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PLM professionals will convene for two days of collaborative insights into the opportunities and challenges of AI across the product lifecycle. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & Stockholm, Sweden, October 28, 2026—The planning committee responsible for PLM Road Map & PDT Europe 2026 has announced that the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT EMEA 2026 conference has reached maximum capacity and is officially sold out. Scheduled for 4-5 November 2026 at the Lindholmen Conference Centre in Gothenburg, Sweden, the event brings together senior executives, engineering leaders, and PLM practitioners from across Europe and around the globe. This year’s theme, AI in PLM: A Disruptive Opportunity and Challenge, Turning AI disruption into enterprise value: Strategic insights for the PLM professional, focuses on navigating disruption, strategic implementation, and AI governance within PLM, and has drawn unprecedented interest from across the industrial manufacturing ecosystem. “The rapid pace of technological change, particularly at the intersection of enterprise PLM,

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 27 October 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of an eBook titled “What’s the State of AI in PLM?” based on CIMdata research sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software and other PLM solution providers. The publication reports on the current state of AI adoption in PLM across industrial companies, software providers, and service providers, identifies barriers to deployment, and pairs each finding with practical guidance on how to address them. AI is now a central topic in product development, yet the research shows that deployment remains in its early stages. Most industrial companies are in the early stages of their AI journey, and they apply AI to fewer than a quarter of their projects. Investment plans run well ahead of deployment: at least 80% of each group surveyed expects AI investment to grow over the next two years. The

Addressing the Needs of the Next Generation of PLM Professionals: New module covering AI in PLM added. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 22 October 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global strategic consulting and research firm focused on Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and its digital transformation, announces that registration is now open for its upcoming PLM Certificate Program class, scheduled for December 7-11, 2026, in Ann Arbor, MI. This intensive, weeklong program equips PLM professionals with actionable strategic frameworks and high-level knowledge to formulate and execute effective PLM strategies. Participants gain expertise in addressing common challenges and take a deep dive into advanced topics—including the practical application of AI, IoT, and Digital Twins—through guided discussion and structured problem-solving sessions. This assessment-based program delivers a solution-neutral, personalized classroom experience, comprehensive individual and team-based exercises, and rigorous achievement evaluations. CIMdata experts, with decades of hands-on, industry-recognized expertise, guide participants through this five-day, eight-session program to help industrial organizations

This presentation is part of CIMdata’s educational webinar series. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 14 October 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “The Sustainability Investment Imperative: Where PLM Delivers the Greatest Impact.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 12 November, at 11:00 a.m. (ET) and will last for one hour. Sustainability has not gone away; it has evolved. Corporate reporting requirements have been recalibrated, yet atmospheric CO₂ continues to rise. Product-level requirements, such as Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) and Digital Product Passports (DPP), continue to advance, and energy security, critical materials, and supply-chain resilience have become board-level concerns. Attendees at this webinar will: Understand why sustainability remains a business imperative despite shifting political priorities. Learn how to determine how much to invest in sustainability and where those investments deliver the greatest return. Understand how to measure the business and environmental value of sustainability investments. Discover

The white paper details the technical imperatives, architecture requirements, and strategic roadmap for high-tech electronics manufacturers transitioning away from legacy PLM platforms. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 13 October 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of a white paper titled “PLM for Tomorrow’s Competitive High-Tech Electronics Enterprises: Addressing Legacy PLM Solution End-of-Life.” Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software (Siemens), the white paper examines how high-tech electronics (HTE) organizations can transform forced legacy software sunsetting into an enterprise-wide modernization opportunity. As legacy PLM platforms approach mandatory end-of-life (EOL) milestones, high-tech electronics manufacturers face mounting operational risks, frozen codebases, vulnerabilities in custom middleware, and cybersecurity exposure. Over the past decade, HTE requirements have outgrown traditional, disconnected Bill of Materials (BOM) databases. Managing high-density board layouts, extreme product variability, and rapid component obsolescence now demands flexible deployment architectures, closed-loop digital threads, multi-domain CAD/EDA integration,

Leading solution providers to sponsor product lifecycle management (PLM) conference. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA & STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – 13 October 2026—CIMdata, Inc. and HKAB announce the sponsors of the upcoming PLM Road Map & PDT EMEA 2026 event. Participating sponsors include the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group, AMC Bridge, Configit, Contact Software, Dassault Systèmes, PROSTEP, PTC, Share PLM, TCS, and Uncountable. The event is scheduled for 4 & 5 November at the Lindholmen Conference Center in Gothenburg, Sweden. "We are delighted to have these key solution providers join us for PLM Road Map & PDT," said Cheryl Peck, CIMdata’s Chief Marketing Officer. "Their partnership is essential to fostering cross-industry collaboration and knowledge sharing that drives the PLM community forward." As part of the PLM Road Map/PDT experience, sponsors participate in an online Collaboration Café™ to showcase their solutions. For more information about the Collaboration Café, visit https://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-conferences/2026-plm-road-map-pdt-emea/sponsors. PLM Road Map & PDT EMEA