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''Delcam CRISPIN will demonstrate the 2015 R2 version of its ShoeMaker Pro CAD software for the design of all types of footwear at the Shoes & Leather Fair to be held in Guangzhou, China, from 1st to 3rd June.  This latest release includes special editing tools to adapt an existing…

The U.S. Army Contracting Command–Aberdeen Proving Ground has awarded ManTech International Corporation a task order to provide tactical communications software support to the Army’s Software Engineering Center (SEC). The cost-plus-fixed-fee task order was awarded under the Software and Systems Engineering Services contract and has a 12-month base period of performance…

EMC Corporation, along with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) Board, announced that EMC will expand its operations in Draper, creating 700 jobs and an estimated $62 million in capital investment. The announcement came as part of a special board meeting held at the Capitol.  Utah’s booming IT sector has gained…

CNC Software Inc. has appointed Meghan Summers-West as company president. Her father and previous president Mark Summers (now chairman), who founded the company with his brothers, made the announcement. Mr. Summers also said that with the rapid consolidation of many CAD/CAM companies, this decision represents a continuation of CNC Software’s…

ASM International (Materials Park, OH) and Granta Design (Cambridge, UK) have announced major updates to the ASM Medical Materials Database. The spring release of this resource includes new data on materials including stainless steels and tool steels, expanded coverage of the latest additive manufacturing techniques and the addition of the…

EMC Corporation today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Virtustream. When the transaction closes, Virtustream will form EMC's new managed cloud services business. The acquisition represents a transformational element of EMC's strategy to help customers move all applications to cloud-based IT environments. With the addition…

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “Innovation in the Digital Age.” The webinar will take place on June 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). Using a systemic innovation case study from Procter & Gamble, the webinar will describe…

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Edwards Lifesciences’ (Edwards), Vinu Gurukar will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech Electronics (HTE) Community, which takes place on June 16th at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites in Santa Clara, California.…

Arithmetica has significantly enhanced its Pointfuse automated point cloud processing software with simplified integration for Computer Aided Design (CAD) software.  The new release of Pointfuse Pro also automatically textures the generated 3D models by using RGB, Intensity or statistical derived values. Using the original RGB values from the point cloud…

Altium Limited has released a new extension for their flagship PCB design tool, Altium Designer. MCAD Co-Designer: SOLIDWORKS® helps to facilitate collaboration between mechanical and electronic design teams with integrated design data, a managed change environment for design revisions, and lifecycle management for component creation, among other features. This extension is available…