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FISHER/UNITECH announced today it has achieved number one Stratasys reseller status in the Americas in dollars and unit volume in 2013. The company, a product lifecycle management solutions provider and Stratasys partner for nearly 18 years, supplies an array of 3D Printers and 3D Production equipment including Fortus, Objet Connex, Dimension, Mojo, uPrint and the Objet Desktop line to discrete manufacturing companies in the Midwest, United States. “FISHER/UNITECH has been a trusted partner of Stratasys for nearly 18 years and they have played a critical role in our success,” said Woody Frost, GM at Stratasys Ltd. “We are confident their expertise will help our customers benefit from the new products available as a result of the merger of Objet and Stratasys.” “We are honored to be recognized as the top partner for Stratasys. This acknowledges our team’s hard work, passion and dedication to advancing the role of additive manufacturing in the industry,” said Joe

Lattice Technology, Inc., announced the availability of their latest release of Lattice3D Reporter™, v7.1. This software plug-in for Microsoft® Excel® allows the authoring of spreadsheets with embedded interactive 3D models and associated information such as work instructions and parts lists.  After the PDF is created, it can be consumed by anyone using Adobe Reader. This latest version of Lattice3D Reporter allows even non-CAD users to easily create rich 3D PDFs, containing interactive 3D models, directly from Lattice3D Reporter without any programming or script writing. Consumers of the 3D PDF merely need to click to open, using the free Adobe Reader they likely already have installed on their computer.  The 3D PDF file contains the interactive model and associated “rich” 3D data. “Rich” means that the geometry for a part is bi-directionally associated with a part name, process steps and snapshots. For example, a user can click on a part in the list (or a process step) and the

Sales growth of +6.6% at constant currency (+0.3% in actual terms) Dynamic Licensing activity in Q4 2013: +20.3% at constant currency Substantial negative currency effect Further geographical diversification: dynamism of BRIC countries Amplification of strategic partnerships Broadening of the sales offer thanks to recent acquisitions Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: “The anticipated buoyant growth in Licensing activity observed over the final quarter of 2013 was a source of real satisfaction. This positive dynamic reflects the development of our industrial partnerships concretised by the signing of three-year contracts with major strategic customers. More generally, it illustrates the transition to digital technology by a growing number of industrial sectors, gradually leading the way towards an extended deployment. The integration of our recent acquisitions has further strengthened the collaborative and innovative aspect of our solutions; their field of application thus expands to the design phase and enables access in the Cloud to achieve more flexible

Altair announced further details about the three technical seminars the company will offer over the course of the European Altair Technology Conference 2014, being held at the Dolce Munich Unterschleissheim in Munich, Germany, from June 24-26, 2014. The 2014 conference seminars will cover relevant industry topics and highlight customer case studies in each area. All seminars will have a high level of interaction. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss their own use cases with the Altair experts conducting the seminars. All three technical seminars will take place on Tuesday June 24th, 2014 and are intended for interested engineers and engineering managers, working in the respective development areas. In detail, the seminars will cover the following topics: Seminar 1: Altair OptiStruct for Non-Linear Analysis and Optimization While small displacement analysis has already been well established, the latest version of OptiStruct also provides fully integrated capabilities for large displacement analysis. The workshop, conducted by the

Stratasys Ltd. announced the appointment of Gilad Gans as President of its North American operations. Gilad will oversee Stratasys' North American sales and field operations, and its expansion efforts across the region. He will transition from his role as Executive Vice President of Global Field Operations during the first 6 months of the year. Stratasys has seen strong interest and demand for all its offerings across North America and is committed to address this growing demand. Since the Objet-Stratasys merger, Stratasys Vice President Woody Frost has been responsible for North American operations in the position of General Manager. After 12 years at Stratasys in a variety of senior executive positions in sales, marketing, and service, Woody will transition to a key role, reporting to Gilad and focusing on North American growth initiatives. "North America is a key market for us," says Stratasys CEO David Reis. "Our rapid growth and changing market conditions prompted this move to position ourselves to address market opportunities, as well as to support evolving customer

3D Systems  announced that it is teaming up with the White House, UI Labs, the Department of Defense and other industry and academic organizations on its recently announced Digital Lab for Manufacturing. As part of this collaboration, 3DS plans to deliver its latest Geomagic® perceptual design to manufacturing tools including scan-to-CAD, and inspection products into the center, providing access for the American manufacturing industry to the most advanced design to manufacturing digital thread. Headed by UI Labs and located in Chicago, the Digital Lab for Manufacturing is an applied research institute that is chartered with the development, demonstration and deployment of digital manufacturing technologies across key manufacturing industries. This White House initiative brings together 40 industry partners, more than 30 academic, government and community partners and an additional 500+ supporting companies. The Digital Lab has a mission to transform the American manufacturing chain, to ensure the secure integration and communication of digital manufacturing

Fouad el Khaldi, Ph.D., General Manager of Industry Strategy & Innovation, ESI Group Dr. Fouad el Khaldi joined ESI Group (ESI) in 1988 and is currently, General Manager of Industry Strategy & Innovation, a position he assumed in 2010. With over 30 years of experience in the CAE industry Fouad has undertaken several different roles of increasing responsibility at ESI including the role of Senior Consultant for a Joint Venture created by IBM Japan and ESI in Tokyo where he was in charge of developing a new solution for sheet metal forming simulation in collaboration with the Japanese Automotive Industry. After the conclusion of that project Fouad established PAM-STAMP as an industrial simulation software product and the Virtual Manufacturing Product line at ESI. In 2000 he was a key contributor to the success of ESI’s initial public offering and its associated business transformation. In 2004 he was appointed Manager of the Virtual

Presentation will explain how an information system or data exchange mechanism can be built or configured to support systems engineering processes. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 13 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Croon Elektrotechniek’s Leo van Ruijven will make a presentation at CIMdata’s upcoming European workshop, Bridging the Requirements Gap with Model-Based Systems Engineering, which will take place in Bad Homburg, Germany on 9 April, 2014. Mr. van Ruijven’s presentation, Developing an MBSE Framework Based on ISO Standards, will offer a framework for Model-Based Systems Engineering based on the Life Cycle Data Integration standard ISO 15926 and the System Life Cycle Processes standard ISO 15288. The framework is based on using a Reference Data Library (ISO 15926-4 RDL) and a set of relationships derived from information models representing the processes defined in ISO 15288. With this framework an information system or data exchange mechanism can be

Christoph Bräuchle, Business Development Director, PTC As Business Development Director in PTC’s Automotive Center of Excellence Europe, Christoph Bräuchle is responsible for the Systems Engineering strategy and related areas. He represents PTC in research projects such as the EU-funded CRYSTAL project and works with academic and industry partners. In his previous positions at PTC, he worked as Product Management Director and Senior Consultant with leading automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. He also led the initiative to support safety related development and have TÜV SÜD Automotive Certification of Integrity for achieving ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 compliance.  

Gerard Litjens, Director of European Operations, CIMdata Gerard Litjens has over 30 years of experience in information and communication technology, product and plant lifecycle management, and other business-enabling solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has held various positions in consulting, management, business development, business analysis, education, and ROI development of PDM/PLM, supply chain management, and ERP solutions. As a CIMdata consultant, Gerard provides in-depth analysis, strategic and tactical business planning, market and channel development, and training services to a range of IT, PLM, CAD/CAM, and ERP solution providers, systems integrators, and resellers. He also provides PLM strategy assessments, benefits analysis, system selection, education, training, and implementation planning services to a range of companies in both discrete and process manufacturing industries. Prior to joining CIMdata, Gerard held training, development, and management positions at Cap Gemini, and worked at Philips Electronics, where his responsibilities included the development and implementation of a