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Accenture reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016, ended May 31, 2016, with net revenues of $8.4 billion, an increase of 9 percent in U.S. dollars and 10 percent in local currency over the same period last year. Diluted earnings per share were $1.41, compared with $1.24 for the third quarter last year, which included a non-cash pension settlement charge of $64 million, pre-tax, or $0.06 per share. Excluding this charge, diluted EPS for the third quarter last year were $1.30. Diluted EPS for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 increased 8 percent from adjusted EPS for the third quarter last year. Operating income for the quarter was $1.31 billion, or 15.5 percent of net revenues, compared with $1.13 billion, or 14.6 percent of net revenues, for the third quarter last year, which included the $64 million pension settlement charge. Excluding this charge, operating income

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a new series of embedded security solutions employing general-purpose microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs) as completely new security structures for embedded devices that will function as Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints in homes and buildings. Now, as the first product of this series, Renesas has released the RX231 Communications Security Evaluation Kit.  At the same time as implementing strong security functions using a trusted secure IP that is already incorporated in the Renesas RX231 MCUs, the new kit provides both an evaluation board and a wide range of software, to prevent virus infections over communication channels and disclosure of confidential information and allows embedded devices with strengthened security to be developed easily.  Recently, there has been progress in supporting the IoT, in which a wide variety of devices is connected to the Internet for improving industrial productivity through data

Geometric Limited today announced the availability of a revolutionary new technology that uses SOLIDWORKS 3D DimXpert and Model Based Definition (MBD) 3D dimensions and annotations to automate the programming process for CNC machined components. Aligning with industry initiatives such as Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 for advanced manufacturing, CAMWorks has been uniquely structured to realize the benefits of automated CNC program generation based on tolerance, surface finish, and other annotations in SOLIDWORKS 3D parts. This functionality is possible due to CAMWorks’ ability to extract manufacturing features like pockets, bosses, holes, etc., and automatically create toolpaths based on an internal knowledge base of user definable tools, feeds, speeds, and strategies. Jim Foster (VP channel marketing and sales) says, “The opportunity to reduce the need for 2D drawings while helping to automate CNC machining to this level is truly exciting. Toolpath programming processes that typically take hours can now be

Dassault Systèmes today announced that the 3DEXPERIENCE platform now extends the support of XMpLant with an integrated high-performance software tool providing interfaces to the major process plant and ship design systems used by the energy, process and utilities and the marine and offshore industries.  Companies can transfer legacy engineering models with associated intelligent information to the 3DEXPERIENCE platform in order to improve collaboration, design time, productivity and operations. Offshore platforms, ships, nuclear power plants and other large assets are designed and engineered with a complex ecosystem of suppliers and millions of parts.  XMpLant provides access to this intelligent information in an ISO 15926 compliant open neutral format, supporting the full structure, attributes and geometry of 2D schematics and 3D models.  With integrated XMpLant support, Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform delivers a ready-to-use solution with standard-based interoperability that connects process plant and ship engineering, procurement and construction data and processes in a unified

Dassault Systèmes today announced that Hurom, a manufacturer of premium kitchen appliances headquartered in South Korea, has selected its “Accelerated Device” industry solution experience to improve its enterprise collaboration and operations planning.  Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “Accelerated Device” provides Hurom with digital continuity for streamlined processes that reduce its production lead time and overall costs while improving product quality. Founded in 1974, Hurom is the market leader in slow squeezing technology for vegetable, fruit, nut and grain juices.  Its high-end appliance design factors in taste, ease of use, safety, noise and vibration levels as well as overall aesthetics.  With subsidiaries in China, India, Japan and the United States and exports to 85 countries, the company recently added four new production facilities in China and Korea and increased its focus on new product development.  As a result, Hurom wanted a systematic and standardized approach to manage its business processes across all sites.

Optomec announced today that the company will feature its production grade Aerosol Jet 3D Printers at the International Microelectronics Assembly and Packaging Society (iMAPS) Advanced Technology Workshop on Additive Manufacturing and Printed Electronics.  The Workshop will be held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell Inn and Conference Center in Lowell, MA this week. Dr. Mike Renn, Optomec Chief Technology Officer, will serve as chair for the session on Materials and Printing, and Dr. Kurt Christenson, Optomec Senior Scientist, will give a presentation titled “Micrometer-Scale 3D Printed Electronics”  The company will also highlight Aerosol Jet printers in the exhibit area. Dr. Christenson will explain how Aerosol Jet is a non-contact printing technique capable of patterning a wide variety of electronic and polymeric materials at the micrometer size scale. In the jetting process, a liquid ink is aerosolized and the mist is aerodynamically focused to a micron-scale point on the target substrate.

At the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo in Anaheim, CA, CGTech Composites Product Specialist Charles Anderton will be giving a presentation on how to use software to assist in the decision of an automated layup methodology.  “Automated composite manufacturing is an additive process to build a near-net-shape ‘fiber reinforced’ part on a mold using a CNC machine.  This presentation will explore the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges of automated fiber placement (AFP), automated tape layup (ATL), and hybrid layup strategies for a given set of part designs,” said Charles Anderton, CGTech’s Composites Product Specialist.  “Machine independent software packages offer the ability to unify programming and simulation efforts of both new and existing programs for a variety of AFP, ATL, and hybrid machines.”  Throughout the show, in booth C18, CGTech will be demonstrating VERICUT Composite Applications: VERICUT Composite Paths for Engineering (VCPe), VERICUT Composite Programming (VCP), and VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS). Visitors

At ASCON Group's annual CAD White Nights 2016 Forum, C3D Labs presented its newest products – the C3D Enterprise 2016 integrated toolset and C3D Viewer for viewing and converting 3D models into various formats. In addition, invited speakers shared their experiences developing engineering software using components from C3D Labs. C3D Enterprise is a new release developed in response to the increased interest shown by large enterprise customers in the solutions provided by C3D Labs. The licensing requirements of large corporations differ substantially from those of CAD vendors, the traditional customers of C3D Labs. C3D Enterprise combines a comprehensive set of tools and functions together with the type of licensing and level of support expected by corporate customers. In his speech at the Forum, Director of C3D Labs Oleg Zykov described case studies in which C3D is brilliantly used by the industrial sector. The case histories formed the basis for the corporate licensing

Dassault Systèmes and Assystem, a European engineering company, today announced that they have extended their collaboration to the nuclear engineering sector. This collaboration aims to improve the management and industrial performance of complex engineering projects by using digital technologies. Assystem’s Energy and Infrastructure division will deploy Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform to build a new information system for its engineering missions on nuclear facilities, to support engineering data management, configuration management, procurement, program management and resourcing capabilities.  Dassault Systèmes will leverage this collaboration with Assystem to deepen the identification of specific challenges and needs of the nuclear sector.  This knowledge will be used to develop future industry solution experiences based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform that can digitally transform processes and methodologies, improve efficiency and, ultimately, enhance the owner and operator experience. Nuclear power plants and other large assets have a lifecycle of about 50 years, making safety, compliance and delivery critical.  Owners and

New membership equips members of the financial services community with the technical skills and market knowledge they need to advise clients on PLM-related market activities. CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces a new PLM Community membership designed specifically for the Financial Analyst and Financial Services communities. The US$39B global PLM market is rapidly changing. Trends in the industry, such as, platformization, Industry 4.0, Social, the Cloud, SaaS, and subscription licensing are all leading to increased M&A activity and disruption throughout the PLM ecosystem. Built on CIMdata's over 30 years of experience in the PLM industry, this new membership has been designed to equip members of the financial community with the technical skills and market knowledge they need to guide their analyses and clients on strategies related to the global PLM ecosystem. The Financial Analyst PLM Community membership represents an addition to CIMdata’s already established PLM Foresight