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SigmaTEK Systems LLC, announces the appointment of Dan Jacobs as Vice President of Sales.  Mr. Jacobs assumes responsibility for growing the company’s sales organization and community of users throughout North America and Latin America. Dan brings more than thirty-seven years of fabrication industry experience to SigmaTEK.  Most recently he managed…

PTC today announced the appointment of Andrew Miller as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 5, 2015. An accomplished finance executive, Miller has more than 30 years of experience in the high technology and medical technology industries. Miller will join PTC from Cepheid, a high-growth molecular diagnostics…

Russian hi-tech innovative engineering company, Computational Mechanics Laboratory, LLC (also known as CompMechLab® Ltd.) signed a reseller's agreement with a US software company SOLIDTHINKING, Inc. - a leader in Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), topology optimization and   industrial design - on December 1st, 2014. CompMechLab® became an official reseller of solidThinking…

OpenText™ today announced that it has acquired Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a leading developer of viewing, annotation, redaction and publishing commercial software. As a valued OpenText partner for more than a decade, IGC technologies will be further integrated into the ECM product portfolio and extended into other OpenText Suites. With…

AVEVA today announced that it has acquired 8over8 Limited (8over8). This acquisition provides the software platform for AVEVA to address the current global need for increased project control, capital discipline, minimising project overruns, and delivering improved efficiency in operations. 8over8’s flagship product is ProCon, a risk management software platform that…

ZWCAD Design today officially released its latest product, ZWCAD Mechanical 2015.  As a specific and comprehensive CAD program, this new version features enhancements like Graphic Style Configuration, 229+ new ISO and DIN standard parts, new ribbon icons and many more to improve productivity and practicality.  Graphic Style Configuration Defining shape…

December sees the release of the latest version of the ModuleWorks components, 2014.12, the third major update of 2014.  As always, they have added a broad range of new features across the product range and this latest update includes new and enhanced features for 3-Axis, 5-Axis, Port Machining and Simulation.…

Merry Mechanization (Merry Mech.) has recently improved their Interactive Nesting in the company’s 2D & 3D SMP/IS software which helps operators save time while increasing their control over the nesting process. Combined with the company's CAD/CAM sheet metal fabrication software, Interactive Nesting lets operators arrange individual parts in a nest and then…

The ExOne Company announced that it has appointed Hans J. Sack to serve on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors increased the number of directors on its board to eight and appointed Hans J. Sack to fill the newly-created vacancy. Mr. Sack is "independent" under the NASDAQ rules.…

U.S. CAD announces today the addition of Aaron Wagner to the company’s Professional Services team. Mr. Wagner brings more than 15 years of building industry experience to his role as a Senior Technical Specialist for U.S. CAD. In his prior roles as BIM Manager and Design Director for SHADE Group…