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Xometry has appointed Tom Kurke as Chief Strategy Officer. In this newly created role, Kurke will lead and drive Xometry's nationwide partner network and will head the new Xometry office in Durham, North Carolina. Kurke brings more than 20 years of experience in the 3D and technical software space to Xometry. He…

PTC today announced an industry initiative to highlight the increasing importance of data collection and analysis in today’s Internet of Things strategies. To promote awareness and thought leadership around IoT analytics, PTC will host a series of webcasts throughout September and October, including ones with ThingWorx partner Glassbeam and PTC…

ESI Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. The signature ceremony took place during the event HUAWEI CONNECT 2016 in Shanghai, China on September 1, 2016. The two parties will collaborate on High-Performance Computing (HPC) and cloud computing to provide innovative…

Capgemini and SAP today announced the broadening of their strategic partnership with the launch of "Fast Digital 4 Discrete Industries by SAP and Capgemini," a joint initiative to help clients in the discrete manufacturing industries to manage their digital transformation as they seek to  maximize the potential of Industry 4.0, the…

Altair, RUAG, and Morf3D are introducing a practical additive manufacturing course which will cover the entire end to end process from design to certification. The course covers a broad range of topics including basic design considerations, details of design, design validation, topology optimization, build constraints, post-processing, destructive and non-destructive testing, virtual and physical…

The latest version of Siemens’ NX™ software (NX 11) delivers the next big breakthrough in digital product development with Convergent Modeling, a brand new modeling paradigm which simplifies the ability to work with geometry consisting of a combination of facets, surfaces and solids, without the need for time-consuming data conversion.…

ModuleWorks has announced the latest release of its CAM components, ModuleWorks 2016.08, the second major update of 2016. Each ModuleWorks release contains many new and enhanced features across the product range. This latest version includes new features for 5-Axis, 3-Axis and Simulation. ModuleWorks is at the forefront of 5-Axis machining…

KUKA has curated automated live booth demonstrations to showcase the hot topics of today’s manufacturing revolution. Industry 4.0 or Internet of Things “IoT” is no longer concept but a reality. Stop by the booth to see the latest in additive manufacturing, 3D Metal printing, 3D measurement inspection, collaborative robots, safe…

Today HPE announced plans for the spin-merge of non-core software assets with Micro Focus. The combination of HPE’s Application Delivery Management, Big Data, Enterprise Security, Information Management & Governance and IT Operations Management businesses with Micro Focus will create one of the world’s largest pure-play software companies.  Micro Focus' approach…

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the latest release of its Virtualizer™ tool set for creating Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs), software development kits that use virtual prototypes as the embedded target to enable the fastest time to quality software. This latest release includes the new Virtualizer Studio Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE)…