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Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in industrial software, announced an expansion of its strategic partnership with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to support the utility’s goal of net zero carbon production by 2050. AspenTech will provide its Digital Grid Management (DGM) software suite to monitor, intelligently schedule and control distributed energy resources (DERs) on OPPD’s grid while maintaining reliability for a population of 885,000 people across 5,000 square miles in the state of Nebraska. OPPD will use AspenTech OSI Distributed Energy Resource Management System™ across both transmission and distribution operations to plan for and manage DER assets within a single platform. The solution, a key component of AspenTech’s DGM suite, will integrate with AspenTech generation, transmission, advanced distribution management and outage management systems, giving the utility comprehensive real-time control and optimization across its grid. “As we move toward net zero carbon production by 2050, OPPD sees an exciting opportunity ahead to be a decarbonization leader,” said Doug Peterchuck, Director, Enterprise

Centric Software® is pleased to announce that Chinese beauty company Beltonway will implement their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, Centric PLM™. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, formulate, develop, procure, manufacture and sell consumer goods products in cosmetics & personal care, food & beverage, fashion and multi-category retail to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Founded in 2014, Ningbo Beltonway Brand Management Co., Ltd. (Beltonway) is an e-commerce pioneer in China, retailing multiple brands including geoskincare, MedRepair, SKYNFUTURE, Little Dream Garden and GALIMARD. Beltonway also has an R&D team in Shanghai and an independent product innovation and development center that has incubated five proprietary brands, such as boben, Carekeeps, Lexose and more. Competition in the beauty market is fierce, and Beltonway is focusing on long-term strategic investment in digitalization to continuously improve product capabilities, meet consumer needs and drive long-term growth. Mr. Jiang Wei, General Manager of Beltonway, says,

CGS, a global provider of software and business applications, enterprise learning, and outsourcing services, announced that Delta Galil Industries, Ltd., a global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label intimate, activewear, loungewear, and denim apparel, is enhancing their operations with BlueCherry Shop Floor Control. Part of the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite, Shop Floor Control transforms factory processes, helping to reduce manual labor with streamlined operations that also boost productivity. BlueCherry Shop Floor Control is the most widely used fashion-focused shop floor control solution in the world. It provides a comprehensive view of department and factory activity by digitizing the real-time collection and reporting of production activities, such as order tracking, line balancing, absenteeism, and low productivity via tablets on the factory floor. This real-time visibility equips companies with the ability to make faster, better-informed business decisions and address potential delays and challenges before they escalate. Adi Nov, Delta Galil’s Global CIO said,

Pick n Pay Group, a leading retailer with over 1,650 stores across seven African countries, has partnered with OpenText™ to supercharge its software testing processes. By leveraging generative-AI and private large language models (LLM), Pick n Pay has automated 95% of its software testing, cutting testing times by up to three days and significantly improving its digital services for ecommerce customers. Pick n Pay integrated OpenText’s cloud-based value stream management (VSM) and DevOps platform, OpenText™ ValueEdge™, with the pioneering AI capabilities of OpenText™ DevOps Aviator, to meet the escalating customer demand for innovative digital shopping tools. By activating OpenText DevOps Aviator within its existing OpenText ValueEdge workspace, Pick n Pay unlocked a new era of efficient and precise software test automation, gaining a substantial information advantage to better serve its expanding online customer base. "Our partnership with OpenText transcends conventional support.” said Leon Van Niekerk, Head of Testing and Quality at Pick n Pay Group. "OpenText

Tech designers and patternmakers alike can benefit from unparalleled render quality, true-to-life validation for designs and save on multiple production samples, shipping time, and costs. All can be done in real time, with a simple and intuitive GUI from the Optitex PDS 3D window, powered by Siemens Iray+ high-end visualization libraries. The Iray+ Software Developer Kit (SDK) allows to easily integrate highly performant photorealistic rendering into 3D software applications. It is a mature solution that builds on NVIDIA’s original Iray® technology, made openly available by Siemens to other software vendors. Supported by Siemens Iray+, Optitex PDS 3D enables designers to present superior quality rendering of their style with all the material and trim details on a photorealistic avatar, in a scene of their choice. Avatars’ skin and hair look exceedingly realistic, and end-users can experience a seamless visualization workflow, without the need for rendering expertise. Optitex’s decade-long integration of Iray® technology has amplified the

SoftInWay, a leading provider of turbomachinery and thermal-fluid technology solutions, proudly announces the release of Peter, an AI chatbot developed to streamline the design process for AxSTREAM users. This product was named after Petr (Peter) Pagur, the original architect of AxSTREAM, and utilizes AI technology to leverage technical information that assists engineers with their daily tasks. This advancement transforms turbomachinery and thermal-fluid system design, enabling quicker achievement of technical goals and higher-quality results Pagur was a world-class software developer and devoted family man. During the early development of AxSTREAM, SoftInWay CEO Leonid Moroz relied on Petr, who was critical in shaping the user experience and overall platform development. Petr’s dedication through sleepless nights and countless discussions made AxSTREAM a unique software. He became a pivotal friend, colleague, and mentor to engineers across the global turbomachinery community, including those at SoftInWay, as well as to customers and partners worldwide. In the last half-decade,

Xometry, the global AI-powered marketplace connecting enterprise buyers with suppliers of manufacturing services, announced it is beta-testing laser tube cutting and tube bending capabilities through its AI-powered marketplace. Through its partnership with Google Cloud and Google Cloud Consulting experts, Xometry is leveraging Vertex AI to accelerate the deployment of new auto-quote methods and models on its digital manufacturing marketplace. The new tube cutting and tube manufacturing processes will offer buyers instant pricing and lead times through Xometry’s extensive supplier network of industrial tube manufacturing. When the new offerings are rolled out later this quarter, Xometry is expected to be one of the first marketplaces to offer instant-quoting and lead times for both tube cutting and tube bending. “Xometry is rapidly expanding its marketplace offerings as part of its mission to digitize manufacturing globally and give buyers the instant pricing and lead times they need to produce their parts and create resilient supply chains,” said Matt Leibel, Xometry’s

The BuildTec Software Group ("BuildTec"), a European platform of various partner companies for innovative software solutions in the construction & trade sector, continues to grow and enters into a partnership with the software specialist Husemann & Fritz. As a specialist in construction software, Husemann & Fritz complements the BuildTec group of companies with its clear focus on the construction industry. BuildTec and Husemann & Fritz enter into a partnership to further strengthen the company and offer customers even better and customised software solutions. Husemann & Fritz is a national software company based in Bielefeld. With over 16,000 users from the construction, plant engineering and building/electrical engineering sectors, it is one of the leading providers of standard construction software in Germany. As a specialist in construction software with over 30 years of experience, Husemann & Fritz offers a fully integrated database-supported solution for medium-sized companies. With the modular Pro-Bau/S® AddOne construction software, daily business

LTIMindtree, a global technology consulting and digital solutions company, has achieved the Azure Expert MSP accolade for the 4th consecutive time, highlighting their deep expertise and competencies on Microsoft Azure. The Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP) program is a global initiative by Microsoft that highlights and promotes the most capable cloud partners, making them trusted advisors for Azure Cloud implementations. “Our commitment to delivering exceptional managed services by driving productivity and operational excellence has been reaffirmed by retaining the Azure Expert Managed Service Partner accreditation. This further enhances our credibility as a trusted advisor to our clients assuring them of our ability to deliver highly automated, repeatable Azure solutions that aid their digital transformation journey”, said Nachiket Deshpande, Chief Operating Officer, LTIMindtree. LTIMindtree demonstrated over 75 customers as part of this independent, comprehensive full audit highlighting several customer success stories across the Cloud transformation journey. LTIMindtree’s key differentiation lies in their IPs, Tools

Visit us at the International Exhibition for Metalworking from 10 to 14 September 2024 in Stuttgart You can find us at booth EO120 directly at the east entrance. Are you looking for holistic digitization solutions for your CNC shop floor and consistent networking up to ERP? Visit us – live – at the AMB at booth EO120 directly at the East Entrance! Our AMB highlights for you: Shopfloor IT as a “bridge builder” between ERP and production IT security management for secure manufacturing digitization and networking ECO system as a “data provider” for automation systems \n This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Coscom on CIMdata.com