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This annual educational webinar will focus on the PLM market results for 2025. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA, 12 May 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, is excited to announce an upcoming free educational webinar, “2026 PLM Market Update.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, 11 June 2026, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). This hour-long session will provide an early look at 2025 PLM market performance and deliver CIMdata’s highly anticipated five-year forecast through 2030. The PLM Economy, CIMdata’s term for the global ecosystem of software and services providers that assist industrial companies in achieving their PLM objectives, has grown strongly over the past decade. This webinar will focus on the results for the calendar year 2025 and offer insights into CIMdata’s forecast for 2026 through 2030. More than a data summary, this webinar is a strategic briefing that is designed to help PLM leaders: Understand how CIMdata’s PLM

The event known as “DICE” is organized by the Idaho National Laboratory. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 11 May 2026—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Alan Mendel, CIMdata’s Chief Strategy & Operations Officer, will be featured as a speaker at the upcoming DICE event. The event will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, from May 12 to 13. The presentation, AI in Industry: What Survey Data Reveals About AI Adoption Across Product Development and Engineering, will share exclusive data from CIMdata's global AI in PLM study. It will show how organizations are currently driving AI adoption across product development and engineering, revealing key strategic elements, including where companies are identifying the most promising opportunities, how they are structuring their initiatives, what early performance results they are capturing, and the critical obstacles slowing progress. Key data points to be shared include common use cases gaining