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WorldSkills International has welcomed Mastercam and its expertise in CNC machining software to the Global Partner group. Mastercam products are sold through its worldwide network of certified value-added resellers who provide product training, start-up services, and ongoing support.  David Hoey, CEO of WorldSkills International, said, “At WorldSkills, we are looking for the best…

Infosys Ltd has bought a minority stake in Waterline Data Science Inc., a start-up based in Delaware, US, which helps companies make sense of large data sets, for $4 million. Infosys investment allows it to have “a minority holding, not exceeding 20% of the outstanding share capital of the company”…

Dassault Systèmeshas been ranked second by Corporate Knightsin the 2016 Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100) index and is now the highest ranked technology company on the list. This is the fifth consecutive year that the French software company has been included in the index and sees a…

PTC today announced that Aridea Solutions, a provider of software and hardware systems that monitor environmental conditions, has successfully implemented the PTC ThingWorx technology and has begun accruing benefits from the deployment. Aridea Solutions, headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that provide its customers in…

BobCAD-CAM’s latest CNC software release will be on full display at the upcoming SOLIDWORKS World 2016 and attendees will be among some of the first to see the new BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS™ Gold Product CAM plug-in. The new BobCAM V5 CNC programming software, which launched in December 2015, includes more features and…

Lectra is pleased to announce DiaminoFurniture V6R2, the latest version of its marker-making solution for upholstered furniture. This new release expands the scope of automated marker-making capabilities, accelerating the product development process, delivering higher quality finished products and maximizing material saving in the cutting room. Today, consumers demand furniture that…

Mr Eisei Higuchi, Chief Engineer, HONDA R&D Co. Ltd, states: "HONDA R&D has been using ESI's Virtual Performance Solution for over 20 years. Today, we are leveraging the capacities of Virtual Performance Solution's single-core model on a full car for our latest vehicle platform development. The consistent chaining of virtual manufacturing…

Engineers across disciplines – from structures to fluids to electromagnetics to systems – will realize step-change improvements in the way they develop products using the newly released ANSYS® 17.0. This next generation of ANSYS  industry-leading engineering simulation solutions set the scene for the next quantum leaps in product development, enabling unprecedented advancements…

Latin American design firm BarriosEscudero sees every project as an opportunity to combine technology, materials, and fabrication techniques to create structures that prevent wastefulness during construction. To do so, they avoid cookie-cutter solutions and seek out personalized responses to every challenge they face. Interested in seeing what the office has created…

There’s a new way of doing mechanical engineering, and Michigan Technological University is taking steps to make sure that their students come out of school skilled at using the new technology.   HyperWorks® modeling and simulation software developed by Altair, a technology and services company that focuses on business and engineering…