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Perfetti van melle, a large manufacturer and distributor of confectionery and chewing gum, today announced its selection of Selerant's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software DevEX to manage all product development and compliance needs. Selerant's PLM platform will allow Perfetti van melle to unify and control critical aspects of New Product Development and Introduction (NPDI)…

The Altair Partner Alliance (APA) added SimData Manager from PDTec AG to its software offering today. SimData Manager provides simulation data management for efficient and systematic access to all simulation-relevant data throughout the entire computer-aided engineering (CAE) process chain. "SimData Manager is an excellent addition to Altair's software lineup," said…

Today, Jama Software announced a technology partnership with Intercax, a pioneer in model-based systems engineering (MBE/MBSE). The partnership leverages the Syndeia platform from Intercax to allow system engineers to dynamically connect requirements from Jama to other platforms in their ecosystem. This connection expands collaboration and traceability within customers' product development teams. With Syndeia, engineering teams can…

Japan's Fujitsu will partner with Chinese group Shanghai Yidian to sell factory management systems in China, where the government is promoting such technology as a way to cope with a shrinking labor force and improve manufacturing quality. These systems fall into the realm of "internet of things" -- networks of machines such as factory…

During PI Apparel Berlin, Browzwear will demonstrate how how Browzwear’s 3D Apparel models can be integrated to Dassault Systèmes’ “My Collection” industry solution experience. It will also show how apparel designers and developers can leverage managed assets from “My Collection” and later share finished garments’ Bill of Materials in Dassault…

Siemens and Atos announce today within the framework of their strategic digital alliance since 2011, their reinforced cooperation to offer digital innovations for manufacturing companies: Atos prepares to offer ready-made applications as well as all integration, infrastructure and security services necessary to build customer-specific applications on the MindSphere platform. MindSphere…

Accenture is building a range of applications for MindSphere, a cloud based platform from Siemens to enable industrial equipment makers to benefit from new services based on data insights. MindSphere is an industrial IoT ecosystem with easy connectivity for all types of industrial assets. It enables the development of applications…

TriCore Solutions today announced the successful acquisition of Database Specialists, a database managed service company focused on support for Oracle database systems. The company’s comprehensive, enterprise level service suite includes architecture, design, database tuning, performance management, and ongoing 24x7 technical support and continuous improvements. Database Specialists’ unrivaled managed service offering…

ESI Group announces the release of its PAM-COMPOSITES 2016 software solution to provide process and design engineers with its full suite of modules to predict, analyze and correct manufacturing defects of composite structural components across the complete manufacturing chain. The solution combines the existing modules of ESI Group with new enhancements that enable…

MGT Industries, an American sleepwear company, has selected Centric Software to provide its PLM solution.  MGT Industries, based in Los Angeles, was founded 30 years ago. They design and produce sleepwear for private labels and for their own brands – In Bloom, Jonquil, and Linea Donatella. Business is expanding so…