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3D Systems announced today it has entered into a reseller agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Under the new agreement, Thermo Fisher Scientific will immediately begin to offer 3DS' popular line of Cube® and CubePro® 3D printers, SenseTM 3D scanners, TouchTM haptic stylus and education-friendly CAD software. The combination of products…

Intergraph® Process, Power & Marine, part of Hexagon and the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power and marine industries, has acquired Blue Iron Systems, Inc. of Calgary, Alberta, and its flagship radio-frequency identification (RFID) and bar code product, IronScan. Blue Iron’s founder and staff have…

Key takeaways: ·         Products are becoming smarter and more connected and can often provide near- or real-time information about each product for analysis and better decision making ·         The IoT and smart, connected products are providing companies new opportunities to add value to the their customers, expand and add new…

Siemens today announced the release of Omneo™ Performance Analytics (PA) solution, the latest application for its software as a service (SaaS) Omneo offering, which it obtained last year as part of its acquisition of Camstar. Omneo PA, developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, delivers product performance intelligence…

Sefaira, the market-leading daylighting visualization tool, has just announced a new feature for their software plugins for Autodesk Revit and Trimble Sketchup. In addition to the real-time visualizations announced last year, the new update adds customizable, exportable graphics which offer both a point in time analysis or an annual overview, and analysis tools which help designers easily identify…

 The OPENCut CNC hardware/software solution for plasma and oxy-fuel is designed to optimize startup, productivity, and cutting quality. The system comes with elements needed for plasma 2D, bevel, and oxy-fuel cutting. System modules from OPENCut are designed for the Open control OSAI CNC, up to the multi-touch operator panel, drives, and…

Geometric announced the availability of a new version 4.0 of its automated design for manufacturability solution, DFMPro for NXâ„¢ software. DFMPro version 4.0 delivers enhanced design flexibility with newly added support for additive manufacturing, tubing and sand casting processes. NX, developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, is an…

Mentor Graphics Corp today announced that Mellanox Technologies has standardized on the new Mentor® Tessent® Hierarchical ATPG solution to manage the complexity and slash the cost of generating test patterns for their leading-edge integrated circuit (IC) designs. Using Tessent Hierarchical ATPG, Mellanox has significantly reduced both the processing time and system memory…

AVEVA today announced that it has entered a multiyear agreement with Aker Solutions for AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D?). The Norwegian oil service company has selected AVEVA E3D to be its strategic 3D tool on plant design, modification and maintenance projects. This agreement is a continuation of a long-standing successful working…

Wipro plans to open a “technology innovation centre” in Silicon Valley by the end of December 2015. This move is part of Wipro’s plan to build on its automation and artificial intelligence capabilities. Earlier this year, Wipro publically announced its intention to reduce its company headcount by 30 per cent through the…