Lectra is pleased to announce the release of Lectra Fashion PLM V3R3, which introduces significant improvements for collaboration and transparency. "The world keeps evolving quickly. Economic and social changes are continuing to highlight fashion companies' needs for control and flexibility. Integrating design and product development talent seamlessly into the fashion and apparel organization allows companies to explore new territory, in terms of increased creativity and improved efficiency. Team alignment and collaboration are prerequisites for business growth," says Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO. "Lectra Fashion PLM V3R3 supports teamwork by privileging visual communication and sharing at each step of the development process. We have drastically improved the user experience to remove roadblocks to collaboration. We are looking to cater to the needs of both the creative and technical personalities found within a fashion or apparel company," adds Anastasia Charbin, Lectra fashion marketing director. "By integrating Lectra Fashion PLM connectivity into Adobe Illustrator, these users

GRAPHISOFT North America today announces the release ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2014 BIM software in the North American market. Shipping of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2014 is anticipated to begin in early February. ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2014 is a full-fledged BIM solution with critical features most smaller practices need. Architects can take advantage of a full BIM toolset and create any type of Virtual Building™ model and architectural documentation (floor plans, sections/elevations, 3D views, details). "ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2014 offers small firms, big software at a low price point.  STAR(T) was already a huge value but with the addition of the MORPH and Shell tools, STAR(T) Edition 2014 is pretty much in a class of its own at this price point," said Steve Benford, managing director, GRAPHISOFT North America. The feature set in STAR(T) 2014 includes all the necessary tools to create a BIM that is data-rich and able to produce all floor plans, sections/elevations, 3D views and

One of the UK’s leading injection moulding specialists for the engineering and industrial sectors uses VISI software for much more than designing mould tools. Rutland Plastics, using their Objet 3D printer, designed and manufactured a secondary operation jig which halved the manpower required for the shop floor assembly.  Technical Manager Carl Martin says: “Any good engineer can see it’s not just a CAD/CAM system for creating injection moulding tools; it’s an extremely powerful system for anything in the design world. We use it for designing a number of different items throughout the business, from a small jig, through to a complete multi-impression mould tool.” He says VISI’s role in ensuring the company could competitively produce a pipe coupling for the drainage industry is an example of its versatility. “We used VISI to create a 3D printed prototype of the coupling, the mould tool for production, and a unique jig to automate a

EMC® Corporation will publish its fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 financial results on January 29, 2014 at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET.  The news release will be available on the EMC Investor Relations website at http://www.emc.com/ir and on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at: http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000790070&owner=exclude&count=40.  On January 29, 2014, EMC will issue a news release announcing the availability of the company's financial results at the websites referenced above.   EMC will hold a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. ET on January 29, 2014 to review fourth-quarter and full-year 2013 financial results.  A live webcast of the conference call will be available at the EMC Investor Relations website at http://www.emc.com/ir.

SolidCAM participated in this year´s Euromold 2013, for the 19th time in a row. This important mold making, tooling, design and application development exhibition, took place in Frankfurt, Germany, December 3-6. Mold making is a competitive industry and its main challenge is meeting demands for short delivery times, which require a combination of excellent toolpath quality and optimal machining performance.  SolidCAM offers a very powerful CAM solution for any factory in this industry. The company exhibited its latest SolidCAM and InventorCAM versions, seamlessly integrated in SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor respectively, providing the ideal CAM solution for any factory in the moldmaking sector. In SolidCAM’s latest versions, there have been major enhancements to its revolutionary iMachining 3D, HSM and Simultaneous 5 Axis modules, which are particularly beneficial for mold and insert machining. iMachining 3D automatically produces a complete, ready to run CNC program, with optimal cutting conditions to rough, rest rough and semi-finish a complete

Siemens is demonstrating the latest software and hardware technology in automotive manufacturing production within the Ford Motor Company display during the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, January 13-26, 2014. For more than 25 years, Siemens and Ford Motor Company have worked together, leveraging innovation and technology to maximize manufacturing efficiency and apply global standards through the adoption of Manufacturing Engineering and Production Automation solutions. As a result, Ford has been able to reduce the energy needed to produce a vehicle, increase the safety for people building the vehicle and improve the flexibility of plants and processes. “Siemens is honored to showcase how our technology is supporting Ford, and what better way than to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ford’s moving assembly line, an innovation that has withstood the test of time“ says Raj Batra, President of Siemens Industry Automation Division. “Historically, the automotive industry has been a trendsetter

More than 6,700 users of Intergraph® Process, Power, & Marine (PP&M) solutions for the power generation, oil and gas, chemical, shipbuilding and metals and mining industries attended user group conferences held in 30 countries throughout 2013. The global series of user conferences featured the latest technology releases from the Intergraph PP&M division.  The total includes more than 1,000 PP&M customers attending Hexagon's annual international users' conference, HxGN LIVE 2013, which was held in June at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year, Hexagon's international users' conference, HxGN LIVE 2014, returns to Las Vegas June 2-5, 2014. Registration and information for HxGN LIVE 2014 can be found at www.hxgnlive.com. User group conferences were held in eight countries of the Americas Region (North America and South America), 13 countries of the Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa Region (EMIA), and nine countries in Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Greater China. For more information on Intergraph Process, Power & Marine user conferences, visitwww.intergraphusersconference.com. Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president,

BETA CAE Systems S.A. announces the further expansion of its operations, with the establishment of a subsidiary company in Sweden. BETA CAE Nordic A.B., based in Gothenburg, has a mission to enhance the customers service experience for the CAE engineers in the Nordic region and contribute to the deployment of BETA CAE Systems portfolio to one of the most demanding and fast growing markets. This investment is one more demonstration of our company's commitment to bring our best-in-class software solutions and know-how in multi-disciplinary CAE processes, closer and faster to the market. In co-operation with our business partner in Sweden, Dynamore Nordic, we put our effort to honour our customers' trust and to bring their CAE process into a higher level. "Our presence in the Nordic countries is of significant importance", said Stylianos Seitanis, Managing Director of BETA CAE Nordic. "Our well established position in the recovering automotive sector requires the best care

Autodesk has been named one of the 2014 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®. The Best Companies to Work For list recognizes companies that have exceptional workplace cultures and this year, the software company is making its sixth showing on the United States list. “Our people are why this company is a great place to work,” said Jan Becker, Autodesk senior vice president of human resources and real estate. “You’ll find our culture is passionate and respectful – that’s why employees all over the world take pride in making software that helps users design and create a better world.“ This honor is thanks to Autodesk’s work-life balance and paid sabbaticals after four years of employment. The company has been recognized as a “Best Company Work For” in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, China, Switzerland and Germany. Creators of the list, Great Place to Work® has found that employees believe they work for

TraceParts today announced another high record year for its Engineering portal TracePartsOnline.net for 2013. The TraceParts online portal delivered 42 Million CAD models to a community of over 1.7 Million registered users during the last 12 months. Originally designed in 2001 to a relatively small community of CAD users around the globe wanting to download CAD models and other technical information, TracePartsOnline.net has now become a major actor for Engineers to select components they need for their design and download them in the CAD format of their choice. The concept for a free and instant access CAD platform has always be core to TraceParts’ business model and has attracted more than 3.9 Million absolute unique visitors in 2013 (source: Google® Analytics). With daily additions of new standard components on its portal, Engineers now have a growing choice of over 100 Million parts numbers to choose from and have downloaded more than 42