JWI’s PLM platform has the proven capabilities needed to support local Chinese requirements and is architected to provide the support multinational manufacturers require. CIMdata is impressed by the JWI platform’s technology and focus on customer needs via its application strategy. Given the change in market dynamics and JWI’s strategy, we look forward to tracking its financial growth and how the Chinese market transitions to locally developed solutions.

CIMdata had the pleasure of attending 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 held in Dallas, TX on February 11-14, 2024. While 3DEXPERIENCE World 2023 was a live, in-person event in Nashville, TN. The 2024 session brought more of the energy one expects from a larger crowd dominated by SOLIDWORKS enthusiasts. According to Dassault Systèmes, the event included over 4,700 live participants from over 30 countries, with another 10K+ consuming the live stream. “Imagine” was the overall theme again this year.

On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire BETA CAE Systems International AG, a leading computer-aided engineering (CAE) platform provider of multi-domain, engineering simulation solutions.

Razorleaf is a solution provider with deep expertise in PLM and offers CLOVER—a solution for product data integration, allowing manufacturers to speed new product introductions—maximizing product margins.

On February 15, 2024, Renesas, a leading global provider of microcontrollers, announced that they have entered into an agreement to acquire Altium Limited, a global leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design tools. Renesas will acquire all outstanding shares of Altium for a cash price of A$68.50 per share.

CIMdata believes that to maintain market competitiveness, companies must digitally connect their end-to-end processes and adopt the use of digital threads across their extended enterprise. CIMdata is impressed with CONTACT Elements open web architecture. The configurable data model enables composable, reusable components on which organizations can build applications and interfaces, which provide a foundation for a digital thread.

Eurostep’s ShareAspace iAIM is based on open standards in an open environment and is designed to support the most complex operations enabling assets to be managed across their lifecycle. CIMdata recommends any organization looking to manage large complex facilities and infrastructure consider Eurostep’s ShareAspace iAIM in any technology evaluation.

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. CIMdata believes Siemens continuous V&V framework will encourage and enable more rapid ADAS features and AV product development in new ways, expanding virtual engineering and evolving evaluation practices.

Siemens Xcelerator from Siemens Digital Industries Software, an open digital business platform to accelerate digital transformation and value creation, has been tailored to deliver a smart manufacturing environment for heavy equipment industry competitors. CIMdata believes that Siemens’ approach and solutions for smart manufacturing provide a very effective platform that can help heavy equipment manufacturers build better, more effective, and more profitable businesses; improve their overall product engineering-to-production efficiency; and improve their market competitiveness.

The Cadence® electronic design automation (EDA) software suite for IC, advanced packaging, and PCB design facilitates designers to tackle EM and related multiphysics design challenges in complex electronics systems used in 5G/6G, aerospace and defense, automotive, and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.

CIMdata believes this integrated EDA design and analysis suite of tools can provide Cadence’s EDA customers with significant business benefits when utilized in the up-front conceptual design stage and carried forward throughout the detailed product design and development lifecycle.