020 in a bid to give succor to local shipbuilders suffering the consequences of faltering global demand. This would mean revenue worth some US$9.5 billion. The industry is also expected to receive five to six billion dollars of aid designated to take forward efforts for achieving greater efficiency and high value-added services. As a result of these constructive steps, the shipbuilding

SimScale announces the groundbreaking release of a brand-new GPU-based solver using the Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM), which pairs high accuracy with unparalleled speed and is accessible via cloud. Partnering with Numeric Systems GmbH to develop this innovative feature through their tool Pacefish®, the cloud-based simulation company has now reduced running times for transient simulations from weeks and days to hours and minutes.  Developed by Numeric Systems GmbH, Pacefish® is a completely new implementation of the Lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM) tailored to the massively-parallel architecture of GPUs. Its ability to efficiently run on multiple GPUs in parallel enables turnaround times that are 20-30x shorter than with traditional methods. Moreover, Pacefish® supports several turbulence models such as Smagorinsky LES, hybrid uRANS-LES SST-DDES and SST-IDDES and uRANS k-omega SST making it unique and superior among other LBM solvers.  In its first release, SimScale’s new solver enables virtual wind tunnel analysis for a variety of applications, including

Twine Solutions, the world’s first digital thread dyeing system manufacturer, has completed its growth stage investment round, co-led by New Era Capital Partners and Maverick Ventures Israel. Two strategic investors COATS Group and HP tech Ventures, as well as its existing shareholders, Landa Ventures and Gefen Capital also participated in the investment round. Alon Moshe, Twine CEO and Co-Founder: "By digitally dyeing thread, Twine brings a unique solution to a most basic and fundamental global problem. This basic component, thread, is prevalent everywhere and is literally in ‘every wear’. It is a primary and critical production bottleneck, limiting today’s manufacturing of textile goods, ever more pronounced with the advent and growing of mass personalization and customization. "It is with much pleasure that we announce and welcome our new investors and partners, in joining Twine to meet these challenges and push the boundaries to great heights. COATS will not only join

The impact of Moore's Law is a topic that CIMdata’s Executive Consultant, Dr. Keith Meintjes, really likes to talk about. In his most recent blog posting he looks at in the context of one of his recent purchases, the Raspberry Pi.  His own experience is shared to demonstrate his point:  "When I was at GM Research Laboratories in the early 1980s, we bought a Cray-1 supercomputer for about $40 million. The Raspberry Pi is about 20 times as capable as that Cray-1. If you multiply that out and include the inflation factor (1983 - 2018) of 2.5, the Raspberry Pi is a resource that in the 1980s would have cost about two billion (of today's) dollars!" Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata   Learn more by reading the full blog post at: https://www.cimdata.com/en/resources/cimdata-blog/item/11137-moore-s-law-another-perspective  Don’t forget to share it with your colleagues and let Keith now what you think!

Users of the latest Radan release can benefit from streamlined processes, and doing more with fewer clicks. A company-wide investment in development, combined with data from software analytics, means the latest updates are based largely on customer usage and preferences. Product Manager Olaf Körner says analytics have been able to identify common themes – the sequences people click most, and why. “It shows how customers achieve certain results, and we’ve used those measurements to incorporate sequences that are used many times every day, into just one click.” A significant update in Radan 2019 R1 makes the popular Radquote function easily accessible to different categories of employees. “Radquote users are generally not the staff who program machine tools with Radan. So we’ve made Radquote completely standalone and easy to use by anyone – automatically using machine technology for the quote, with Radquote calculating the accurate cycle time and the best

SC Fashion has successfully implemented Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Founded in 1992, Jiaxing Senchuang Fashion Co., Ltd. (SC Fashion) is an international fashion company with world-class manufacturing technologies and quality management systems. With a presence in a dozen countries and regions, the company delivers Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) services to high-end retailers and women's clothing brands in the West. Covering a factory area of 80,000 square meters, the company employs a workforce of more than 1,500 and generates over 800 million yuan in annual revenue from its knitted and woven products. The OEM fashion industry in China faces many challenges including rising land and labor costs and an escalating trade conflict with the USA. On top of this, many customers are focusing on branding, expecting manufacturers to take on more responsibility for product design and development. “Many brand customers are starting to