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EOS announced that Glynn Fletcher has been named president of EOS of North America, Inc. The appointment reinforces the company’s already strong position in the growing market for AM technology.  “Throughout his career Glynn Fletcher’s deep understanding of innovative production processes has proved invaluable to the manufacturers of high value parts,” says Dr. Hans Langer, founder and CEO of EOS. “Our customers will benefit from not only his long manufacturing experience but also his international perspective formed in Europe and the Americas. This will strengthen our ability to help our customers find new ways to exploit the potential of our technology. ”Fletcher was previously the president of GF Machining Solutions (GFMS) Americas LLC, Lincolnshire, Ill. (formerly known as GF AgieCharmilles). Jointly, GFMS and EOS have previously showcased the power of Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing, for example, demonstrating a nearly automatic process chain for creating injection and blow-mold tooling at the International Manufacturing

Wizeline today announced the public availability of a new offering designed for enterprise customers. With this release, Wizeline enables large organizations to make intelligent data-driven decisions in each stage of the product lifecycle, identify and reduce wasteful R&D spending, and maximize return on their product development investments. Today’s large enterprises often lack efficiency, speed, and visibility in their product development processes. Critical business decisions are informed by incomplete or dated information, leading to misinformed strategies, poorly allocated budgets, and misaligned priorities. As a result, market-leading companies across industries are spending upwards of 60% of their R&D budget on projects that never drive real value for their business. Wizeline addresses these problems with software solutions designed to manage full product portfolios across multiple business units, with the tooling required for enabling structured collaboration at scale. As a result, company leaders are able to make swift, well-informed product decisions that support their business goals

Siemens and thinkstep (formerly PE International) today announced a new integrated material management software solution to manage the material lifecycle and streamline material driven product design. The new solution, developed by thinkstep and Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, will help manufacturers worldwide improve product performance and reliability by connecting design, engineering, analysis, compliance and manufacturing to a single source of material information. The new offering, which is part of Siemens’ Teamcenter® portfolio, will help reduce errors, rework and recalls that result from the use of inaccurate material data. It will also assist in the re-use of market tested materials for new products, which is critical in a wide variety of industries. Siemens and thinkstep expanded their existing partnership agreement to develop this new solution. “Selecting the right materials is critical in order to achieve maximum safety, performance and reliability in our business,” said John Probst, Technical Director, Chip Ganassi

NCG CAM Solutions Ltd, UK officially released NCG CAM v14. This major release includes a number of new features including UV surface machining, the ability to cover pockets, tools to align 3+2 axis, ability to quickly change the background color, enhancements to translucency, 5-axis along curve machining, tool axis alignment curves for 5-axis along curve strategy as well as many enhancements including improved automation of the drilling in macros, the ability to copy and paste all of the strategy parameters and the ability to do rest finishing using a toroidal reference cutter. A demonstration version of NCG CAM v14 is now available to download: http://www.ncgcam.com/demorequest.html. In NCG CAM v14, UV surface machining is a new feature. This new feature will allow the user to select either a single surface, or a series of appropriate adjacent surfaces, and then to generate machining passes using the selected surfaces and the underlying UV direction parameterization. This

AVEVA today announced the latest release of AVEVA Diagrams, engineering software that enables the creation and delivery of intelligent P&IDs and other schematics. This major software update will enable process and systems engineers to collaborate more efficiently on multi-discipline projects thereby eliminating errors and inconsistencies that could otherwise lead to costly subsequent rework. ‘AVEVA Diagrams is much more than just a schematics design program’, explains Dave Wheeldon, Chief Technology Officer, AVEVA.  ‘It is a sophisticated, object-centric application with the ability to effectively create engineering and design data. At the same time, it can control and communicate change across multi-discipline projects that deliver real cost, quality and schedule benefits to our customers’. AVEVA has developed the latest version of AVEVA Diagrams working closely with customers, including the defence and security company, SAAB.  Mr Wheeldon added, ‘AVEVA Diagrams is a key application within our customers engineering software and we were very happy they were

PTC today announced that Vertu, a leading manufacturer of luxury mobile phones, has replaced its legacy software with PTC solutions. With PTC solutions, Vertu will be able to reduce its design cycles by 50%. By combining handcrafted materials, leading technology and a suite of luxury services, Vertu has created the world’s most exclusive range of mobile phones and accessories. Vertu selected PTC Creo® [CAD] software for the development of its exceptional mobile units and PTC Windchill® [PLM] technology for the enterprise backbone that links its design teams together, across the globe. PTC solutions give Vertu the capability to collaborate on product designs in a single digital 3D environment. This means that Vertu engineers and their key global supply partners are able to collaborate together in real time anywhere in the world using common data and embedded communication tools. Vertu has eliminated data translation from its key development process, increased the efficiency of collaboration

Evonik, a global specialty chemicals company, has awarded a new contract to Atos to support the major transformation of its IT communication and collaboration systems for employees. Under the contract, Canopy, the Atos Cloud, will implement and run a private cloud solution to create a fully cloud enabled platform providing collaboration and communication applications in a pay for usage model. The Canopy “A3C” solution based on Microsoft technology enables Evonik to make use of the newest collaboration software, now and in the future. Evonik will also be able to adapt this environment as business needs change without need for investment in assets. The new Unified Communication & Collaboration environment replaces the actual Lotus Notes environment. The “A3C” solution includes the Microsoft applications for Lync, SharePoint and Exchange and will be operated in a private cloud for Evonik. Atos will manage the migration to the cloud and the operations of the private cloud

Leading brands, retailers and fashion and business technology experts will focus on industry challenges and strategies for innovation at the NGC® 2015 Panorama User Conference, May 18-21 in Ft. Lauderdale. The Panorama User Conference combines thought leadership from retail, business and consumer marketing experts, as well as NGC executives, technical experts and customers. It is designed to help customers get the most from their investments in NGC’s fashion PLM, Supply Chain Management, ERP and Shop Floor Control software. Panorama 2015 includes sessions designed for every level in a company’s organization, whether companies are in the midst of software implementations or longtime NGC software users. Highlights of NGC’s Panorama Conference include keynote presentations from: Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner of Retail Systems Research, speaking on “Omni-channel Supply Chain Challenges” Dr. Martin A. Regalia, Senior VP and Chief Economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, speaking on “Dysfunction in Washington: the U.S. and Global Economic Outlook” Jerry Inman, Chief Marketing

Today Siemens announced it is expanding its partnership with Chicago’s UI LABS with the formation of CityWorks, a consortium that will develop and test urban infrastructure solutions to help transform cities across the globe. In collaboration with the city of Chicago, local academic institutions, and civic partners, CityWorks will address infrastructure challenges in four key areas: energy management, physical infrastructure, water and sanitation systems, and transportation and logistics systems. With more than 3,000 employees in the Chicago-area, Siemens will join other CityWorks partners including Accenture, ComEd, and Microsoft, to develop a strategic investment plan and projects for the coming year. CityWorks will curate six to eight demonstration projects in 2015, with the first few slated to be announced in the coming months. “Siemens is a global leader in sustainable urban infrastructure, ranging from energy-efficient buildings and smart transportation systems to reliable and efficient power grids and water systems,” said Dave Hopping, President

Lectra is pleased to announce the complete redesign of its web site, lectra.com. The company clearly defines its new brand image through the pages and reaffirms its ability to support customer change. Aimed mainly at businesses active in Lectra's major world markets, the website draws visitors into an exploration of the company's expertise and experience in fashion and apparel, automotive and furniture. The customer is taken on a journey into an exclusive universe where Lectra's value proposition is presented across all its different sectors. A new media center includes all of Lectra's different publications. More than 130 videos, dozens of customer testimonials and a range of white papers demonstrate how Lectra's experts can help transform business processes to best address industry challenges. There is also more detailed information about Lectra's highly-innovative solutions on its five micro-sites-Lectra Fashion PLM, Make it with Lectra, A Model for Change, Vector and Versalis. In line with Lectra's high-end positioning, the site draws