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Trimble has appointed Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT) as the first Educational Centre of Excellence in India for their Trimble Buildings business division. The main objective of this initiative is to educate technology students and ensure that the future engineers are well equipped with technology skills that the growing Indian industry employers value. The Chennai Institute of Technology provides quality technical education with adequate industrial exposure with its innovative teaching methods. The institute will include a special certification course on Trimble’s Design Build Operate (DBO) technology in their curriculum where they will teach their students on Tekla BIM technology and also other Trimble Buildings construction solutions. The course will make the students industry ready with BIM skills. On the other hand, this education boosts the adoption of BIM within Indian construction industry. Nirmalya Chatterjee, Executive Director & COO Trimble Buildings SAARC said “We believe in educating the next generation with the latest technologies as

Addnode Group AB  today announced the acquisition of all shares of Transcat GmbH (“Transcat PLM”). Transcat PLM with operations in Germany, Austria and Slovakia, will join forces with Technia as a subsidiary of Addnode Group. The combined TechniaTranscat will be a European leader in CAD and PLM under the leadership of Jonas Gejer, President of Addnode Groups Business area PLM. Summary of the Transaction On July 1, 2015, Addnode Group acquired all outstanding shares in Transcat PLM from Transcat PLM’s existing shareholders (the “Transaction”). Transcat PLM is one of Europe’s leading providers of PLM solutions based on Dassault Systèmes brands and its portfolio of proprietary applications. Additionally, Transcat PLM offers services ranging from consulting, project conception and training to on-site user support. In 2014 Transcat PLM’s net sales were SEK 450 M with an EBITDA of SEK 23 M. The Transaction was paid with EUR 5.98 M in cash, vendor loan notes extended by

Key takeaways: o be successful in today’s global economy requires more than just supply chains; it demands value chains that have the geographic reach and robustness to meet ever-changing market demands SAP has a strategic focus on enabling product and demand networks that leverages their extended enterprise strengths and emerging capabilities including support for front-end innovation Moving to S/4HANA as their new business platform illustrates the platformization trend well documented by CIMdata, and provides new opportunities for user experience (UX) enhancement and new use cases Engineering Control Center (ECTR), the new authoring hub for SAP PLM, will eventually support integrating authoring tools well beyond MCAD SAP recently brought together customers, partners, and SAP staff at their SAP Manufacturing Industries Forum on June 24-25, 2015 in Lombard, Illinois just outside of Chicago. The 500+ attendees represented a wide range of customers using SAP to support different aspects of their value chain. The multi-track agenda included sessions

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that CIMdata’s Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council will present a workshop on the topic of “Collaboration and Innovation in the Digital Age.” The workshop will take place in Louisville, Kentucky and will run over two consecutive half days. The workshop will start during the afternoon of October 7 and will end on October 8. A personal tour of First Build’s Microfactory will part of the first afternoon’s highlights. Throughout the workshop CIMdata’s Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council and a group of leading-edge users will share real-world examples of how mature companies are inventing and adopting new collaborative partnership models for innovation and joint value creation. CIMdata’s Director for Collaborative Innovation & Social Product Development Consulting, Dr. Suna Polat and CIMdata’s Practice Manager for Social Product Development & Collaboration, Dr. Ken Versprille will facilitate the

Event will take place in Louisville, Kentucky on October 7 & 8 and will include a tour of First Build’s Microfactory. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 2 July 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that CIMdata’s Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council will present a workshop on the topic of “Collaboration and Innovation in the Digital Age.” The workshop will take place in Louisville, Kentucky and will run over two consecutive half days. The workshop will start during the afternoon of October 7 and will end on October 8. A personal tour of First Build’s Microfactory will part of the first afternoon’s highlights. Throughout the workshop CIMdata’s Social Product Development & Collaboration Knowledge Council and a group of leading-edge users will share real-world examples of how mature companies are inventing and adopting new collaborative partnership models for innovation and joint value creation. CIMdata’s Director for Collaborative

 PDF Key takeaways: To be successful in today’s global economy requires more than just supply chains; it demands value chains that have the geographic reach and robustness to meet ever-changing market demands SAP has a strategic focus on enabling product and demand networks that leverages their extended enterprise strengths and emerging capabilities including support for front-end innovation Moving to S/4HANA as their new business platform illustrates the platformization trend well documented by CIMdata, and provides new opportunities for user experience (UX) enhancement and new use cases Engineering Control Center (ECTR), the new authoring hub for SAP PLM, will eventually support integrating authoring tools well beyond MCAD SAP recently brought together customers, partners, and SAP staff at their SAP Manufacturing Industries Forum on June 24-25, 2015 in Lombard, Illinois just outside of Chicago. The 500+ attendees represented a wide range of customers using SAP to support different aspects of their value chain. The multi-track agenda included sessions

 CCE has released updates of its Open Data Exchange (ODX) libraries. “SOLIDWORKS and Creo are some of the most widely used CAD design tools in the manufacturing supply chain. Ability to do fast iterative design is extremely important to suppliers of large OEMs. CCE’s updated ODX libraries feature improvements in identifying and translating persistent data information, thus reducing the time required to update the modified designs,” said Vinay Wagle, CCE’s VP of Sales & Marketing. CCE’s SOLIDWORKS and PTC Creo® ODX libraries have had an array of improvements in the most recent release, which include: ODX/SW (Read & Write) Attributes support has been improved by providing face names (in reader) and writing visibility status for user-defined references planes (in writer). Assembly persistence information has been enhanced by providing instance persistent IDs. ODX/Pro (Read) Persistence information support has been enhanced by providing document persistent IDs. Assembly features support has been improved by providing access to entity geometry definition and surface

ARI Network Services, Inc. announced today the release of DataManager® Import Utility, developed by ARI under the SOLIDWORKS® Partner Program. Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise manufacturing engineering and design systems. DataManager Import Utility streamlines the manufacturer's publishing process by seamlessly importing SOLIDWORKS® Composer™ files directly into ARI's catalog and data management application, DataManager®. ·         Highlights of DataManager Import Utility include: ·         Extraction of image, parts list and hot spots from a CAD file export in a single pass to create Illustrated Parts Lists. ·         Elimination of time-consuming manual data manipulation with very high accuracy and zero keying. Native SOLIDWORKS Composer SVG file support. Flexible architecture that allows for support of additional CAD vendor files. "Historically, the publishing process has been a very time-consuming, labor-intensive task. Using ARI's DataManager Import Utility, the time it takes for a manufacturer to publish a full illustrated parts list drops to under a minute – a reduction

ZWCAD Design announces that  Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering adopted ZWCAD+. Faculty of Civil Engineering is one of the 13 faculties of Wroclaw University of Technology. It educates students in construction. The faculty has 3 diploma specialties at the BSc studies:  Structural Engineering, Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics anad Civil Engineering. At the MSc level Faculty offers 9 specializations: Building Structures, Building Technology, Hydro engineering and Special Structures, Underground and Urban Infrastructure, Roads and Airports, Railway Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Theory of Structures and Civil Engineering (the latter given in English).It participates in international exchange for students and for didactic and scientific workers in the region, both at home and abroad with companies and universities. It also cooperates with the Polish Chamber of Civil Engineers.  “ZWCAD + is quite a popular program in our university and it is used by our workers and in offices with whom we cooperate” - Piotr Berkowski

Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™ product lifecycle management solution has been selected by French manufacturer Pyrenex® for its apparel lines. YuniquePLM has been integrated with Pyrenex’s ERP solution, Sage X3, to improve communication and collaboration between the company’s creative and production teams around the world. YuniquePLM is web-based product lifecycle management software that helps the fashion and apparel industries communicate effectively, accelerate workflows and eliminate errors. Its latest enhancements include a new development calendar and line planning function, as well as 3D file support and mass sample request development. Pyrenex is a family-owned business with over 150 years of exceptional know-how in the production of down jackets, comforters and other garments using high-quality down from French geese and ducks. Pyrenex’s iconic pieces include the Authentic, Spoutnic and Mythic jackets. Pyrenex employs the most modern production processes and is dedicated to constant innovation to offer the best in weather protection and comfort. Pyrenex is popular