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The Nemetschek Group, one of the leading software providers for the AEC/O and media & entertainment industries, announced to have invested in the UK-based start-up SymTerra, a construction site communications platform. The investment underlines the Nemetschek Group venture strategy of driving digitalization and efficiency in the construction industry. Over 30% of construction costs are directly related to re-work and delays, because of miscommunication on site. SymTerra’s communication platform allows easy, instant, and intuitive communication across multiple contractors to the same project. Clients, contractors and subcontractors can now document works via images and video, cross reference assets and activities, and share information instantly with who they need to. As the founders come from construction themselves, SymTerra is set to resolve a unified pain-point across all construction sites: poor communication. “We’ve lived the pain of the re-work issue due to poor information and communication on our projects. Unlike existing software where information is siloed,

Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of the Spain-based company Preziss, a cutting tools and solutions provider within high-precision drilling, reaming, milling and tooling systems. The company will be reported in Sandvik Coromant, a division within Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions. In 2021, Preziss had revenues of approximately 10 MEUR and an EBITA margin that is neutral to Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions. Impact on Sandvik’s earnings per share will be limited, yet positive. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Sandvik on CIMdata.com Search for Preziss on CIMdata.com

Infor, the industry cloud company, announced that plastic recycler and yarn manufacturer GAMA Recycle Sustainable Technologies has selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise. The platform is expected to help accelerate value streams and reduce lead times, as well as help GAMA expand market share and increase transparency and productivity. Established in Gaziantep, Turkey, in 1997, GAMA has grown to be the largest recycled-plastic yarn and fiber producer in the world. Recycling textile products and R-PET (polyethylene terephthalate) flakes, its production process is riskier, and more complex, than others that use virgin materials. This complexity, combined with supply chain volatility following Brexit and the pandemic, led to the requirement for a modern ERP to support enhanced end-to-end collaboration across GAMA’s supply chain. Crucially, the ERP needed to streamline operations through reducing errors and operational failures, ensure quality consistency, and improve the customer experience. Following a market evaluation, GAMA selected Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise powered by Amazon Web

The Munich-based startup develops innovative solutions for hydrogen engines. With end-to-end processes, Keyou can quickly react to customer requirements in a highly competitive market. The innovation leader benefits from CONTACT’s scalable and secure SaaS solution. While battery-electric drives are becoming increasingly popular in passenger cars, they still come with heavy trade-offs in commercial vehicles. Operators are faced with significantly higher initial costs. At the same time, the vehicles’ payloads and ranges decrease, since batteries have a significantly lower energy density than fossil fuels. The German startup Keyou has identified hydrogen as the energy carrier to bridge the gap between economic efficiency and zero local emissions. Hydrogen stores almost three times as much energy per kilogram as diesel or gasoline and reacts during combustion to harmless water vapor. Since 2015 Keyou develops software and hardware components that transform diesel and gasoline engines into hydrogen engines. To make them fit for hydrogen operation, they

Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Paulig, an international, family-owned food and beverage company, has selected Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. The industry-specific suite of Infor applications, delivered in the multi-tenant cloud, will support Paulig’s business transformation to harmonize processes and streamline its operating model internationally. Paulig is a Finnish family-owned food and beverage company that provides primarily coffees and beverages, Tex Mex and spices, snacks and plant-based choices to an international market. Its brands are Paulig, Santa Maria, Risenta and Poco Loco. The company has 2,300 employees in 13 countries. “Paulig chose Infor based on its deep industry-specific functionality and having a true modern cloud solution that is always up to date. The solution enhances productivity and visibility through all operations at Paulig,” says Marika Lindström, Paulig’s CIO. The solution consists of core ERP (Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage), product life cycle management (Infor PLM for Process), production scheduling (Infor Supply

Infor, the industry cloud company, announced that Q&L Industrial Services, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider headquartered in Slovakia, is migrating to the Infor WMS warehouse management cloud solution to improve performance of stock operations. Q&L expects the new system to provide additional benefits in speed and accuracy for its customers. With its current system, Q&L got to a vendor-lock situation with long lead times while needing to improve flexibility quickly with the current volatile and unpredictable markets. The Infor cloud solution will provide a complete, functional system with faster implementation and time to value. Q&L is planning the initial Infor WMS go-live at a pilot warehouse in mid-summer. The next big warehouse deployment will follow in the autumn. Infor WMS will cover all processes from receiving and put-away to picking, loading, and shipping. The company also is going to integrate Infor WMS with its AGV (automated guided vehicles) systems. “We were looking for an easily scalable

Easy customization of hydraulic power units with new tool based on CADENAS technology The new 3D CAD product configurator from exaKT Hydraulik GmbH is one of the first fully comprehensive configurators for hydraulic power units with multi CAD output. Engineers and plant constructors can now assemble the DAVID compact power pack according to their requirements and then download it free of charge in more than 150 native and neutral CAD formats, including delivery times and customs tariff numbers. The exaKT sales team also benefits enormously from the new online service, which significantly reduces the internal effort required to prepare quotations. Configuration of valve structure, tank size, volume flow and many extras The rule-based 3D CAD configurator guides the user step by step through the various components of the DAVID compact unit, which delivers high performance with small dimensions. First, the user determines the basic data such as tank size, solenoid voltage, volume flow or maximum

Siemens announced Siemens Xcelerator – an open digital business platform that will accelerate digital transformation and value creation for customers of all sizes across industry, buildings, grids and mobility by making it easier, faster and more scalable. Of course, the Xcelerator name is not new to our Siemens Digital Industries Software community. In 2019 we integrated our portfolio of engineering software, services and application development platform as Xcelerator to bring together the industry’s broadest and deepest solutions to help our industrial customers transform. Now, as part of its transformation into a technology company, Siemens is applying that same approach across all parts of the business and expanded Siemens Xcelerator from a portfolio into an unique digital business platform for the entire company. In the last three years, organizations from startup companies to household brand names have used Xcelerator in ways we never imagined. From mapping our oceans with autonomous self-guided drones to exploring the stars with the next generation

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched the TCS Servitization Engine on Oracle Cloud to help customers create subscription-first business models and provide outcome-based solutions with intelligent service capabilities. The engine offers an industry package with bundled combinations of products, services, support, self-service, and knowledge base that companies can leverage to add value to their core product offerings, along with robust front-end customer-facing solutions. Changes in consumer behavior are driving organizations to switch from one-time product sales to subscription-based, as-a-service business models, a trend known as servitization. As product-centric business models often involve high procurement, operational costs, and high capex, organizations are adopting new technologies to enable servitization models, which can offer better margins, increased customer lifetime value for providers, and lower total cost of ownership to customers, with flexible consumption of products and services. The TCS Servitization Engine offers a combination of a service-centric approach, data monetization, and product personalization to enable

Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, announced it has won the Energy & Sustainability 2022 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. Schneider was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for its innovative EcoStruxure™ software solutions provided to customers that were powered by Microsoft technology, including Azure Cloud and Dynamics 365. The Microsoft Partner of the Year Awards recognize Microsoft partners that have developed and delivered outstanding Microsoft-based applications, services and devices during the past year. Out of over 3,900 submissions from more than 100 countries across various categories, Schneider Electric was recognized for providing outstanding solutions and services in energy and sustainability. In 2021, Schneider’s EcoStruxure solutions helped customers reduce their carbon emissions by 84 million tonnes which amount to 347 million tonnes saved or avoided since 2018. These solutions are powered by the most advanced evolution of Microsoft Azure, helping customers achieve their energy and sustainability