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Aucotec AG grows considerably
Aucotec AG, an independent medium-sized engineering software developer with headquarters near Hanover since 1985, announced the founding of the subsidiary Aucotec Netherlands B.V. based near Rotterdam for the Benelux region at the start of the new fiscal year on April 1, 2022. Aucotec India Private LTd. in Pune followed on May 1. The Indian...
Industry 4.0 business unit becomes Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions
Schaeffler wants to make it clear in its name what the new value proposition of the former Industry 4.0 division is. According to a press release dated 12.5.22, the associated motto "Keep your machines rolling" formulates "the claim to serve the wishes and needs of maintenance and plant managers throughout the entire life of a machine." Dr....
PROCAD is history – Revalize appoints Marc Maurer as Managing Director EMEA
Just a few months after the investment firm Revalize, which was founded in Jacksonville, Florida, in the summer of 2021, acquired the PROCAD Group and other industry software companies, the company name PROCAD is disappearing. The new Managing Director EMEA will replace PROCAD's current CEO, Gerhard Knoch. The global company no longer needs a CEO...
PTC continues on the road to SaaS with Windchill+ and DxP Services
PTC introduces Windchill+, a new generation of PLM software via a modern Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) architecture. At the same time, the vendor announces that a larger group of PTC experts in Windchill implementations is moving to a newly formed business unit of long-time partner ITC Infotech: DxP Services. The focus is on the implementation of...
PTC Acquires Codebeamer Manufacturer Intland
PTC announced May 4 that it has completed the acquisition of Intland Software for approximately $280 million. Intland develops and markets the Codebeamer application lifecycle management (ALM) software family, including CodebeamerX, a next-generation cloud-enabled offering.Jim Heppelmann, president and CEO of PTC, said, "We are pleased to...
Digital Industry Circle launches with professional boost for SMEs
SME platform for the journey into the digital future Munich, April 6, 2022 - Independent industry analyst Ulrich Sendler has launched the Digital Industry Circle (DIC). With the Digital Industry Think Tank, an advisory board of top-class experts from industry and industry-related research, the DIC provides assistance to SMEs on their journey into...
ECS Starter Package for Standardized Data Exchange Between SAP and Teamcenter
The PLM and CAx service and solution provider ECS in Neumarkt, Germany, offers a new starter package based on ECS Connect for the integration of Teamcenter and SAP. According to ECS, this enables users who have the PLM and ERP software in use to realize a bi-directional exchange of their parts data and bills of materials in an average of three...
Bentley Systems: Business with Russia and Belarus discontinued
On March 10, Bentley Systems announced that the provider will cease all business with Russia and Belarus. A bit later than others, but calling Russia's war a war and including Belarus in the measures. Here is the official statement:"Bentley Systems joins the many companies and leaders in our industry who condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...
IT Providers Not Unanimously Against Putin
There were different answers to my small inquiry with the suppliers of industrial software regarding their attitude to the further business with the aggressor Putin. The clearest are those of PTC and Autodesk, which have discontinued their entire business in Russia.In no declaration is the war called war. Everywhere there is talk of conflict and...
New Eplan Marketplace Service for Networking with Professionals
This is an interesting idea that Eplan has implemented for its customers. It is certainly a helpful approach, especially for medium-sized customers. With Eplan Marketplace, Eplan presents an international platform that links users of the CAE software and providers of services - for example in engineering, control cabinet construction and...