PLM News

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Corporate

Metris announced that Nikon Corporation announced that its cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding Shares and Warrants of Metris becomes unconditional as the 85% threshold has been reached.
http://www.metris.com/

Open Text Corp announced it completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Vignette Corporation.
http://www.opentext.com/2/global/news-home/global/press-release-details....
 

Financial

Dassault Systemes reported unaudited results for Q2 ended June 30, 2009. Total revenue was Euro 310.9 million.
http://www.3ds.com/fileadmin/COMPANY/FINANCE/PDF/Q209/09Q2pr_VA_final.pdf

PTC reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 4, 2009. Revenue was $226.2 million.
http://ptc.com/appserver/wcms/standards/textsub.jsp?&im_dbkey=97755&icg_...
 

People

Corel Corp. announced that Kris Hagerman assumed the role of Corel CEO on a permanent basis.
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321430604?press...
 

Implementations

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced Magnaghi Aeronautica S.p.A. chose the HyperWorks simulation platform.
http://www.altair.com/newsdetail.aspx?news_id=10281&news_country=en-US

Altair Engineering, Inc. announced that PROTOMED SA has chosen HyperWorks.
http://www.altair.com/newsdetail.aspx?news_id=10286&news_country=en-US

ANSYS, Inc. announced Delta Marine Engineering Co. uses Simulation Driven Product Development from ANSYS.
http://www.ansys.com/

BigMachines, Inc. announced that CCS, Inc. has selected BigMachines.
http://www.bigmachines.com/BMI07-13-09.php

Contact Software GmbH announced that Ampack Ammann GmbH implemented CIM DATABASE.
http://www.contact.de/news/archive/news2009/P31-07-09UK

IGE+XAO announced that Vestas China selected SEE Electrical.
http://www.ige-xao.us/ige/siteigexao.nsf/mWebFrameMain?OpenForm&LG=us

Intergraph announced that CNCEC expanded the use of Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise.
http://www.intergraph.com/assets/pressreleases/2009/07-28-2009.aspx

LMS announced that MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT has chosen LMS simulation technology.
http://www.lmsintl.com/

Omnify Software announced that PLC Medical Systems, Inc. is using Omnify Empower PLM.
http://www.omnifysoft.com/news/2009pr_07_20.aspx

PROSTEP announced that Porsche AG selected OpenDXM GlobalX as its central data exchange platform.
http://www.prostep.com/mn/press/detailed-news/artikel/73/porsche-ents/?L...

Siemens PLM Software announced that KC Samyang Water Systems selected Solid Edge and Teamcenter Express.
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/pres...

Siemens PLM Software announced that Zhefu selected an integrated suite of Siemens PLM Software technology.
http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/about_us/newsroom/press/pres...
 

Developments

ACS Software, Inc. announced Service Release 4 (SR4) Update for Version 6.5 of AutoEDMS.
http://www.autoedms.com/downloads/update-info/65SR4RelNotes.htm

AVEVA announced enhancements to its AVEVA Plant portfolio.
http://www.aveva.com/news_content.php?_id=371

BlueCielo ECM Solutions announced it released InnoCielo Meridian 2009, InnoCielo TeamWork 2009 and the InnoCielo Transmittal Management module.
http://www.bluecieloecm.com/Homepage/Home.nsf/DBUI/0529C9B1CA8C863AC1257...

Corel Corp. introduced a new update for Corel DESIGNER Technical Suite X4.
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Content/1153321430604?press...
 

Gerber Technology announced the release of webPDM 6.0.
http://www.gerbertechnology.com/default.asp?contentID=510

Lattice Technology announced Version 6.0 of its XVL Converter applications.
http://www.lattice3d.com/news/press/press_converters_072109.html

Lattice Technology announced Version 3.0 of Lattice3D Reporter.
http://www.lattice3d.com/news/press/press_l3drep_072109.html

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced TSMC Reference Flow 10.0.
http://www.mentor.com/company/news/tsmc-reference-flow-10

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced the Mentor Graphics Vista platform.
http://www.mentor.com/company/news/esl-vista-low-power

Pointwise announced the release of Pointwise Version 16.02 R3 featuring a new native interface to ACUSIM's AcuSolve.
http://www.pointwise.com/pr/pr-09f-acusim.shtml

PROSTEP AG unveiled new functions for its OpenDXM GlobalX data exchange portal.
http://www.prostep.com/mn/press/detailed-news/artikel/73/prostep-erwe/?L...

Spatial Corp. announced that thread-safe capabilities are now included standard with ACIS 3D Modeler.
http://www.spatial.com/news/thread-safe-capability-now-standard-with-aci...

Tata Technologies announced the launch of i SUPPORT IT.
http://www.tatatechnologies.com/global/news_view.aspx?newsID=8&MenuCode=232

Theorem Solutions announced TPM V3.
http://www.theoremsolutions.com/pr/pr88.htm

Think3 announced ThinkDesign 2009.1.
http://www.think3.com/en/news--events/news/new-powerful-functionalities-...

 

Relationships

DP Technology announced a partnership with CAMM s.r.l., maker of OmniCAD.
http://www.dptechnology.com/en/news_and_events_release.asp?ID=3167

Informative Graphics Corp. announced a reseller partnership agreement with Advanced Data Systems, Inc.
http://www.infograph.com/press/ADS_partnership.htm

SensAble Technologies, Inc, announced that Dura Castings, Inc. has joined the SAPC Program.
http://sensable.com/pr_20090728duracastings/news-press-detail.htm

SolidVision announced its partnership with Solido.
http://www.solidvision.com/newsevents/details.php?recordID=19

SpaceClaim announced the Company won a major OEM deal with Flow International Corporation.
http://www2.spaceclaim.com/

TransMagic Inc. announced a reseller agreement with Digital Design Solutions of Gurgaon, India.
http://www.transmagic.com/company/news-and-events/press-releases/pr-0724...
 

Other

ASCON Group announced KOMPAS-3D is now available in Polish and Chinese.
http://ascon.net/main/news/items/?news=661

Autodesk introduced the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program.
http://pressreleases.autodesk.com/index.php?s=press_releases&item=604

Catalog Data Solutions announced that SDP/SI achieved more than 48,000 CAD downloads in the first 6 months of 2009.
http://www.catalogdatasolutions.com/Newsview.aspx?nid=68

InnovMetric Software announced 15 years of existence.
http://www.innovmetric.com/polyworks/3D-scanners/complete_news.aspx?id=300

MSC.Software Corp. announced the creation of a Customer Advisory Board.
http://www.mscsoftware.com/press/press.cfm?pid=1110&Div_ID=1&non=1

Renishaw plc announced a White Paper examining savings to be made from controlling machining processes.
http://www.renishaw.com/en/11038.aspx

Schott Systeme GmbH announced the inclusion of parallel processing functionality in the latest release of their CAD/CAM software.
http://www.schott-systeme.com/en/News/cadcamnews-2009toolpaths.htm

STAR Group announced it underwrites Gilbane's 2009 research "The Global Content Value Chain: Defining the Maturity Model for Product Content".
http://www.star-portals.net/Lists/News/DispForm.aspx?ID=11