PLM Industry Summary Christine Bennett, Editor Vol. 13 No.18 Friday 6 May 2011 Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 3 CIMdata in the News: “Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles”________3 Dassault Systems Acquires Enginuity (CIMdata Commentary)____________________________________3 Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 4 Altair Engineering Receives Boeing Performance Excellence Award _______________________________4 CD-adapco Announces UAB Student As its 2011 Academic Paper Contest Winner ___________________4 Ciespace Corporation Names Sanjay Choudhry as Chief Technology Officer ________________________5 ICAM Signs Dealership Agreement with VCI China ____________________________________________6 Knovel Adds Four Publishing Partners in Q1__________________________________________________7 MecSoft Corporation Welcomes VAR in Russia _______________________________________________8 Mensch und Maschine Software SE / Open Mind Technologies AG: Mourning the Loss of Werner Schwenkert ____________________________________________________________________________8 MphasiS, an HP Company, Partners with Siemens PLM Software to Provide Systems Integration for PLM Solutions to Mid-Market Organizations ______________________________________________________9 The New Global Product Development Approach Spurs Collaboration, Speeds Innovation ______________9 Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 11 Delcam’s Latest PartMaker to be Demonstrated at EASTEC ____________________________________11 Delcam’s Bulgarian Sales Partner DiTra Holds Largest User Meeting _____________________________13 Delcam’s New CAM Range on Show at AUSTECH ___________________________________________13 Delcam to Announce AICON PowerINSPECT Agreement at Control _____________________________14 Geometric to Showcase Reduction in Programming and Machining Time with CAMWorks® 2011 at EASTEC 2011 ________________________________________________________________________15 PlanetPTC Live 2011 to Offer Attendees First Look at New Solutions for Optimizing Product Development Processes _____________________________________________________________________________16 Product Design + Innovation: New London Conference Warmly Welcomed by Industrial Design Community ___________________________________________________________________________16 ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2011; The Network Promotes Open Systems and Supports Outstanding Scientists _____________________________________________________________________________17 SAPPHIRE® NOW Connects to SAP® World Tour Events in Four European Cities _________________19 solidThinking Will Offer Hands-On Demonstrations of Its Latest Software at the ProductDesign + Innovation Conference May 18-19 in London ________________________________________________19 Si2 to Host “Synergies in IC Design: PDKs and DFM Standards Working Together” Co-Located Event at DAC 2011 ____________________________________________________________________________20 SPRING Technologies at EASTEC this May 2011 ____________________________________________21 10,000+ to Attend the Biggest-Ever EMC World, Where Cloud Meets Big Data _____________________21 Tribold Sets the Pace Again for Enterprise Product Management at Management World 2011 __________23 Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 24 ANSYS Reports Strong Revenue and Earnings Growth for the First Quarter ________________________24 Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 ___________________26 Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join its First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, May 19, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time __________________________________________________28 Magma Schedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast for May 26, 2011 _____________________29 Mentor Graphics Reports Preliminary Fiscal First Quarter Results ________________________________29 Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Copyright © 2011 by CIMdata, Inc. 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CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary ____________________________________________________________________________________35 Tata Technologies Receives Equity Funding _________________________________________________36 Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 37 Bosch Deploys Cadence Unified Custom/Analog Flow to Gain Overall Design Productivity ___________37 Building System and Diagnostics Pte Ltd Adopts CD-adapco's STAR-CCM+ for Ventilation and Airflow Analysis _____________________________________________________________________________38 Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Implemented by Newport ________________________39 Dow Corning Chooses SAP to Create Product Compliance Documents for 14,000 Products in 100 Countries ____________________________________________________________________________________39 From Motorsports to Defence _____________________________________________________________40 INITEC Energía Adopts AVEVA Diagrams _________________________________________________42 IOsemi Adopts Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform _______________________42 Lufthansa Technik Simulates Aircraft Engine Wear and Tear ____________________________________43 Siemens Extends PLM Software Support for Daimler AG; Extensive Rollout of NX to Daimler AND its Global Suppliers _______________________________________________________________________43 UK Outdoor and Sports Brands to Implement Visual PLM.net® _________________________________44 Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 45 Alcove9 Joins Aras Partner Program and Offers Enterprise Search Solution for Aras Product Lifecycle Management Platform___________________________________________________________________45 ArchiCAD 15 – Broaden Your Design Horizons ______________________________________________45 Autodesk Buzzsaw Mobile App Provides Access to Building and Construction Data on iPad or iPhone ___46 Autodesk SketchBook Pro App Reaches Next Level on iPad 2 ___________________________________47 Cadac Organice Introduces SharePoint Framework for the Mining Industry ________________________48 Cadence Announces Breakthrough in System Development to Meet Demands of ‘App-driven’ Electronics 49 CoreTech System Announced the Release of Moldex3D eXplorer 2011 ___________________________50 Delcam Offers New Modules for $149 CADCAM Software _____________________________________51 Eagle Point Software Corporation Announces 2012 Updates to Its Autodesk Revit Companion Solutions _52 Geometric Releases DFMPro Version 3.0 for Creo Elements/Pro® _______________________________53 Lattice Technology Announces Membership in the JT Open Program _____________________________53 Mentor Graphics Announces FloEFD for Siemens NX Product for Fully-integrated and Seamless Concurrent CFD Simulation ______________________________________________________________54 Mentor Graphics Announces New Integrated Development Environment Based on the GNU Toolchain __55 Mentor Graphics Partners with TSMC to Validate Advanced Functional Verification Technology _______56 Oracle Introduces Oracle® Argus Safety 7.0 _________________________________________________57 SAP Makes Collaboration Core to Business Applications _______________________________________59 Siemens PLM Software Delivers Parasolid V23.1, Continuing Focus on Application Developer and End User Productivity ______________________________________________________________________60 Siemens PLM Software Partners with Cortona3D to Deliver Complete PLM-Based 3D Technical Publishing Solution ______________________________________________________________________________61 SolidWorks 3DVIA Composer Breaks Down Communication Barriers ____________________________62 SpringSoft’s Verdi Debug Software Expands Verification Interoperability with Comprehensive UVM Support ______________________________________________________________________________63 Synopsys and HHNEC Announce the Availability of Low Power Reference Flow 3.0 ________________64 Synopsys' DesignWare SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller IP Receives USB-IF Certification ___65 With Rev 11, LMS Expands World-Class LMS Test.Lab Transfer Path Analysis Portfolio Fatigue Analysis and Composite Simulation _______________________________________________________________66 Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CIMdata News CIMdata in the News: “Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles” 4 May 2011 The advantages of digital manufacturing are discussed in the article “Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles” featured in the May 4 issue of Xconomy. The author, Thomas Lee, cites CIMdata’s research findings to enlighten the readers about digital manufacturing’s ROI: “Manufacturing productivity must be ever increased and producers must constantly look for ways to meet the faster, better, cheaper mantra of today’s economy,” according to a report by CIMdata, a research firm in Ann Arbor, MI. “To meet these pressures and remain competitive, leading manufacturers are going digital.” In the report [Manufacturing Goes Digital],