Position Papers

Autodesk, Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the PIX business of X2X. PIX is a production management solution for secure review and content collaboration between creatives and executives in the media and entertainment industry throughout the production process.

Autodesk’s 2023 State of Design and Make report found that media and entertainment companies cite operational efficiency and value creation as key business drivers. Once the transaction closes, the PIX acquisition would strongly deliver on both of these customer-driven outcomes by fostering broader collaboration and communication, as well as driving greater efficiencies in the production process to save...

Following the update made on January 3, 2024, Atos SE (“Atos” or the “Company”) informs the market about its refinancing plan and its contemplated disposals.

Refinancing plan

Atos has entered into discussions with its banks with a view to reaching a refinancing plan for its financial debt. Following these initial discussions, it appeared pertinent to request the appointment of a mandataire ad hoc in order to frame these discussions and facilitate a rapid outcome. The mandataire ad hoc is an independent third party whose mission would be to assist the Company in its discussions, in order to converge on an appropriate financial solution...

Three senior executives from Stratasys LTD will speak in four sessions at the Additive Manufacturing Strategies conference, February 6-8 in New York City, the company announced today. The company is also a Diamond Sponsor of this annual in-person event that brings together additive manufacturing stakeholders from all over the world.

During the three-day conference, Stratasys leaders will share information and insights based on their experience and work around the world with manufacturers and other industry peers who are driving the innovation and adoption of additive manufacturing in today’s industrial landscape.

The sessions include:

• February 6, 9 a.m., Dr. Yoav Zeif, CEO: Main Conference...

Woolpert has hired Cloud Alliance Manager Zack Schreiber to help manage its longtime partnership with Google and its expanding Google Cloud relationship. Schreiber brings more than a decade of cloud sales, location-based data, and operations management experience. He will help define and promote the benefits of Google and Woolpert’s combined mapping and geospatial data expertise and will be instrumental in the firm’s execution of joint go-to-market plans.

Woolpert has provided geospatial services for more than 50 years and employs more than 800 geospatial professionals across five continents. The firm has been an award-winning Google Premier Partner for 10 years. In 2022,...

Centric Software® is proud to announce successful Korean beauty brand, Tamburins, has implemented Centric PLM™. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source, buy, make, price, allocate, sell and replenish products such as fashion, outdoor, luxury, multi-category retail, grocery, food & beverage, cosmetics & personal care and consumer electronics to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.

Launched in 2017, Tamburins has garnered international attention for its cosmetics that transcend traditional boundaries. The brand, owned by South Korean company, iicombined, is known for its unique approach to products and retail experience. Following Gentle Monster’s lead,...

Capgemini announced that it has signed a new agreement in order to become a Global Partner of the 37th America’s Cup, one of the most iconic and prestigious events in the global sporting calendar. Due to be held in Barcelona from August to October this year, Capgemini’s sponsorship will bring its extensive expertise in digital innovation, sustainability, data and artificial intelligence (AI) to the tech driven sailing competition, the oldest in the world. As the official data provider, Capgemini will enhance the fan experience with insights and analysis throughout the series.

This latest worldwide partnership is a natural fit for Capgemini’s...

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Addressing the Challenges of Managing Large, Complex Infrastructure and Assets with Secure Collaboration

Key Takeaways

• The Architectural Engineering and Construction (AEC) and Engineering, Construction, and Procurement (EPC) industries do a poor job of handling large numbers of suppliers and providing secure collaboration across the lifecycle of their assets and related information, resulting in higher costs to owner/operators.
• Asset Information Management (AIM) is broader than Building Information Management (BIM) and focuses on managing and maintaining assets throughout their lifecycle while enabling a sustainable collaborative environment between the assets and their suppliers across multiple domains.
• AIM must manage assets...

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Key Takeaways

• Successful adoption of ADAS and AV requires trust—trust by the end users and trust in the knowledge and solutions used to design, develop, and validate the vehicles.
• Continuous verification and validation of compliance to regulatory requirements while engineering for performance improves the successful introduction of new ADAS features and AV products.
• Modern virtual engineering ecosystems utilizing scenarios learned from actual product usage enable continuous verification and validation as design changes are considered.
• Siemens Digital Industries Software solutions enable on demand, continuous verification and validation even as regulatory and customer requirements evolve over a product’s lifecycle.

Introduction

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Key Takeaways

• Increasingly, heavy equipment manufacturers must produce custom configurations, often in small quantities, while simultaneously managing increasing product complexity—leveraging closed loop smart manufacturing is required to compete and win in today’s complex heavy equipment industry.
• Smart manufacturing requires effective collaboration among product engineering, manufacturing planning, production, and service operations.
• A comprehensive smart, collaborative manufacturing environment is essential to analyze the impact of a product mix on production, allowing companies to optimize overall throughput.
• Siemens Xcelerator from Siemens Digital Industries Software, an open digital business platform to accelerate digital transformation and value creation has been tailored to...

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Key Takeaways

• Increase in cyber-physical systems design complexity: The information revolution has led to multifunctional PCB assemblies with smaller footprints, escalating circuit, package, and system design complexity. Increasing IC speeds, data rates, and denser configurations compound power integrity (PI), signal integrity (SI), and electromagnetic related (EMI/EMC) issues.
• Multiphysics Simulation Challenges: Electromagnetic (EM) simulations, crucial for tackling design challenges, are resource-intensive and are often segmented into smaller portions of the overall design to perform analyses, adding risk to design cycles. The addition of connectors further compounds EM high-frequency effects, necessitating careful analysis. As such, traditionally, EM...