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Lectra is pleased to announce that Grupo Kaltex has selected Lectra Fashion PLM to help them connect design and product development teams at their US subsidiary Revman International and their Mexican manufacturing division Kaltex Home, in an effort to streamline process and promote a more collaborative work environment. Grupo Kaltex is one of the largest exporters of textiles and apparel in Mexico, with holdings that serve international markets across the US, Canada, Europe and South America. The group has chosen to adopt Lectra Fashion PLM at Revman International, which sources and provides high-end home linens and bathroom textiles to big-name retailers. It will also be implementing the solution at Kaltex Home in Mexico, which designs and produces for Revman International and selected private-label retail brands. According to Hebe Schecter, President of Kaltex North America, both companies will be using the platform to better structure and synchronize process across their different design

Parisian lifestyle brand Eden Park has chosen Centric 8 product lifecycle management (PLM) to help structure its collection development process and support its international expansion. Eden Park is named after the renowned stadium in Auckland, New Zealand where French fly-half Franck Mesnel faced the famous All Blacks in the 1987 Rugby World Cup final. The brand’s logo, a pink bowtie, originates from the style worn by the mischievous Mesnel and his teammates during the final of the French Rugby championship in Paris that same year. Mesnel, now CEO, is still firmly involved on the front lines of design and marketing, and remains in control of reinforcing the brand’s Parisian identity and international development. Today, the company offers a complete collection of upscale fashions for men, women, and children, as well as accessories and home textiles. All these products are recognizable by their pink bowtie, a logo emblematic of Eden Park’s philosophy of working hard

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM software components for machining and simulation, and Aixtooling, providers of precision molding technology for optical glass, are pleased to announce the results of their partnership. Aixtooling and ModuleWorks first worked together on research projects as far back as 2008.  These projects, and in particular 3DOptics and OptiStruct helped ModuleWorks develop Optics software technology which could then be applied in the Optics manufacturing process by Aixtooling.  Further research projects, KoDaRe and MicroAdapt, are now allowing this research to progress even further. Aixtooling was originally established 10 years ago as a spin off from Fraunhofer IPT in Aachen, with the aim to make optics manufacturing technology available to industry.  Good strategic partnerships, the use and mastery of excellent equipment, extensive technological expertise, trusting collaboration with customers, and the trend towards wider use of complexly shaped optics are the fundamental principles of Aixtooling GmbH, and in the past few

Bluebeam Software, acquired by the Nemetschek Group October 2014, continues on its course of international expansion. The leading developer of PDF-based annotation and collaboration solutions for the AEC (architectural, engineering and construction) industry recently announced that they have extended their solution lines, acquired exclusive Swedish distributor Bluebeam AB, and entered into new reseller and technology partnerships. In July 2015 the Bluebeam eXtreme Conference was held in the US under the theme “Innovation through Expansion”. It is reflected not only geographically, but also with the introduction of a new concurrent Open License option. Additionally, Bluebeam’s collaboration technology, Bluebeam Studio, will expand into a family of offerings, including Bluebeam Studio Prime, a new cloud-based subscription solution. The adoption of Bluebeam Studio has grown exponentially year over year since the cloud-based collaboration solution was introduced in 2010. Over 225,000 global users to date have generated over 2 billion posts. With the purchase of Bluebeam AB,

Altair announced today the acquisition of Click2Cast, to which Altair will acquire 100 percent of Click2Cast's technology and employees. Altair will also now hold an office in Barcelona, Spain where Click2Cast is based. The addition of Click2Cast technology adds simple and quick casting simulation technology to the Altair suite of products. Having practical applications in both design and engineering, Click2Cast software will be made available through Altair's solidThinking and HyperWorks business lines. The technology has been available through the Altair Partner Alliance to HyperWorks users since 2013. Click2Cast offers the easiest casting process simulation on the market, within an innovative and user-friendly interface. The software requires no special training and does not require the user to have an extensive technical background. It is a very effective and powerful design tool, with possible applications in a wide variety of industries. "We are very excited to further our relationship and make Click2Cast part of Altair's software

Geometric has unveiled its next generation collaboration solution, GeometricEDGE to enable design and engineering data exchange between OEMs, partners, and joint ventures for global engineering. Built based on Geometric’s extensive experience in PLM and interoperability solutions, GeometricEdge leverages the Collaboration Portal from PDTec AG, a leading provider of software and services for enterprise wide collaboration in product development. OEMs are entering into new partnerships, or creating joint ventures, to gain access to local markets, technology, and resources, and to increase their product range rapidly. The number of such partnerships and joint ventures is growing quickly. However, inherent differences in the product development methodologies and systems are hampering the timely realization of these partnerships. Based on industry standards (eg, STEP AP242/ ISO 14306 JT), GeometricEDGE simplifies the process of setting up the data exchange between partners by providing a non-invasive collaboration framework for secure product data exchange. Its process templates provide flexibility to

Each year, more than 60,000 buses roll off the line of Yutong's factory in the city of Zhengzhou. This figure makes the Chinese company the largest bus manufacturer in the world, with buses operating in over 120 countries and with a market share of more than 30% of the sector in China. Yutong, which allocates around 4% of its annual budget to innovation, has chosen Lantek to make its production system more efficient, incorporating Lantek Expert for its laser, plasma, and shearing machines. “At Yutong, an advanced nesting algorithm has been implemented to optimize its shearing process. It maximizes the efficiency of the machine process and the use of material. To achieve this improvement, complex preliminary calculations were done before the nesting to establish the optimal sheet size and the best part placement strategy to reduce changes in the orientation of the sheet,” explains Mr. Liu, head of Lantek China in

Altair announced today it has reached an agreement with the Airbus Group that provides designers and engineers of its Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence & Space divisions, as well as of any other company to which the Airbus Group holds more than 50% of voting rights, access to Altair's entire software portfolio, including the HyperWorks® CAE suite for its modeling, visualization, optimization and solver solutions. The new agreement follows a prior Airbus strategic software decision for OptiStruct®, Altair's structural analysis and optimization solution.  Airbus has successfully applied OptiStruct on many programs to optimize the weight and performance of its aircraft structures, such as the A350 XWB program, for many years. Terms of the agreement provide every Airbus engineers very flexible access to Altair's HyperWorks computer-aided-engineering (CAE), PBS Works™ high-performance computing (HPC), and solidThinking® design software solutions to support the development of lighter, high-performance aircraft structures.  "The Airbus decision marks an important

The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 8.5 percent for Q2 2015 to $1906.5 million, compared to$1757.9 million in Q2 2014. The four-quarters moving average, which compares the most recent four quarters to the prior four quarters, also increased by 8.5 percent. "The EDA Industry continues to show solid revenue growth in the second quarter, with double digit growth in semiconductor IP and services," said Walden C. Rhines, board sponsor for the EDAC MSS and chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. "CAE and IC physical design also reported solid growth. Geographically, all regions except Japan saw revenue increases, especially Asia/Pacific." Companies that were tracked employed a record 32,806 professionals in Q2 2015, an increase of 4.9 percent compared to the 31,259 people employed in Q2 2014, and up 2.1 percent compared to Q1 2015. The complete quarterly MSS report, containing detailed revenue information broken out by both

The Year in Infrastructure is the must-attend event for infrastructure executives like you. Sessions feature industry leaders who will share their experience and expertise derived from their work on the latest infrastructure projects around the world. We hope you will make plans now to join us in London Nov. 3-5. During this three day event, you will enjoy thought-provoking keynotes, powerful interactive workshops, industry forums, and our Be Inspired awards celebration. The Industry Forums planned for this year are more impressive than ever, particularly our Visions of the Future forum. See the latest research and results from Bentley Fellows and discover its potential for your projects Explore the latest in augmented reality and see site monitoring with drones and virtual models displayed with augmented reality glasses Hear about the advancements of Bentley’s research in asset performance modeling, from software tools for infrastructure health analysis to disaster assessment Don’t miss this ideal opportunity to interact with