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Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 2

PLM Road Map To Be Presented with PLM Innovation Americas 2013 ____________________________2 PLM Innovation Americas 2012: First North America Event Off to a Great Start _____________________3 Product Lifecycle Management’ Special Interest Report to be Published in The Times Newspaper November 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________4

Acquisitions _______________________________________________________________________ 5 Accelrys Acquires Aegis Analytical Corp. for $30 million in Cash _________________________________5

Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 6 Actify Opens New Office in Edinburgh, Scotland ______________________________________________6 Autodesk Names CAD Technology Center Reseller of the Quarter ________________________________7 Autodesk Ranks #6 Among IT Companies on Newsweek Magazine’s Green Rankings _________________8 DeSL Strengthens its US Team with the Appointment of Marc Friedman as Vice President of Sales ______9 Institute of Technical Education Selects Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D ___________________________10 Mcor Appoints Saitu Graphics Equipment Co., Ltd as Chinese Reselling Partner at 3D Printshow in London ____________________________________________________________________________________10 ModuleWorks and Exocad Sign Partnership Agreement ________________________________________11 North American Modelica Group Established with Support from Maplesoft ________________________12

Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 13 AVEVA presents ’Managing the Future’ at SIA 2012 __________________________________________13 Camtech to Show Latest Edgecam at EuroMold 2012 __________________________________________14 CimatronE's Die Design Solutions on Show at EuroBlech ______________________________________15 Delcam for SolidWorks 2013 on Show at SolidWorks World ____________________________________16 Delcam Thailand to Show Latest CAM Developments in Bangkok _______________________________18 Jotne and Lockheed Martin to Host Seminar on New Technologies for Engineering Data Interoperability _19 Omnix International to Host Middle East’s largest CAD event ‘Autodesk University Extension Dubai 2012’ ____________________________________________________________________________________19

Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 21 3D Systems Reports Third Quarter Results __________________________________________________21 Accelrys to Announce Third Quarter 2012 Results ____________________________________________22 Atos: Third Quarter 2012 ________________________________________________________________22 Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results _________________________________________23 Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Q3 and Upgrades Q4 and Full Year 2012 Financial Objectives ________24 EMC Reports Third-Quarter 2012 Financial Results ___________________________________________25 Lectra: First Nine Months of 2012: Revenues and Income Ahead of Company Expectations ___________26 SAP Announces Record Third Quarter Results Exceeds €1 Billion in Third Quarter Software Revenue ___27 Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Financial Results _____________________________28 Tata Consultancy Services: Growth from all Markets and Industries Highlights Q2 Performance ________28

Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 30 AECOM Saves $850,000 Using ProjectWise for Work Sharing and Engineering Content Management ___30 Anglo American Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation __________________________________32 Copper Producer Standardizes on EMC Solution to Manage Engineering Content and Process Flow _____33 Hitachi Power Europe Chooses Intergraph® SmartPlant® 3D to Improve Productivity and Collaboration in Future Design Projects __________________________________________________________________34

PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor

Vol. 14 No 43 Friday 26 October 2012

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Russian Nuclear Company NIAEP Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform ________35 Scania selects HEEDS MDO for Vehicle Dynamics Optimization ________________________________36 Schindler Elevates its Manufacturing Performance with Lantek CAD/CAM ________________________36 Tecnodinamica of Italy Implements Aras Enterprise PLM Backbone ______________________________37

Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 38 Arena Solutions Updates BOM Creation Software with Fall 2012 Release __________________________38 AVEVA and Trimble Partner to Provide Efficient 3D Scanning Integration _________________________39 AVEVA Announces ‘Future of Plant Design’ Initiative Built on Windows 8 and Windows Azure _______40 AVEVA’s new Plant Design Product AVEVA Everything3D Launched ___________________________41 Bentley and Tata Steel Facilitate Use of Tata Structura Components in STAAD.Pro V8i (SELECTseries 3) Models ______________________________________________________________________________42 Colfax Unveils Intel-Certified HPC Cluster for CAE, CAD _____________________________________43 Creaform Releases Version 2.0 of Pipecheck Software for NDT Applications _______________________44 Delcam Launches Dual-Column Version of PowerINSPECT ____________________________________45 Dimensional Control Systems Brings Variation Analysis Capabilities to SolidWorks 2012 3D Design Solution ______________________________________________________________________________45 DP Technology Corp. and ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG. Introduce the New ESPRIT-ZOLLER Interface for ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions _________________________________________________46 Easier Multi-Tool Use in Radan 2013 ______________________________________________________47 Experience CIM DATABASE 10 PLM live _________________________________________________49 Granta Announces New Integration with ANSYS Software _____________________________________49 IGC Announces Brava 7.1 for IBM FileNet P8 at IBM Information on Demand in Las Vegas __________50 MathWorks Updates Stateflow to Simplify Control Logic Design in Simulink ______________________51 MecSoft Announces the Launch of Alibre CAM 3 ____________________________________________52 Nemetschek Vectorworks Releases Localized Versions of Vectorworks 2013 in Europe _______________52 PDF3D Integrates XSL-FO for 3D Technical Report Generation _________________________________53 PROSTEP OpenDXM GlobalX is now Mobile _______________________________________________54 SAP Brings Enterprise Mobility and 3-D Visualization to Aerospace Manufacturing _________________54

CIMdata News PLM Road Map To Be Presented with PLM Innovation Americas 2013 26 October 2012 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that it will be co-locating its PLM Road Map conference in conjunction with MarketKey’s PLM Innovation conference in 2013, the date to be announced. The name of the combined event will be Product Innovation Featuring the PLM Road Map. Both organizations will participate in planning and program development for these events. CIMdata brings its extensive PLM knowledge and 20 years of PLM Road Map experience to bear. MarketKey provides its marketing and event organization skills to the combined effort. About MarketKey MarketKey Ltd is a business information company, specialising in the tools and processes that aid

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product innovation. Through our portfolio of PLM and design events as well as our online communities, we provide quality end-user led and vendor agnostic information to help the World's product designers and manufacturers innovate. MarketKey is headquartered in London. About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495 533 666.

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PLM Innovation Americas 2012: First North America Event Off to a Great Start 25 October 2012 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces participation in the first PLM Innovation Americas 2012 conference near Atlanta, Georgia. With about 165 delegates and speakers, PLM Innovation is presented by MarketKey, headquartered in the UK. The theme of the conference is innovation empowered by PLM. This conference follows two previous PLM conferences held in Europe. CIMdata’s role in the conference is to chair and facilitate the overall event and both main tracks of presentations. Highlights of this year’s event are the keynote speakers. The first-day speakers included: Kevin Fowler, Chief Architect Commercial Airplanes Processes & Tools, The Boeing Company (The sky’s the limit? Reaching for the value of PLM at Boeing Commercial Airplanes); Nathan Hartman, Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology, Purdue University (Model-based Collaborative Enterprise: Challenges, Opportunities, and the Future of PLM); and Peter Bilello, President, CIMdata (Evaluating the Tangible Benefits of PLM Can Prove Complex). These presentations were augmented by two tracks of more detailed discussions by PLM users, panel

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discussions, and work sessions on various PLM topics. The sponsors’ exhibit area featured 27 companies and demonstrated a high level of energy from the attendees who were eager to learn more about what the various sponsors have to offer in support of their PLM strategies. The event continues on Friday with more breakout sessions on a number of topics and another group of compelling keynote addresses including: Dantar Oosterwal, President and Partner, Milwaukee Consulting Group (Lean Product Development & Excellence in PLM); Christophe Boudard, PLM Director, The Coca Cola Company (PLM at the World's Biggest Brand); David Karamian, Senior Director, IT, Design and PLM systems, Flextronics (Enabling PLM in the Contract and Electronic Manufacturing Services (CM/EMS)); and Michael Grieves, PLM Author, Consultant, Professor, NASA (A Virtually Perfect Future). About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495 533 666.

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Product Lifecycle Management’ Special Interest Report to be Published in The Times Newspaper November 2012 26 October 2012 As a world-leading source of information, and strategic advice and counsel to both industrial organizations and providers of PLM technologies and services, CIMdata is dedicated to promoting the sector in the most informative and effective manner. CIMdata has therefore partnered with specialist publishers Raconteur Media to co-operate in the production of a dedicated report on the PLM industry to

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be published in The Times in November. The purpose of the report is to create a clear dialogue between the industry thought leaders and business decision makers who are increasingly under pressure to respond to their customers needs by delivering innovative products more efficiently. This content will empower them to make more informed decisions about the PLM solutions they use. The report will provide a comprehensive and credible platform to communicate to a full range of stakeholders on the issues that are shaping the industry. For the full editorial synopsis, commercial rates, and any other additional information please contact Elizabeth Keach (Publisher) at +44.(0)203.428.5245 or via email at ekeach@raconteurmedia.co.uk. Raconteur Media has produced over 110 special reports for The Times & The Sunday Times. With a readership of 1.5 million and an unrivalled business audience (339,000), The Times is the ideal communications platform for such a report, which is set to be the definitive report on the industry in the national press in 2012.

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Acquisitions Accelrys Acquires Aegis Analytical Corp. for $30 million in Cash 23 October 2012 Accelrys, Inc., a provider of scientific innovation lifecycle management software, announced that it has acquired Aegis Analytical Corp. (Aegis) for $30 million in cash, expanding Accelrys' portfolio with enterprise manufacturing process intelligence capabilities that provide organizations with insights into their product lifecycle processes. The addition of Aegis' software to the recently announced Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite fills an unmet need in the marketplace as organizations struggle to optimize their lab-to-commercialization processes, manage quality control with external collaborators and reduce compliance risk. Accelrys retained key members of the Aegis management team, along with Aegis employees, as part of the transaction. "The industries we serve are undergoing significant changes, requiring them to move from a status quo approach to one that breaks down the barriers to operational excellence, innovation productivity and global competitiveness," said Accelrys President and Chief Executive Officer Max Carnecchia. "This acquisition expands our footprint in downstream operations with valuable new solutions for electronic process intelligence, and reinforces our position as a leader in scientific innovation lifecycle management software."

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Science-driven industries, especially those that operate in regulated environments, find it difficult to accelerate product development and manage complex manufacturing in real-time because they rely on an outmoded combination of paper notebooks, proprietary tools and disconnected point solutions. As a result, they also struggle to meet Quality by Design (QbD) and International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) objectives, to improve seamless technology transfer from research to manufacturing, and to deliver robust and high-quality regulatory filings. Solving these problems requires a holistic approach that enables businesses to predict, prevent and solve problems throughout the product development, quality and manufacturing process. Aegis' Discoverant software aggregates, contextualizes and analyzes manufacturing, quality and product development data, enabling quality and manufacturing organizations to gain predictive control of their processes. By adding these capabilities to Accelrys' Process Management and Compliance Suite, which includes the electronic laboratory notebook, lab execution system, electronic batch records and enterprise scientific informatics platform, Accelrys offers a unified solution that helps organizations in validated environments achieve better outcomes and breakthrough results. Importantly, with the increased visibility of process data and improved process understanding throughout the product development lifecycles, the suite also addresses two growing trends in the industry – externalization and increased investments in biologics development. "Externalization is changing the way pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, chemical and other regulated industries do business. These companies now have external partners and collaborators across the value chain, from research to manufacturing, that span the globe," said Ken Rapp, Accelrys' managing director of analytical, development, quality and manufacturing solutions. "Without visibility into their far-reaching global operations, companies risk compromising the quality of their products and noncompliance with regulatory requirements, slowing operations and significantly increasing the cost of bringing products to market." Aegis, based in Lafayette, Colo., has more than 15 years of experience in process development and manufacturing and was recognized in Gartner's "Cool Vendors in Manufacturing Operations, 2012." "This acquisition brings significant value to Aegis' customers, offering them a comprehensive software portfolio for managing the scientific innovation lifecycle and providing them access to the global resources of an industry leader," said Aegis President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Di Scipio. "The Aegis team looks forward to joining Accelrys and to working together to continue producing innovative solutions for science-driven organizations."

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Company News Actify Opens New Office in Edinburgh, Scotland 24 October 2012

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Actify Inc. today announced the Grand Opening celebration of a new office in Edinburgh, Scotland. This new office will be shared with ShapeSpace Ltd., developer of search technology for CAD. The Edinburgh office signifies yet another milestone in the company's history following a successful fiscal year; Actify continues to lay down the foundations for further growth. "The new Actify office in Edinburgh has founder of ShapeSpace and Actify VP of Engineering, Dr. Andrew Sherlock at the helm and is already proving to be an important Research & Development hub for Actify," said Chris Jones, Actify President & CEO. "With all of the wonderful talent we've managed to bring aboard in Edinburgh, we know we've made the right decision," continued Jones. "This opportunity was made possible due in great part to Scottish Development International (SDI) who have been integral in helping Actify discover the benefits and opportunities that Scotland has to offer. These are very exciting times for the company." David Smith, director of innovation and enterprise services, Scottish Enterprise, said: "That a globally successful company such as Actify has chosen to invest in Scotland is testament to our growing reputation as the ideal place to locate and do business. We've worked closely with ShapeSpace providing a range of support including account management and assistance with exploring new markets and overseas territories. This then led to partnership opportunities with Actify who we've supported with £100,000 of RSA to help establish a new centre of excellence for collaborative R&D in Scotland." "We know that increasingly, companies have a range of choices as to where to locate and it's our role to make sure that investors know that Scotland is very much open for business and ready to compete on an international scale. Actify chose Scotland for its extensive expertise and labour pool in the software industry and we look forward to helping them realise their ambitious growth plans."

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Autodesk Names CAD Technology Center Reseller of the Quarter 24 October 2012 Autodesk, Inc. named CAD Technology Center (CTC) its North American Reseller of the Quarter for the first quarter of its 2013 fiscal year. CTC, which serves the architecture, engineering and construction, mechanical, electrical and plumbing industries was selected from more than 200 partners throughout North America for the partner’s significant increase in total revenue, subscription renewal and new AEC and horizontal software sales. More specifically, since last year, total revenue growth increased by more than 75 percent, subscription renewal rates exceeded 90 percent, new AEC products sales more than doubled and new horizontal products grew nearly 50 percent.

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“We are awarding CTC for its impressive growth, unwavering commitment to meeting customer needs and focus on customer satisfaction,” said Dave Rhodes, vice president, Americas Sales, Autodesk. “We have worked with CTC since their start 15 years ago, and look forward to continuing our successful partnership in serving our joint customers.” To help users fully implement the Autodesk portfolio, CTC and Autodesk work together when appropriate to provide technical and consulting resources. CTC also regularly hosts various in-person and virtual events to keep clients current on the latest industry trends and technologies. CTC is a Gold Partner, member of the Autodesk Content Network, an Autodesk MEP Specialized Services Partner, an Autodesk Consulting Services Partner, a member of Autodesk Developer Network, an Autodesk Authorized Training Center and was awarded the 2012 Platinum Club Award for outstanding Subscription performance. "We are thrilled to receive this recognition as we dedicate ourselves, above all, to our customers' success," said CTC president and CEO, Saeid Berenjian. "We are only satisfied when our customers are overwhelmingly delighted with the solutions we provide. To be recognized by Autodesk again confirms that we are executing on our aspiration to help our customers reach their goals." Autodesk selects the Reseller of the Quarter based on exceptional sales growth, conscientious customer support, use of best practices, industry knowledge and dedication.

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Autodesk Ranks #6 Among IT Companies on Newsweek Magazine’s Green Rankings 23 October 2012 Newsweek Magazine this week recognized Autodesk, Inc. as one of the greenest companies. Autodesk was ranked #6 among information technology and services companies, and #21 overall in the top 500 U.S. companies in Newsweek’s Green Rankings. The annual Newsweek Green Rankings look at the largest publically traded companies in the U.S. and globally ranks them on performance in such areas as greenhouse gas emissions, waste reduction and management of natural resources. Autodesk performed particularly well in the Environmental Impact measurement, and stood out for its green building strategy, including LEED certifications; well below average carbon emissions; and detailed policy on green procurement. “Sustainability is at the core of how Autodesk operates and what our technology enables our customers to achieve,” said Carl Bass, president and CEO of Autodesk. “We have a positive impact through greening our own operations, but also through the tools we supply to our millions of customers worldwide who imagine, design and create more efficient buildings, infrastructure and products. We’re honored to be recognized alongside so many of our customers on Newsweek’s prestigious list.”

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Using Design Thinking to Reduce Impacts Autodesk focuses its efforts on the areas where it can have the most positive impact on the future of the planet. A key component of that strategy is providing design software to those who create the built environment, supply energy and water, plan cities, and define manufacturing processes, in order to encourage sustainable project outcomes. Autodesk leads by example in its own operations by measuring and reducing its carbon footprint, and more efficiently using water, materials and other resources in its facilities and across the value chain. The company employs its own software using its buildings as a testing ground for new ideas, workflows and sustainable design solutions, strengthening the business and creating knowledge that Autodesk can share with others. In addition to Newsweek’s Green Rankings, Autodesk has been recognized for its efforts with a leadership position on the Carbon Disclosure Project’s S&P 500 index disclosure rankings; inclusion in Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI); FTSE4Good Index Series; top 10 ranking in Maplecroft’s climate innovation leaders; and an Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Leader listing.

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DeSL Strengthens its US Team with the Appointment of Marc Friedman as Vice President of Sales 22 October 2012 DeSL, a global company delivering integrated web based solutions for the Fashion, Apparel, Textile and Footwear sectors, announce Marc Friedman as the Vice President of Sales for North America. New York based Friedman will be responsible for strategy and sales of DeSL solutions across the region and has already made an immediate impact in developing new business. Prior to joining DeSL Friedman also held positions at Simparel, Centric Software and Lectra. DeSL can already count global brands as customers including Calvin Klein, VF Corporation, Bench, Bravissimo, Lyle & Scott, GRI Group plus many more, equally customers also include some of the world’s largest fashion manufacturers. The Company plans to build on its growing US customer base which also includes renowned brand names such as Men’s Warehouse, Nautica and Isaco. Colin Marks CEO of DeSL commented, “I’m delighted to have someone of Marc’s calibre and experience on the team. We spent a long time searching for a suitable person to fill the role at DeSL and spearhead our North American operations. We are not a conventional 'old hat' software provider, our solutions are new, innovative and push the traditional boundaries between business and software processes. Marc's previous experience, business knowledge and approach have blended perfectly with DeSL's goals. I’m delighted that Marc has already made an immediate impact and secured important clients such as Colorado based Elope, a wholesale costume company and another renowned manufacturer.” On his appointment Friedman commented, “I’m delighted to be given this opportunity to further develop

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DeSL’s business across North America. A key strength of our products is that we offer a complete end to end PLM & ERP solution and is already being successfully used by a number of clients in the US. In addition to this, another key factor why clients select our solutions is down to the technology – the DeSL solution is completely scalable and we are one of the few companies to deliver solutions to the industry built entirely using Microsoft.Net. Not only does this make our solutions completely flexible, it gives assurance to our clients that they are using solutions developed by the latest industry software standards.”

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Institute of Technical Education Selects Intergraph® SmartMarine® 3D 23 October 2012 The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has joined the Intergraph® Education Grant Program, with ITE College Central selecting Intergraph SmartMarine® 3D as its 3D design and modeling application for its Higher Nitec in Process Plant Design course. Staff and students from ITE College Central's Higher Nitec in Process Plant Design course are trained in SmartMarine 3D to support the petrochemical, pharmaceutical and marine industries. They will also use SmartMarine 3D for their final-year project module. In order to keep pace with the industry and remain relevant through the use of next-generation technology, SmartMarine 3D is used by ITE College Central in the training of its students. The application is a good fit for its Process Plant Design curriculum because of its rule-based technology and data-centric capabilities for increased automation and productivity. "ITE, Singapore's principal provider of vocational and technical education, has selected SmartMarine 3D for its curriculum, and this validates Intergraph's position as an industry leader in 3D engineering design solutions," said Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president. "The graduates of ITE will bring expertise in SmartMarine 3D and productivity into our clients' businesses, which will enhance their global competitiveness." SmartMarine 3D is the advanced offshore and shipbuilding design solution, providing companies with the capabilities they need to gain and maintain an edge in a highly competitive industry. SmartMarine 3D is breakthrough engineering technology that is automated, knowledge- and rule-driven, streamlining marine asset design processes and improving delivery schedules, with increased detail and manufacturing design productivity of up to 30 percent. SmartMarine 3D is endorsed and used by leading offshore and marine companies globally, including the most productive shipyard, the top offshore owner operator, the top fabrication yard and the top classification society in the world.

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London 19 October 2012 Mcor Technologies Ltd announced that it has appointed Saitu Graphic Equipments Co. Ltd (http://saituprint.com/), headquartered in Shanghai, China, as their Chinese distribution partner. Based on the agreement, Saitu will sell Mcor’s range of 3D printers in China and Hong Kong. Saitu Graphics specialises in sales and service of imaging and 2D-print systems to the prepress and printing industry, design companies as well as the educational and government markets; their current product range of equipment includes, large format scanners, HDRi, Visualisation, Survey and Computer Graphics. “We are very excited about being appointed as Mcor’s distributor for China. We believe that we can leverage our extensive experience in the Chinese market,” said Mr. Allan Valentin Hansen, MD from Saitu Graphic Equipments. “Mcor’s technology provides a top-quality output, colour accuracy, low cost of consumables and eco-friendliness, which gives competitive advantage over other 3D printers in this market.” "China is an important strategic market for Mcor because of its growing interest in 3D printing and rapid prototyping," said Dr Conor MacCormack, Mcor CEO and Co-founder. "It is therefore important that we select the right local partners. We have full confidence that together with Saitu we will be very successful in China." Saitu joins a growing number of companies who are taking advantage of Mcor’s recent partner initiative; Southern Educational Systems (SES) and Planting & Tetterode (a Staples company) have partnered with Mcor in the southeastern states of the US and Benelux. And with the imminent launch of their full colour 3D printer, the Mcor IRIS, Mcor are actively seeking channel partners worldwide. Adds Dr MacCormack, “Mcor is uniquely well positioned to take advantage of the fast growth in the 3D printing market because of our differentiated, low-cost, eco-friendly offering, and adding full colour adds another dimension to the possibilities. So we are actively looking for partners to help us roll out our product range globally.” Mcor will launch the Mcor IRIS at Euromold 2012 in Frankfurt, Germany, November 27-30, 2012.

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ModuleWorks and Exocad Sign Partnership Agreement 26 October 2012 ModuleWorks, the supplier of CAD/CAM components for 3-5-Axis toolpath generation and simulation have confirmed their partnership with dental industry CAD/CAM vendor, exocad GmbH.

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exocad GmbH provides advanced and complete CAD system for customized dental applications, targeted at the OEM market. With simplicity on the surface and power at its core, exocad® DentalCAD offers from work flow management to CAD construction including adequate preparation for production and is an integrated solution for the dental team (or laboratory). The latest addition to exocad is exocam, a fully featured, easy to use CAM solution for dental manufacturing supported by state-of-the-art ModuleWorks 3-5 Axis machining technology for fast and accurate toolpath generation. exocad join the growing list of more than 50 general and specialist CAD/CAM vendors who have selected ModuleWorks to provide machining and/or simulation technology for their CAD/CAM applications. Maik Gerth, exocad CTO comments, “We looked at different alternatives for tool path generation, including the 'make or buy' comparison, and it was a clear choice to integrate ModuleWorks technology, to quickly expand our 5-axis CAM product range.” Yavuz Murtezaoglu, Managing Director for ModuleWorks comments “We’re very pleased to have exocad as a partner for our dental applications framework. Our partnership highlights the benefits of ModuleWorks component technology, delivering industry proven technology in a short period of time.”

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North American Modelica Group Established with Support from Maplesoft 23 October 2012 Maplesoft is pleased to announce the founding of the North America Modelica Users’ Group, a tool-neutral organization founded to provide a forum for exchanging ideas, addressing modeling problems and promoting the North American perspective within the global Modelica Association. Established in Europe by a consortium of academic and commercial partners, Modelica is an open standard language for developing high-fidelity models of engineering systems. MapleSim, Maplesoft’s system-level modeling and simulation platform, is based on the Modelica language. Over the last few years, Modelica has spread extensively beyond Europe and is enjoying growing popularity in the United States and Canada. The North America Modelica Users’ Group has been established to address issues that are often prevalent – and sometimes unique – within North American industry and academia. Maplesoft’s support for the Modelica standard has grown over the years, culminating in the release of MapleSim in 2008. MapleSim allows a wide range of engineers to access the power of Modelica for

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developing simulations of multi-domain systems (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, etc). With the recent launch of MapleSim 6, many enhancements have been included to further support the use of Modelica. “We have watched Modelica grow from an academic initiative in the early days, to a major force in the engineering simulation world today,” said Jim Cooper, President and CEO of Maplesoft. “We are pleased to use our resources to support the growth of this standard in the US and Canada, and look forward to partnering with other Modelica enthusiasts in this initiative.” The organizing committee for the Group will include long-term advocates for the standard, academic and industrial users, as well as representatives from Maplesoft and other tool vendors. If you are a Modelica user, or you are considering Modelica for your physical modeling projects, and work in North America, you can register at http://na.modelica-users.org/.

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Events News AVEVA presents ’Managing the Future’ at SIA 2012 26 October 2012 AVEVA announced today that it is presenting and sponsoring at the 6th biennial conference of the Submarine Institute of Australia (SIA) in Canberra, Australia on 14-15 November 2012. Bruce Douglas, Senior Vice-President, EDS Strategy & Marketing, AVEVA, will present a paper on data management strategies for large capital projects 'Complex capital projects such as submarines require very advanced engineering technology and are a massive undertaking', explained Mr Douglas. 'To deliver such projects on budget and on schedule, organisations must have the vision to evolve with, and take full advantage of, today’s rapidly advancing technology and information management solutions. 'Over the last 45 years, AVEVA has pursued a technology strategy which continually increases capabilities while securing engineering data, enabling its continuing use through successive generations of computing technology. This paper will discuss the requirements for an Information Management strategy which is ‘future tolerant’ and essential to support long-term projects such as FSM.' In addition, AVEVA will sponsor the luncheon on 15 November. AVEVA will also host two additional seminars in Brisbane and Perth the following week, addressing AVEVA’s response to the requirements of the engineering industry and operators of complex assets.

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Camtech to Show Latest Edgecam at EuroMold 2012 22 October 2012 EuroMold 2012 is the venue for European mould and die manufacturers to see the latest significant developments in Edgecam software which generates reliable, accurate toolpaths and full machine simulation using solid geometry from any major CAD system. Camtech GmbH are demonstrating Edgecam 2013 R1 on Stand J11 in Hall 8, where the latest release features a brand new wire EDM function, providing an intuitive environment for the comprehensive programming of all wire EDM machine tools. It includes a comprehensive library of proven post-processors and knowledge-based cuttings schemes as standard. Users can select from one of the pre-defined machining strategies, such as “Unattended night runs” and “Attended day ruins.” Alternatively, they can easily define their own. In addition to the new wire EDM function, a number of enhancements give added value for all Edgecam users: The industry-leading Waveform Roughing cycle now has the ability to specify a pre-drilled hole as the approach type, ensuring a smoother transition into the material, reducing the cycle time even further. Toolpaths are now generated much faster thanks to a new 5-axis 64-bit machining engine running as a separate process, utilising multiple core technology. Background processing of milling cycles in the Mill-Turn environment is now available, meaning the user can carry on working while Edgecam calculates complex toolpaths. In Turning, the new Rough Profiling cycle removes material in a series of cuts parallel to the input profile, and is typically used for roughing free-form profiles from casting and forgings. It is also useful for cutting materials where it is beneficial to minimise re-entrant cutting as it keeps the tool in contact with the material for longer. The cycle includes intelligent stock entry and exit, as well as being stock-aware to eliminate air cuts and reduce cycle time, along with supporting controller tool offsets and including options to specify a range of different offsets. Further enhancements have been made to the Edgecam Simulator, enabling the simulation process to rewind to a previous position in the machining sequence. Another time-saving feature in the Profiling cycle is the new option to specify a chamfer or radius to break sharp corners, eliminating the need for deburring. Edgecam is a certified partner for Autodesk Inventor, and 2013 R1 contains a direct interface with Autodesk Vault 2013, allowing users to manage their Edgecam files in it. Work in progress can be

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tracked, and users can maintain version control over their individual jobs. Edgecam’s Vault menu gives direct access, and users can check part files in and out, and view the change history. When Edgecam files containing an Inventor model are checked out of the Vault and loaded into Edgecam, any recent changes to the Inventor model are recognised, flagging up the opportunity to update it ion the Edgecam part.

• Camtech GmbH won the Edgecam Outstanding Achievement Award at Vero Software’s Global Reseller Conference earlier this year. The award went to Camtech because of their 24% revenue growth; the fact that they are Europe's largest single Edgecam reseller, and gained an 18% growth in SMP sales.

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CimatronE's Die Design Solutions on Show at EuroBlech 23 October 2012 Cimatron Limited today announced that its integrated CimatronE CAD/CAM DieDesign solution will be profiled at the EuroBlech trade show to be held in Hanover, Germany from October 23-27, 2012. "In recent years, the CimatronE DieDesign solution has revolutionized the die making field, offering shops a massive 25-30% improvement in their overall productivity," said Mr. Dirk Dombert, Cimatron Group's country manager for Germany. "CimatronE has also become particularly renowned for its ability to handle all die types, no matter how complex, and to facilitate every aspect of the production process, from quoting and design right through to machining and wire EDM." Among the praise for CimatronE DieDesign is the following from Wolfgang Faul, Director of Design & Tooling at German tool shop Saxonia-Franke: "We were looking for a die design solution and CimatronE came highly recommended to us by others in the industry. CimatronE enabled us to work quickly and accurately and perform many functions that other programs simply didn't have." Key features of CimatronE DieDesign include:

• DieQuote generation - rapid quote generation by automatically retrieving information from the CimatronE strip design and merging it with cost information set by the user. Includes a database for storing and retrieving detailed customer information, including previous quotes.

• Die design - reliable data import from a large variety of standard and native formats; blank design and forming with automated blank calculation, springback compensation and finite element analysis tools; a dedicated strip design environment; die tool design with applicative tools for creating trimming and forming punches; a wide variety of catalog parts; collision detection and motion analysis; and drafting.

• NC and Wire EDM programming - built-in CAD functionality; background toolpath

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calculations; efficient roughing; high quality finishing; full 5-axis capabilities; plate machining and drilling; a rich library of post-processors; and NC Setup and tool table reports.

"I invite delegates to EuroBlech to visit our booth and see for themselves why CimatronE has become the solution of choice for so many die shops across Europe and worldwide," said Mr. Dombert. The Cimatron display at EuroBlech will be at booth #12/A09. For further information on CimatronE, visit http://www.cimatrone.com.

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Delcam for SolidWorks 2013 on Show at SolidWorks World 26 October 2012 Delcam will demonstrate the 2013 version of Delcam for SolidWorks, the integrated CAM system for SolidWorks, on booth 605 at SolidWorks World in Florida from 20th to 23rd January. Even though Delcam for SolidWorks is proving increasingly popular with SolidWorks users, Delcam is still keen to recruit more SolidWorks resellers for its distribution network. The 2013 release of Delcam for SolidWorks includes a new entry-level 3D milling option, plus many of the enhancements made to the 2013 version of the FeatureCAM feature-based programming system on which it is based. As a Gold Partner CAM product, it is, of course, fully compatible with the latest release of SolidWorks. Full details are available on the learning zone at www.delcam.tv/dfs2013/lz. The new entry-level 3D option includes all the 2D and 2.5D strategies available in Delcam for SolidWorks, plus the 3D single-surface strategies for Z-level roughing, with either offset or raster, and finishing with raster, isoline or spiral. It is intended mainly as an introductory level program for companies new to 3D machining but will also be useful for users that only have an occasional need for 3D capabilities or that only machine softer materials. A number of new strategies have been added to the high-speed machining module in Delcam for SolidWorks. Step cutting has been added within area clearance to remove large terraces that can be left on the part when using deeper roughing cuts. Extra toolpaths can now be generated that step back up the terrace with the existing large tool, adding extra cuts at intermediate levels. This results in more material being removed, using the same tool within the same toolpath. Automatic splitting of finishing between steep and shallow areas of the part has been enhanced with the ability to use the scallop height to control the stepover. Using this value rather than setting a constant stepover distance gives better control of the surface finish.

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Both roughing and finishing strategies now incorporate an “area filter” to remove small enclosed pockets within the part from the toolpath. Any attempt to cut these areas risks damage to the tool, even though it is mathematically possible to remove the material. Delcam for SolidWorks now gives the option of using bottom-up machining for Z-level finishing as well as the conventional top-down approach. This can be useful when using a ball-nose end mill as it avoids cutting with the centre of the tool and so gives a better surface finish and longer tool life. New five-axis strategies available in Delcam for SolidWorks 2013 include flowline machining between two curves, pencil machining and corner re-machining. These options for simultaneous five-axis machining allow a better surface finish to be achieved as well as ensuring access to more areas within the part in a single set-up. New options have also been added to give smoother five-axis machining. A new look-ahead capability will remove any sudden tool-axis changes during automatic collision avoidance and, instead, ensure that a smooth transition takes place. In addition, the ability to smooth the Azimuth and Elevation axes independently is now available, allowing excessive five-axis movement to be removed. These options stabilise the rotary axis movement by maintaining a fixed tool axis as far as possible, thus replacing constant five-axis movement with a series of 3+2-axis segments having full five-axis transitions between them. Enhancements have also been made to the turning and mill-turn modules within Delcam for SolidWorks. In particular, support is now available for simultaneous b-axis turning for more complex turning operations. This allows more positioning options to be used for a single tool, so minimising tool changes and the associated dwell marks or surface blends. Delcam for SolidWorks combines the benefits associated with Delcam’s PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM systems. It is based on Delcam’s proven machining algorithms that are already used by more than 35,000 customers around the world. The software offers PowerMILL’s exceptional speed of toolpath calculation, plus the advanced strategies for high-speed and five-axis machining, to ensure increased productivity, maximum tool life and immaculate surface finish, even when cutting the hardest, most challenging materials. At the same time, Delcam for SolidWorks has the same strong focus on ease of use as FeatureCAM, including all of the knowledge-based automation that makes that system so consistent and reliable. Delcam for SolidWorks is fully integrated into the SolidWorks environment so that the program looks and behaves like SolidWorks. It offers full associativity so that any changes in the CAD model are reflected automatically in the toolpaths. However, this associativity is more intelligent than that offered in many other integrated CAM systems. Delcam for SolidWorks doesn’t simply modify the existing toolpaths but also reviews the choice of cutting tools and machining strategies, and changes them if necessary.

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Delcam Thailand to Show Latest CAM Developments in Bangkok 25 October 22012 Delcam Thailand will demonstrate the latest developments in Delcam’s complete range of CAM software at the Metalex exhibition to be held in Bangkok from 21st to 24th November. Programs on show will include PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining; FeatureCAM for quick and easy feature-based CAM programming; PartMaker for turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes; the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated CAM system; and ArtCAM for artistic applications. The most important new option in the 2013 release of PowerMILL will be the new Vortex strategy for high-speed area clearance. Vortex, for which Delcam has a patent pending, has been developed by the company specifically to gain the maximum benefit from solid carbide tooling, in particular those designs that can give deeper cuts by using the full flute length as the cutting surface. It can be used for two- and three-axis roughing, three-plus-two-axis area clearance and for rest machining based on stock models or reference toolpaths. Like other Delcam roughing strategies, Vortex toolpaths are calculated to give more efficient machining by following the shape of the part and so keeping air moves to a minimum. The main change to the 2013 FeatureCAM product family has been the introduction of three levels of 3D machining functionality. FeatureMILL 3D Lite is a new option offering single-surface machining with a basic range of strategies that provides an introductory product for companies moving into 3D machining for the first time. PartMaker pioneered the field of CAM software for multi-axis turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes. The software offers a vast array of robust post-processors and machine-simulation files for virtually every machine model from all the leading builders. The 2013 version will feature a totally revamped surface-machining module offering PartMaker users some of the most powerful CAM machining algorithms on the market today for a variety of manufacturing platforms, including turn-mill centres, bar-fed mills and Swiss-type lathes. Delcam for SolidWorks is a fully integrated CAM system for SolidWorks that combines the benefits associated with PowerMILL and FeatureCAM. It provides PowerMILL’s exceptional speed of toolpath calculation, plus the advanced strategies for high-speed and five-axis machining, to ensure increased productivity, maximum tool life and immaculate surface finish, while also offering the same strong focus on ease of use as FeatureCAM. The 2013 release includes a new entry-level 3D milling option, plus many of the enhancements made to the 2013 version of FeatureCAM on which it is based. As a Gold Partner CAM product, it is, of course, fully compatible with the latest release of SolidWorks. The new release of ArtCAM Pro will make it much easier to create complex designs, especially those that include repeated elements that are similar but not identical within the design. This new way of working, which is called ‘Free Relief Modelling’, allows previously-created reliefs to be identified and swiftly moved, rotated, rescaled and copied, either individually or as part of a group. The overall result

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is much more natural than simply duplicating a single shape across the design, while also being much quicker than modelling each item individually.

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Jotne and Lockheed Martin to Host Seminar on New Technologies for Engineering Data Interoperability 26 October 2012 Jotne Group and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will conduct a seminar on Nov. 28, on the subject of “Inspiring Interoperability of Information". The seminar will help companies comply with the ISO standards for data exchange and sharing of engineering and logistics support data. The seminar will be open to the public with seating on a first-come, first-served basis and registration is at http://www.jotne.com/simdm which includes the agenda and related documentation. Jotne and Lockheed Martin will present information about the technology requirements for complying with the new ISO standards and will also provide an overview of tools and information available to assist with compliance. More specifically Jotne will showcase its new technology "Open Simulation Data Management" (Open SimDM), a joint development between Jotne and Lockheed Martin that enables support for the ISO STEP and PLCS standards with a focus on integrated PLM, CAD and Engineering Analysis (FEM) information. The long term archiving of such data will also be addressed by Open SimDM. In addition, case studies from the F-35 Fighter FACO program, Norwegian Oil and Gas projects and the Building sector will be presented. The U.S. based company Kiewit Corporation, one of the largest and most respected construction organizations in North America, will also present their strategy for using the open standards. The seminar also covers frequently asked questions about the standards and technology requirements. This event will be held in Oslo, Norway, at the Oslo Military Society conference facilities. For additional information about the seminar, contact simdm@jotne.com or 720-988-8926 in North America and (+47) 23 17 17 00 for the rest of the world.

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Omnix International to Host Middle East’s largest CAD event ‘Autodesk University Extension Dubai

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2012’ 22 October 2012 Omnix International, the authorized distributor for Autodesk products in Middle East, has announced that it will be hosting the Middle East’s largest CAD event, ‘Autodesk University (AU) Extension Dubai 2012’, which will be held on December 6, 2012 at the Sheikh Maktoum Hall of the Dubai World Trade Centre. ‘AU Extension Dubai 2012’ is part of the Autodesk University program, an annual series of Autodesk in-person and virtual user conferences that also includes the flagship Autodesk University event in Las Vegas. The event is expected to attract the participation of 500 top design professionals using CAD solutions in engineering, construction, architecture, animation, manufacturing and infrastructure industries. During this first-of-its-kind event in the Middle East, participants will have the opportunity to further maximise their investment in Autodesk technology, which includes how to step up their design skills and learn key tips and tricks to help enhance productivity. Omnix International is bringing this international learning and networking event for every highly-motivated Autodesk product users and managers from all industries in the Middle East. During the event, designers will be able to see the latest Autodesk products; learn productivity tricks and tools that are being utilized by their counterparts in the West; listen to engaging talks and presentations made by technology leaders who already have one foot in the future. ‘AU Extension Dubai 2012’ will cover timely and important topics like 2D & 3D technologies and product lifecycle management. “Autodesk’s wide range of design software products has become highly preferred across Middle East designers from various industries. With this in mind, we are proud to announce that we will be hosting the region’s first and also largest CAD event, ‘Autodesk University Extension Dubai 2012.’ This event will give design professionals the opportunity to sharpen their design skills, keep abreast of the latest technology trends and meet new business contacts. ‘AU Extension Dubai 2012’ is even made more exciting with the presence of known Autodesk experts who will be on hand to teach participants on how to make the most out of the Autodesk software they are using,” said Dr. Jayant Deshpande, Director CAE Division, Omnix International. The Dubai event will feature talks and presentations given by key Autodesk speakers that include Lynn Allen, Autodesk Evangelist; Roland Klement, Technical Sales Engineer-Civil; Neil Brooker, EMEA AEC/ENI Technical Specialists Manager; Ishwar Nagwani, Senior Analyst, Autodesk India and Ralph Pullinger, Structural Technical Specialist. ‘AU Extension Dubai 2012’ complements the decades of success earned by the unique learning and networking series from Autodesk. Aside from enjoying strong presence in the US, the Autodesk University series is being held across different parts of the world like Autodesk University China, Autodesk University Japan, Autodesk University Brazil, Autodesk University Germany, Autodesk University Russia as well as associated online content available through Autodesk University Virtual. Interested participants can learn more about the event and how to register by visiting the Omnix / ‘AU Extension Dubai 2012’ website at autodesk-university-extension.omnix.ae

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Financial News 3D Systems Reports Third Quarter Results 25 October 2012 3D Systems Corporation announced today non-GAAP adjusted earnings of 32 cents per share for the third quarter of 2012 and GAAP earnings of 24 cents per share. Revenue increased to $90.5 million, a 57% increase, over the third quarter of 2011, on 26% organic growth. The company reported growth from all its revenue categories, led by printer revenue on a 123% increase in printer units sold, excluding Cube® printer units. Backlog at the end of the quarter amounted to $9.3 million on continued across the board strong demand. For the third quarter, gross profit grew 69% on higher revenue and gross profit margin expansion of 350 basis points over the 2011 quarter to 51.8%, driven by printers and materials gross profit margin improvement. The company reported that its third quarter non-GAAP adjusted net income rose 99% to $18.2 million, compared to the 2011 quarter, resulting in earnings per share of $0.32 and GAAP net income of $13.5 million, resulting in $0.24 earnings per share. Notwithstanding higher costs from recent acquisitions and strategic R&D investments, the company raised its annual guidance for the full year 2012, expecting its revenue to be in the range of $345 million to $365 million and its non-GAAP adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $1.20 to $1.30. The company reported non-GAAP measures that adjust net income and earnings per share by excluding the impact of amortization of intangibles, non-cash interest expense, non-recurring acquisition expenses, litigation settlements, loss on conversion of notes, stock-based compensation and any release of the valuation allowance on deferred tax assets. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the accompanying schedule. The company generated $44.0 million of cash from operations in the first nine months of 2012, and ended the third quarter of 2012 with $183.9 million of available cash, after incurring a $9.5 million increase in its operating expenses driven primarily by increased sales marketing and acquisitions costs. The increase included $1.7 million of higher R&D expenditures in support of its expanded portfolio. “We are very pleased to report another outstanding quarter driven by doubling printer units sales,” said Abe Reichental, 3D Systems’ President and Chief Executive Officer. “We believe that our record revenue and earnings growth, amidst expected seasonal weakness, reflects the potency of our diversified portfolio and business model.” For the entire news release, please read the PDF version here.

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Accelrys to Announce Third Quarter 2012 Results 22 October 2012 Accelrys, Inc. announced it will report financial results for its 2012 third quarter ended September 30, 2012, after the NASDAQ Market closes on Tuesday, October 30, 2012. The Company will conduct a conference call and an audio webcast at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) on the same day. Conference Call Information Domestic callers: 866-309-0459 International callers: +1-937-999-3232 Passcode: 52587820 Webcast information: http://ir.accelrys.com/ The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). A replay of the conference call, which can be accessed by dialing toll-free 855-859-2056 and outside the U.S. +1 404-537-3406, will be available beginning 5:00 p.m. PT (8:00 p.m. ET) on October 30, 2012 through 8:59 p.m. PT (11:59 p.m. ET) on December 30, 2012. The access code for the replay is 52587820

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Atos: Third Quarter 2012 25 October 2012 Highlights:

• Order entry up +23 per cent; Book to bill ratio: 116 per cent • Strong backlog: EUR 15.3 billion, 1.7 years of revenue • Revenue: EUR 2,181 million (+0.2 per cent); +1.0 per cent year-to-date • Free cash flow: EUR 32 million • Net cash further improved at EUR 112 million

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Atos today announced its revenue for the third quarter of 2012. Order entry was EUR 2,532 million, up +23 per cent year-on-year, leading to a book to bill ratio of 116 per cent. Revenue was EUR 2,181 million, representing an organic growth of +0.2 per cent compared to the third quarter of 2011.Free cash flow was EUR 32 million, leading to net cash increasing to EUR 112 million at the end of September 2012. For the first nine months of 2012, book to bill ratio was 114 per cent and revenue reached EUR 6,547 million, up +1.0 per cent year-on-year. Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO, said: “In the third quarter, we have achieved a very strong order entry with new large deals signed in the UK, Germany and Scandinavia, despite a challenging economic environment for cyclical activities. Together with the major wins signed in the first half of 2012, this will contribute to secure our 2013 targets. We also continued to focus on the execution of our transformation and integration programs. Finally, we confirm all our 2012 objectives.” “The achievements of the last quarter confirm the strength of the Atos’ specific business model implemented over the past few years, and particularly well suited to the current environment with 77 per cent recurrent revenue and a very competitive positioning on the large outsourcing and cloud opportunities.” To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://atos.net/en-us/Newsroom/en-us/Press_Releases/2012/2012_10_25_01.htm

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Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2012 Financial Results 24 October 2012 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2012. Cadence reported third quarter 2012 revenue of $339 million, compared to revenue of $292 million reported for the same period in 2011. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized net income of $59 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, including $15 million in acquisition-related income tax benefit, in the third quarter of 2012, compared to net income of $28 million, or $0.10 per share on a diluted basis in the same period in 2011. Using Cadence’s non-GAAP measure, net income in the third quarter of 2012 was $59 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to net income of $37 million, or $0.14 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period in 2011. “Demand for our technology was strong across the board in Q3, with ongoing strength in emulation and

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increasing demand for verification solutions,” said Lip-Bu Tan, president and chief executive officer. “We continue to extend our technology leadership at advanced nodes and expand our design and verification IP business.” “Results for all key operating metrics exceeded expectations for Q3 as the entire Cadence team continues to execute,” added Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer. To view Q3 2012 Financial Schedules, visit: http://www.cadence.com/rl/Resources/financial_reports/3Q12_Earnings_Tables-rhfod79349.pdf

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Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Q3 and Upgrades Q4 and Full Year 2012 Financial Objectives 25 October 2012 Dassault Systèmes today reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2012. These results were reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on October 24, 2012. Summary Highlights (unaudited)

• Q3 non-IFRS software revenue up 10% in constant currencies and non-IFRS EPS up 16% • Year-to-date, software and total revenue up 10% in constant currencies, EPS up 15% • Year-to-date, net operating cash flow up 23% to €469 million • Upgrades FY 2012 Revenue objective: €2.02 - €2.03 billion, +9-10% at constant currencies vs.

FY 2011 and EPS objective: €3.30 - €3.35, +13-15% vs. FY 2011 “2012 represents the beginning of a new horizon for Dassault Systèmes as we look to our next decade of growth with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform,” commented Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes President and Chief Executive Officer. “Responding to the demand of our customers, we are developing new industry-specific solutions, based on our V6 architecture. Well attuned with our clients’ critical processes, these solutions bring customers the significant values of simplification and integration at both the enterprise and end-user level. Moreover, they will benefit rapidly from all the potential of our Industry Solutions Experience, which are providing them with measurable advantages and a quick return on investment. “Finally, as our results to date in 2012 demonstrate, we have made important investments to support our industry solutions, while also delivering a good financial performance, thanks to our 10,000 high-talented employees working closely with our large and fast-growing network of partners.”

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To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://a2.media.3ds.com/fileadmin/COMPANY/FINANCE/PDF/12Q3/2012%20Q3-PR-Earnings%20English_FINAL.pdf

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EMC Reports Third-Quarter 2012 Financial Results 24 October 2012 THIRD-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS:

• Consolidated revenue up 6% year over year • GAAP net income up 3% year over year; GAAP EPS up 4% • Non-GAAP net income up 7% year over year; Non-GAAP EPS up 8% • Operating cash flow up 12% year over year; Free cash flow up 16%

EMC Corporation today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2012, highlighted by record third-quarter consolidated revenue, net income and EPS. Third-quarter consolidated revenue was $5.28 billion, an increase of 6% compared with the year-ago quarter. Third-quarter GAAP net income attributable to EMC increased 3% year over year to $626 million. Third-quarter GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share increased 4% year over year to $0.28. Non-GAAP1 net income attributable to EMC for the third quarter was $881 million, an increase of 7% compared with the year-ago quarter. Third-quarter non-GAAP1 earnings per weighted average diluted share were $0.40, an increase of 8% year over year. During the third quarter, EMC generated operating cash flow of $1.44 billion and free cash flow2 of $1.14 billion, a year-over-year increase of 12% and 16%, respectively. Additionally, the company ended the quarter with $10.6 billion in cash and investments. Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “EMC’s third-quarter revenue and profit growth reflect the resiliency of our business in a more uncertain global economic environment. We remain very well positioned to capitalize on — and drive — the transformative trends of cloud computing, Big Data and trusted IT. These major waves of change in IT become increasingly more important to customers and partners as they navigate through a cyclical slowdown, look to gain maximum value from their investments, and focus on their longer-term IT and business transformations.” David Goulden, EMC President and Chief Operating Officer, said, “For the third quarter, EMC’s business continued to grow faster than overall IT spending growth and we gained market share in what turned out to be a more cautionary environment than we expected heading into the quarter. We remain

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extremely confident in our strategy, best-of-breed product portfolio and solid operational and financial model. Going forward, we fully believe that EMC will continue to grow faster than our addressable markets and take share, reinvest for the future, and deliver earnings leverage for shareholders.” THIRD-QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS In the third quarter, revenue from EMC’s networked storage platforms portfolio3, which includes EMC’s high-end and mid-tier storage platform products, grew 2% year over year. Revenue from EMC’s high-end Symmetrix storage product portfolio, which includes the company’s VMAX systems family, increased 5% compared with the year-ago quarter. Revenue from the company’s portfolio of mid-tier storage products4 was flat year over year. Other third-quarter highlights included continued customer demand for EMC’s Isilon scale-out NAS products and the company’s Backup Recovery Systems (BRS) portfolio. Adoption of EMC’s VSPEX reference architecture solutions also gained momentum and popularity among customers and with partners who have sold more than 300 VSPEX solutions since their launch in April 2012. Customers also continued to increasingly turn to EMC’s Greenplum product portfolio to gain insight and value from Big Data. Revenue from EMC’s RSA Information Security business increased 6% year over year, driven by continued customer requirements for trusted IT solutions. VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, grew revenue 20% year over year. Additionally, EMC continued to experience solid demand for its broad portfolio of services to help customers accelerate their transition to cloud architectures and transform IT. Finally, VCE, formed by Cisco and EMC with investments from VMware and Intel, continued to gain traction in enterprise data centers and cloud service providers globally as demand for Vblock systems showed strong growth in the third quarter. EMC’s consolidated third-quarter revenue from the United States increased 8% year over year to $2.9 billion, representing 55% of consolidated third-quarter revenue. Revenue from EMC’s business operations outside of the United States increased 4% year over year to $2.4 billion and represented 45% of consolidated third-quarter revenue. To read an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20121024-earnings.htm

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Lectra: First Nine Months of 2012: Revenues and Income Ahead of Company Expectations 25 October 2012 Lectra’s Board of Directors, chaired by André Harari, reviewed the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the third quarter and first nine months of 2012. (Unless stated otherwise, comparisons between 2012 and 2011 are like-for-like.)

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Q3 2012: Orders for New Software Licenses and CAD/CAM Equipment Still Slowed by Persistently Weakened Economic Conditions, while Recurring Revenues Increase Since the beginning of the year, macroeconomic conditions have not improved and have even shown signs of worsening from the second quarter onward. Against this background, purchasing decisions remained on hold in Q3, with orders for new software licenses and CAD/CAM equipment down 12% compared with Q3 2011, to €19.5 million. Revenues (€47.9 million) were down 11% (–7% at actual exchange rates). Revenues from new systems sales (€18.9 million) were down 26% while recurring revenues (€29 million) have increased at a greater rate, from 2% in H1 to 4%, thanks to a 5% increase in revenues from recurring contracts (€17.2 million) and to a 2% increase in revenues from spare parts and consumables (€11.4 million).Income from operations (€5.4 million) was down €4.4 million (–50%) and the operating margin (11.2%) by 7.6 percentage points. At actual exchange rates, income from operations was down €3.4 million (-39%) and the operating margin decreased by 6 percentage points. Net income (€3.8 million) was down €2 million (–35%) at actual exchange rates. To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.lectra.com/binaries/Lectra_PressRelease_Q32012_tcm31-210137.pdf

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SAP Announces Record Third Quarter Results Exceeds €1 Billion in Third Quarter Software Revenue 24 October 2012 SAP AG today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2012. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER SAP delivered double-digit growth in the third quarter. SAP had a strong performance in the Americas and solid double digit growth in APJ. SAP performed well in EMEA compared to the tremendous performance in EMEA last year. Demand for SAP’s new innovation categories continued across all regions. SAP HANA revenue was €83 million, putting the company on track to meet full-year expectations of at least €320 million. Mobile revenue was €48 million which keeps SAP on track to meet full-year expectations of €220 million. SAP’s cloud momentum continued in the third quarter: 12 months new and upsell subscription billings increased fourteenfold. Even when including SuccessFactors in SAP’s 2011 numbers the growth is triple digit at 116%1. For SuccessFactors on a stand-alone basis, 12 month new and upsell subscription billings grew 92%. Non-IFRS cloud subscription and support revenue increased twentyfold to €80 million. SAP’s core business also saw solid growth. Key industries such as retail, health sciences, manufacturing and energy as well as continued expansion of sales through SAP partners also contributed to the third quarter results.

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“Our innovation strategy continues to deliver world-class value and market leading performance,” said Bill McDermott and Jim Hagemann Snabe, Co-CEOs. “With SAP, businesses are innovating, achieving operational excellence and driving growth. We are proud of our relentless customer focus and confident that we’ll continue to outperform the competition.” “I am pleased with SAP’s overall performance in the third quarter. This is the 11th consecutive quarter of double-digit non-IFRS software and software related service revenue growth for SAP,” said Werner Brandt, CFO. “We continued to invest in our cloud business in the third quarter. We remain focused on operating discipline and remain confident in our full-year outlook.” To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.sap.com/news-reader/index.epx?category=ALL&articleID=19792&searchmode=C&page=1&pageSize=10

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Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Financial Results 22 October 2012 Stratasys, Inc. announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 and hold a conference call with investors on Friday, November 2, 2012. The Company plans to hold the conference call to discuss its third quarter financial results on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys Web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab; or directly at the following web address: http://www.media-server.com/m/p/jg9sb7ze. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 866-203-3206 and the international dial-in is 617-213-8848. The access code is 41990330. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register. The webcast will be available for 90 days on the "Investors" page of the Stratasys Web site or by accessing the provided web address.

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Tata Consultancy Services: Growth from all Markets and Industries Highlights Q2 Performance 19 October 2012

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Tata Consultancy Services reported its consolidated financial results according to IFRS for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Highlights for Quarter Ended September 30, 2012

• Operating Income at $ 763 million; Growth of 11.5 % Y-o-Y and 1.7 % Q-o-Q • Operating Margin at 26.8% • Dividend per share of ` 3 • Earnings Per Share at $ 0.33 • Gross Addition of 18,654 Employees (Net addition: 10,531) • Lowest Attrition Rate in last 10 quarters: 11.4% (IT + BPO) • Utilisation rates at 81.6% (excluding trainees) • 41 New Clients added

Commenting on the Q2 performance, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, N Chandrasekaran said: “We have delivered a strong performance with well-rounded growth across industries and geographies. Our execution excellence is winning recognition and our service offerings remain relevant for customers. He added: “As the global operating environment continues to evolve, there is little doubt that technology is playing a more pivotal role to shape the future of every industry than ever before. Our investments and capabilities make TCS extremely relevant to participate in imagining and co-creating this future with our customers.” S. Mahalingam, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, said: “In the current operating context, it is important for us to remain efficient, keep a healthy grip on expenses, conserve cash and at the same time invest for the future. In this quarter, TCS has posted a credible margin performance at the operating level and we have also expanded our net margins by managing the ongoing currency volatility“. He added: “We will continue to focus on maintaining our strategy of profitable growth to maintain margins to ensure we can invest on an ongoing basis as technology adoption cycles continue to get shorter.” New CFO to take over in February 2013: TCS announced that Rajesh Gopinathan, vice president, business finance will take over as the next Chief Financial Officer of the company when S Mahalingam retires on February 9, 2013. He has been appointed Deputy CFO effective today. Rajesh has been with TCS since 2001 when he joined from the Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG). He currently heads the Business Finance function responsible for financial management of the company’s operating units. He has held several positions in finance, strategy and sales during his career with the company and worked in multiple geographies. He is an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad and an engineer from REC (Trichy). Operational Performance:

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Growth in Q2 was very broad-based and seen across all industry segments led by Manufacturing, Retail, Telecom and BFSI. There was balanced growth across all service lines with new services like Infrastructure growing in double digits. All markets grew; major markets were led by UK and Europe while growth markets like India, APAC, Latin America and Middle East performed well. Key Wins

• Won a managed services contract with the largest US-based electronic retailer for total infrastructure services across USA, Canada and Mexico

• Selected by a leading European retailer to manage their Application portfolio across UK and Continental Europe.

• Selected by a UK telecom service provider for providing managed services support across infrastructure, application systems and business processes in a multi-year deal.

• Awarded a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract with an European Government Department. • Selected for a multi-year, multi-million dollar transformation deal for a large North American

insurance and financial services firm to provide consulting and system integration services for policy administration system implementation.

• Selected as a Strategic Partner by a large US multinational financial services corporation to provide Financial Services expertise and Global IT delivery capability.

• Chosen as the strategic partner by an Australian Bank, to transform their core systems, enhance customer engagement and go-to-market capabilities.

• Awarded by a global leader in gas exploration a multi-million, multi-year deal to provide consulting, application management and service integration for their core business processes.

• Chosen by a Telecom Operator from ASEAN region as its transformation partner for BSS Implementation & Integration Services.

To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.tcs.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Investors/Presentations/TCS_PressRelease_IFRS_USD_Q2_13.pdf

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Implementation Investments AECOM Saves $850,000 Using ProjectWise for Work Sharing and Engineering Content Management 25 October 2012 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that AECOM Technology Corporation, a global provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients, has

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selected Bentley’s ProjectWise for the cloud-based engineering content management of its Texas State Highway (SH) 161 Phase 4 project. The ProjectWise system of collaboration servers and services provides industry-proven work sharing, content reuse, and dynamic review capabilities that are essential to leveraging information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing, intelligent infrastructure. The $416 million design/build project completes a 6.5-mile link in the loop around Dallas-Fort Worth, managed by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). AECOM was challenged to complete the major design elements within 15 months. With the project office in Grand Prairie, Texas, and team members distributed across 22 locations in seven U.S. states, AECOM implemented ProjectWise Online to provide project team members, regardless of their location, with a single, secure environment to create high-quality design documents. ProjectWise enabled AECOM to increase quality, create documents that were 95 percent compliant with its client’s CAD standards, and reduce risk, saving NTTA $850,000 in costs associated with information, workspaces, and standards management as well as quality-control review. AECOM Chief Technology Officer Jim Walsh said, “The tremendous success of this project could not have been accomplished without the use of ProjectWise. This secure work-sharing environment reduces our business risk by ensuring the right people have access to the right information at the right time. This means decisions aren’t being made based on the wrong data, resulting in fewer change orders and their associated costs in time and money.” To deliver the SH 161 Phase 4 project on time, AECOM created a team of 12 sub-consultants and 300 colleagues located throughout the United States. Fostering communication and collaborative workflows was the key to successful project completion, but AECOM also needed an integrated design approach with one quality control system to coordinate so many firms, project team members, and offices. AECOM recommended that a cloud-based solution be implemented and selected ProjectWise Online based on the firm’s broad experience with this software on other projects. ProjectWise Online provided the team with a reliable and secure environment accessible by team members whether they were working from a home, sub-consultant, or main project office. The ProjectWise servers and services managed by Bentley allowed users to easily find, update, and share engineering content, including CAD documents, project data, PDF files, spreadsheets, and other office documents, without being slowed down by firewall, network, or FTP issues. The core component of the system was the ProjectWise Integration Server, which federates all project data regardless of storage location. Caching servers distributed files locally for fast access. “The ability of the contractor to request a change in the field, have our project office staff upload comments to ProjectWise, and have anyone, anywhere update information as needed has really helped accomplish quick turnarounds on items for the contractor,” said Brian Dodson, P.E., AECOM’s design manager for the project. “Moreover, the ProjectWise customized workspace eliminated the need for multiple CAD managers to manage separate CAD standards in each office. As a result, staff members from all offices were able to focus on the final deliverable rather than on whether it had the latest CAD standards in place. This capability alone saved the project $250,000.”

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In addition, based on the results from the 10 early milestone packages conducted in the project office, AECOM found that the decision to employ ProjectWise and eliminate travel for design review meetings saved the project approximately $600,000. The techniques implemented on this project will allow this crucial piece of infrastructure to be ready for the Dallas-Fort Worth area on time. “As a longtime user of ProjectWise on many of its projects, AECOM has benefited from the advantages this system provides in work sharing, content reuse, and dynamic review in a secure, trusted environment,” said Huw Roberts, Bentley vice president, core marketing. “But for this project, the firm needed to reduce costs and implementation time, so we were glad to offer this as an online service, eliminating the administrative costs of hosting and managing files.”

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Anglo American Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation 25 October 2012 Anglo American, a copper producer in Chile, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation to support the information management handover process for its Los Bronces Development Project, an open-pit mine estimated to increase the operation's production capacity to an average of 400,000 tons of fine copper annually. Anglo American joins hundreds of companies that have implemented SmartPlant Foundation, the information management solution for the mining, process, power and marine offshore industries. Anglo American sought to optimize its present project/plant information management systems handover strategy to reduce risks in all areas of its business. Pixis Ltda., the exclusive distributor of Intergraph solutions in Chile and Peru since 1996, is working closely with Anglo American on the project. For more information, visit www.pixis.cl. Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "SmartPlant Foundation provides Anglo American the technology and capabilities of the industry-standard solution for information management, used by engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies and owner operators globally. The implementation of SmartPlant Foundation at Los Bronces Development Project gives Anglo American fast, easy and intuitive access to engineering documentation, allowing it to execute projects and operate safer while increasing quality and productivity." SmartPlant Foundation is a standards-based capital Project Lifecycle Management (cPLM) solution for the process, power and marine industries. It has been selected as the information management and integration system of choice by hundreds of EPC organizations and owner operators worldwide in projects both large and small.

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SmartPlant Foundation has a broad solution footprint in the industry with capabilities that span the entire project life cycle, ranging from simple document management to configuration management in highly regarded industries. Its forte is the ability to manage massively interrelated, interdependent and rapidly evolving data that is the backbone of SmartPlant Enterprise, Intergraph's multi-discipline integrated engineering suite, as well as being the platform for integrated applications such as SmartPlant Construction and SmartPlant Enterprise for Owner Operators.

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Copper Producer Standardizes on EMC Solution to Manage Engineering Content and Process Flow 23 October 2012 EMC Corporation today announced that Chilean state-own Codelco has implemented EMC® Documentum® Engineering, Plant, and Facilities Management solution (EPFM) to securely access, manage, share, and transmit mission-critical engineering content across the organization and its global network of suppliers. By standardizing on EPFM, Codelco has increased operational efficiencies and enhanced collaboration while minimizing risks. CUSTOMER BENEFITS:

• Enhanced Collaboration — Centralized information management infrastructure enables Codelco to securely access the most up-to-date construction site information and engineering files – boosting document retrieval time from 10 hours to 10 minutes and enhancing the exchange of information across the organization and with external suppliers.

• Increased Efficiencies — With EPFM, Codelco improved transmittal process and streamlined operational efficiencies by automating core business processes. Time-sensitive documents are now routed electronically through pre-built workflows, reducing the review and approval process from days to hours.

• Improved Business Agility — EPFM enables Codelco to support thousands of users, establish best practices and ensure on-time project delivery through a repeatable, industry-based and fully configurable solution.

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: As a top copper producer, Codelco manufactures approximately 1.6 million tons of fine copper per year and holds 20% of the world’s copper reserve. With 18,000 employees and an aggressive copper mine expansion strategy, Codelco needed a centralized information management solution to better manage complex design, engineering and construction projects; boost the efficiency in existing mines and ensure on-time project delivery while meeting compliance with relevant environmental, health and safety regulations. Codelco also needed to ensure that information management best practices could be re-issued time and time again as they expanded operations. Codelco turned to EMC and selected EPFM for its easy deployment and low total cost of ownership. With EPFM, Codelco has improved operational efficiencies, and achieved greater collaboration across

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the enterprise and with external suppliers by providing secure access to project-related information and automating core business processes. In addition, Codelco eliminated the risk of misfiling or losing project data while reducing time to retrieve critical engineering documents from hours down to minutes. Eugenio Gómez, Technology Platform Director, Projects Vice-Presidency, Codelco: “During large engineering and construction projects, it is critical to have immediate access to project and engineering information as individuals across the globe - employees, subcontractors and vendors - must collaborate on the creation, review and approval of a wide variety of project and engineering documentation. With Documentum EPFM, we are securely and effectively creating, sharing, maintaining large volumes of engineering-related content that is critical to the entire asset management lifecycle. As a result, we have streamlined approval and transmittal processes, enhanced collaboration, gained user acceptance and developed best practices.”

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Hitachi Power Europe Chooses Intergraph® SmartPlant® 3D to Improve Productivity and Collaboration in Future Design Projects 24 October 2012 Hitachi Power Europe has selected SmartPlant® 3D for its future design and construction projects to further strengthen its excellent position in the global market through improved productivity and intelligent collaboration. The first projects to be delivered with the new solution are planned for autumn this year. As a market and technology leader in the energy sector, Hitachi Power Europe relies on innovative and integrated software to support its projects around the globe. After a thorough benchmark period, Hitachi Power Europe chose SmartPlant 3D as its design tool for future projects, which will start with a planned implementation of the integration platform SmartPlant Foundation. Hitachi Power Europe chose SmartPlant 3D to ensure enhanced collaboration, to increase productivity and to have a consistent impact through the whole plant life cycle. The improved collaboration with other Hitachi sites (like Babcock-Hitachi K.K.) was one of the key reasons for the company's decision. "After a preliminary selection process, two finalists for a pilot installation were selected and tested under identical conditions. The result of the user test, together with the evaluation of a predefined requirements matrix, showed a clear vote for SmartPlant 3D. In the long term, we expect to have a positive experience with Intergraph as a reliable partner," said Christoph Kastl, head of technical information technology at Hitachi Power Europe. "Hitachi is another important customer in the power industry that has decided to use SmartPlant 3D. The increasing number of customers who rely on Intergraph's design tools and information management solutions encourage us to keep working hard on delivering integrated solutions that have a purposeful

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impact in the whole life cycle of the plant," says Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president. SmartPlant 3D is the next-generation 3D plant design solution, employing a breakthrough engineering approach that is focused on rules, relationships and automation. It is the most advanced and productive 3D plant design solution that effectively enables optimized design, increasing safety, quality, and productivity, while shortening project schedules. Companies using SmartPlant 3D typically report a 30 percent improvement in overall engineering design productivity. Intergraph's SmartPlant Enterprise, the suite comprising Intergraph's pool of solutions, offers a powerful portfolio of design and data management solutions, enabling companies in the process, power, and marine industries to capture integrated engineering knowledge at the enterprise level for the competitive advantage needed in today's and tomorrow's market. SmartPlant Enterprise's integrated suite of solutions enable proven productivity gains, improving engineering efficiency by up to 30 percent.

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Russian Nuclear Company NIAEP Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform 25 October 2012 Dassault Systèmes today announced completion of the first phase of its strategic partnership with NIAEP, the state company of Rosatom, a Russian nuclear power plant engineering procurement and construction company in Russia and abroad. Using 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s applications (CATIA, ENOVIA and DELMIA), NIAEP developed a technology called “Multi-D”, which simulates business processes and enables to carry out detailed modeling of construction and installation processes based on 3D data. The result is reduced construction time and costs and better work efficiencies, quality and safety of NIAEP-designed plants. “Based on Dassault Systèmes’ unique platform, we developed a solution that would integrate process engineering, design and construction in a unified digital nuclear power plant model,” said Valery Limarenko, JSC NIAEP Director. “Previously, there was no system that could seamlessly integrate the work of designers, process and construction engineers in the world. Now, with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform we have an integrated environment for collaboration. The CATIA application will automate engineering documentation creation and serve as the source for Multi-D’s construction optimization process.” NIAEP is the first company to develop a 3D digital nuclear plant management model, which will have features for integrated design management, in particular for the creation and modification of a 3D model, construction management, field engineering, purchase and supply management, as well as facility commissioning and operation decommissioning. NIAEP is using the new platform to develop a nuclear power plant based on power units compliant with the VVER-TOI standard.

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“I’m excited to see how innovators can imagine and create with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform. NIAEP’s forward-looking management approach is an amazing showcase demonstrating how even complex engineering fields such as nuclear power are looking at experience strategies for their business," said Monica Menghini, Executive Vice President, Industry and Marketing, Dassault Systèmes. “NIAEP’s strategy to become the world leader in nuclear plant construction coupled with our own industry focus has led Dassault Systèmes to develop a game- changing industry solution experience ‘Optimized Plant Construction’. It will enable energy companies to optimize capital expenditures, accelerate time to first fuel or startup, and increase return on investment. On time, on budget. This is what I call a business experience.”

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Scania selects HEEDS MDO for Vehicle Dynamics Optimization 22 October 2012 CAE Value AB announced today that the Scania Group, manufacturer of trucks and buses for heavy transport applications, and of industrial and marine engines, selected HEEDS MDO, the Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Software from Red Cedar Technology, for vehicle dynamics optimization. “HEEDS helps us solve problems faster, better, and easier than we were able to do alone,” says Anders Ahlström, Senior Analyst, Scania. “This software surpasses anything on the market in its ability to help us drive innovation.” “We are very pleased to provide this exciting technology to Scania to help accelerate vehicle development,” says Johnny Engström, CEO of CAE Value. “As the complexity of vehicles increase, design optimization software like HEEDS becomes more and more critical to help engineers discover the unique set of design parameters that yields optimal performance.” For more information about CAE Value, please visit http://www.caevalue.com.

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Schindler Elevates its Manufacturing Performance with Lantek CAD/CAM 23 October 2012 By installing Lantek CAD/CAM software for its laser cutting machines, Schindler has been able to deliver on its commitment to quality and productivity improvement. The software has enabled the company to optimize the performance of its different machines by utilizing their capabilities to the full. Schindler, which has its head office in Switzerland, is well known for the manufacture, installation,

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updating and maintenance of lifts, escalators and moving walkways. Its objective in choosing Lantek software for its manufacturing plant in Saragossa, Spain, was to implement a single system that was capable of programming all the different machines it uses for lift component manufacture while at the same time increasing flexibility and simplifying the manufacturing process. The strategic approach to production employed by Schindler has led it to implement the best technology available for excellence in its processes. By moving to a single software solution for programming all of its laser cutting machines, it has been able to share its workload between all its machines, which was previously very difficult, greatly increasing flexibility in the workshop. In addition, the Lantek software has made it possible to increase material utilization, reduce scrap, and implement micro jointing which makes it easier to unload and handle small components. Jesús Lazaro, Schindler's IT Manager in Saragossa says, “We have a large variety of high value machinery so it is important for us to have an advanced and innovative software infrastucture which can squeeze the utmost performance from our equipment and which is also capable of optimizing our processes. Some of our machines, particularly those used for sheet metal cutting, had rigid and, in some cases, obsolete software, which made it very difficult to generate effective CNC programs, seriously limiting the capability, versatility and productivity of our machines.” Schindler evaluated the sheet metal CAD/CAM systems on the market and selected Lantek Expert Cut as the solution most suited to its needs. The company appreciated the ease of use and intuitive interface of the Lantek software and additionally the integration of processes for design, CAD data import, nesting and rapid generation of CNC code into one flexible system. The agility of Lantek Expert Cut and the way it can integrate with all of Schindler’s machinery has greatly improved flexibility on the shop floor and also provided a valuable saving in programming time, significantly improving productivity levels, In addition to the benefits of faster programming, Jesús Lazaro comments on Lantek’s high service and skill levels, “The Lantek software operates on any make of sheet metal cutting machinery and the technical knowledge it has of all the different machines on the market is particularly important to us. Lantek has shown that its software will run all our machines and this gives us greater freedom in managing our machinery in one system, making it unnecessary to install the multiple CAD/CAM systems suggested by each machine manufacturer which can result in incompatibility and much greater training and operational overheads.”

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Tecnodinamica of Italy Implements Aras Enterprise PLM Backbone 23 October 2012 Aras® today announced that Tecnodinamica S.r.l., a manufacturer of machines and plants for expanded

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polystyrene (EPS) processing, headquartered in Farra di Soligo, Italy, has implemented Aras as its corporate PLM backbone. The Tecnodinamica implementation includes enterprise change management and ECAD / MCAD file management integrated with SolidWorks and IGE-XAO. Integrations and implementation were managed by Aras Certified Gold Partner, Focus PLM. Tecnodinamica designs and manufactures complete plants and machinery for EPS processing. The company has a deep and rich history of achievement in industrial automation, materials research and continuous technological innovation. Tecnodinamica applies this expertise to provide its customers with manufacturing solutions and personalized service that meets their needs in an appropriate and timely manner. For more information, please visit http://www.tecnodinamica.it Aras enterprise change management automates the change notification process and enables sharing of engineering drawings and documents throughout the organization in easy to view, standard formats such as PDF and 3DXML. With Aras, users in manufacturing, purchasing, customer support and other departments can easily view and share engineering designs, schematics and more. “As a creator and producer of entire manufacturing facilities as well as machines, Tecnodinamica manages a massive amount of design, industrial, quality and compliance requirements, as well as a highly complex extended supply chain. Aras ensures that everyone has access to the information they need, when they need it, and that changes are documented and communicated quickly and efficiently, reducing scrap and rework, and improving quality and profitability,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras.

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Product News Arena Solutions Updates BOM Creation Software with Fall 2012 Release 23 October 2012 Engineers looking to streamline bill of materials creation and management will find important new functions in the Fall 2012 release of Arena Solutions’ cloud-based BOMControl system. “New features simplify and speed the process of creating and managing bills of materials,” says Steve Chalgren, Arena’s vice president of product management and strategy. “The bottom line for engineering users is savings in time and money.” Arena’s BOMControl is a cloud-based bill of materials (BOM) and change management software system. BOMControl includes item management, supplier collaboration, compliance management and project collaboration. The system allows engineering, manufacturing and extended supply chains to speed prototyping, reduce scrap, and simplify supply chain management.

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The Fall 2012 release includes more than 30 updates and improvements including the following. 1. PartSaver bookmarklet – The new bookmarklet allows users to update their BOMControl workspace with new item and supplier item (approved manufacturers and vendors for the item) records—and the source relationships that connect those records—while browsing component sites. PartSaver supports several major component sites. The bookmarklet saves time through a one-step process for item and supplier item creation with optional datasheet and costs – including volume cost break information. 2. Cloud single sign-on (cloud SSO) – Arena has partnered with PingOne to offer a tier-one cloud single sign-on solution. Once users log into an SSO system, they will not need to re-authenticate with BOMControl. This simplifies IT overhead for password and user management, especially for larger companies with hundreds or thousands of employees. With the feature, companies can easily manage staff use of cloud services as if they were a part of their internal networks. Users can extend their company’s Active Directory or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) solutions to include authentication into Arena BOMControl. The feature also minimizes typical issues of password synchronization and auditing. Arena is the only cloud PLM application provider to offer cloud SSO, delivering the same capability as cloud industry leaders including Salesforce.com, Box, ADP, Google Apps, Success Factors, Workday and NetSuite. 3. Supplier item lookup – In the new Lookup BOM, engineers can quickly obtain base information about parts during the design phase of product development. With a single click of a button, they can review an entire BOM’s specifications and compliance information, and even download datasheets – all without leaving BOMControl. Arena has partnered with Octopart for real-time part information. Additional updates in the Fall 2012 release include broader file delivery options to Arena document control users from design partners and supply chain members. The software features more inclusive change request capabilities, and faster and higher export limits. In addition BOMControl Help features a new look and Google-style search for easier navigation and better guidance. A new guided video track in the Support Center will help train supplier users on key BOMControl functions. “BOMControl is a superb tool to help companies work effectively and efficiently, while maintaining control, visibility and speed,” says Chalgren. “These latest updates confirm Arena’s commitment to cloud manufacturing.”

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AVEVA and Trimble Partner to Provide Efficient 3D Scanning Integration 24 October 2012 AVEVA and Trimble announced today that they are collaborating to provide an efficient integration between Trimble’s 3D laser scanning solutions and AVEVA’s laser scanning software solutions,

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including the LFM Software suite, for the plant, power and marine industries. The integration will enable customers to rapidly capture, import and integrate 3D laser scan data into their design workflows. With Trimble and AVEVA combining technologies, customers will have access to industry-leading laser capture technology combined with world’s most efficient laser data processing software. 'Working with Trimble supports the AVEVA strategy of delivering innovative software solutions to our customers which add value to laser data captured from all the leading hardware vendors,' said Bruce Douglas, Senior Vice-President, EDS Strategy & Marketing, AVEVA. 'We are delighted to support the use of Trimble’s 3D laser scanning solutions with AVEVA and LFM Software to enable the rapid creation of 3D models and management of laser scan data for our customers.' David Fitzpatrick, General Manager at Trimble added, 'Tightly integrating Trimble’s portfolio of 3D laser scanning solutions with AVEVA and LFM’s laser software portfolios can provide plant customers with an efficient workflow for maximizing the use of 3D data.' AVEVA and LFM Software laser scanning solutions are helping companies capture their brownfield, as-built assets to improve efficiency and extend operational lifecycles. From point cloud to bubble view, from scan to 3D model, AVEVA and LFM have solutions for virtually every application.

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AVEVA Announces ‘Future of Plant Design’ Initiative Built on Windows 8 and Windows Azure 25 October 2012 AVEVA announced today that it has formed an alliance with Microsoft Corp. to further the development of its ‘Future of Plant Design’ initiative. New funding and technical resources will accelerate the delivery of a tablet application supporting the ‘Future of Plant Design’ solutions announced earlier this year by AVEVA. Built on Windows Azure technology, the mobile tablet application will operate on Windows 8 devices and provide interactive access to AVEVA 3D design models used by the process plant, power and marine industries. 'AVEVA has a vision for the application of new technology that provides customers with innovative and compelling products', said Dave Wheeldon, CTO and Head of Engineering & Design Systems at AVEVA. 'The relationship with Microsoft enables us to deliver a solution that embraces Microsoft’s cloud computing vision and which will give our customers even greater control and visibility of their design model. This technology will help improve design productivity, allow more informed decisions and deliver fast and high-quality projects. As part of this activity, we will be working with our customers to identify mobile capabilities to add maximum value to their business. Kim Akers, general manager, Developer and Platform Evangelism, at Microsoft added, 'The development activity at AVEVA clearly demonstrates the application of Windows 8 and Windows Azure technology in complex industrial engineering environments. We are delighted to support AVEVA

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in bringing these innovative products to market.' This alliance will provide the platform for developing the mobile element of AVEVA’s vision for ’Plant Design for Lean Construction’. Additionally, this level of collaboration allows AVEVA access to the vast wealth of knowledge within Microsoft to investigate and research a path to cloud offerings via the Windows Azure platform.

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AVEVA’s new Plant Design Product AVEVA Everything3D Launched 22 October 2012 AVEVA today launched AVEVA Everything3D (E3D) at the AVEVA World Summit in Paris. AVEVA E3D will bring together technologies to provide a new vision enabling customers to adopt ‘Lean’ working practices spanning engineering, design and construction. This will speed overall project execution and reduce wastage. As part of AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design approach, AVEVA E3D brings significant innovations to greatly enhance new-build plant design and through-life modification projects. Central to this is the integration of laser scan data and 3D geometry; powerful drafting tools and intuitive user interfaces for common design tasks. 'The market for plant design solutions is changing and requires a new vision,' said Dave Wheeldon, CTO and Head of Engineering Design Systems, AVEVA. 'It is no longer enough to achieve error-free designs. The availability of affordable new technologies makes it practical to broaden the reach of plant design to encompass other stakeholders – vendors, fabricators and the construction teams. 'A key to unlocking the cost savings offered by adopting a ‘Lean’ philosophy comes from the ability for teams remote from the design office to communicate status and construction information as the build progresses.' 'Our customers are facing many new challenges,' adds Bruce Douglas, SVP Strategy and Marketing, AVEVA. 'The pressure to extract more energy and mineral resources is resulting in larger and more technically challenging projects. An aging population of engineers in mature markets and an abundance of inexperience in emerging markets is driving plant design software to be easy to use, quick to be trained on and offer a faster time to production. 'In addition, the emergence of mobile and Cloud computing from the consumer market into the business market enables remote workers, specifically those on the construction site, to send crucial as-built information back to the design team via status updates and laser scan data. This enables rapid and cost-effective corrective actions to ensure maximum construction quality while protecting the project schedule.'

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AVEVA E3D will include: • A plant design system which is integrated with engineering and schematic disciplines • A 3D modelling capability of 'real world' representation quality, combining the best 3D graphics

and laser scan point clouds. • 2D drawing capability fully automated and integrated with the 3D model • Full interoperability with other design systems used in the design process • An architecture that can support project re-use and modular design with the extension to support

integration with Cloud/mobile infrastructure. • The capability to operate in parallel with the current class leader: AVEVA PDMS

AVEVA E3D will be commercially available from mid-December 2012.

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Bentley and Tata Steel Facilitate Use of Tata Structura Components in STAAD.Pro V8i (SELECTseries 3) Models 22 October 2012 Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced that, in cooperation with Tata Steel, it has extended STAAD.Pro to accommodate the use of cost-saving Tata Structura steel components in structural design work. STAAD.Pro allows users to assign any material to any steel shape. However, STAAD.Pro users had been challenged when it came to using Tata Structura components in their information modeling since these shapes are only available from Tata in specific grades of steel. Bentley and Tata Steel "worked smarter, together" to remove this obstacle, further enhancing productivity and saving users time and money during the project design phase. Bentley modified STAAD.Pro V8i (SELECTseries 3) so that specific grades of steel are automatically assigned to the steel members that incorporate Tata Structura sections. "We see this additional functionality first introduced in STAAD.Pro V8i (SELECTseries 3) as a real value-add for our company," said Debasish Purakayastha, technical director, M N Dastur. "When applicable, we prefer to use Tata Structura hollow steel sections because of their greater compressive strength, lower slenderness ratio, and higher yield strength. Using these sections offers us as much as a 30 percent reduction in steel consumption compared to conventional sections and this, in turn, lowers handling, transportation, fabrication, and erection costs." "It was a pleasure working with the Bentley team in bringing this new capability to thousands of users in the marketplace," said Atanu Chatterjee, design engineer, Tata Structura Studio. "STAAD.Pro has a long-standing reputation for handling just about any structural member, and the list of components it can accommodate just became all the more comprehensive. We know our users will appreciate being able to take advantage of our cost- and time-saving steel sections, while simultaneously benefiting

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from STAAD.Pro's wide range of modeling tools and analysis and design options." Santanu Das, Bentley vice president, structural and bridge development, said, "Bentley is committed to working smarter, together with our users to drive innovation that helps them save time and money on projects and become more competitive and successful. We saw the addition of the Tata Steel Structura components to our STAAD.Pro offering as a way to provide our users in India and beyond with yet more flexibility in their design work, and the stellar cooperation we received from the Tata Steel team greatly expedited the process. We see this as a win for Bentley, Tata Steel, and our shared users."

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Colfax Unveils Intel-Certified HPC Cluster for CAE, CAD 23 October 2012 At the 2012 PBS Works User Group Conference on October 2, 2012, Colfax International showcased the latest generation of Colfax ClusterEdge, a ready-to-go high-performance computing (HPC) cluster which is certified Intel Cluster Ready. Based on Intel Xeon processor E5 product family, the Colfax HPC cluster helps simulate, analyze and visualize more complex, data-intensive models faster. Intel Cluster Ready is an industry-standard cluster architecture that makes high-performance clusters simpler to choose, deploy, and maintain. Intel Cluster Ready architecture means pre-tested interoperability between the hardware and software components and the applications, so the HPC cluster benefits can be realized faster. The Intel Cluster Ready validation process helps to verify that cluster components continue working together throughout the cluster lifecycle, to increase uptime, productivity, and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO). “The Colfax and Altair partnership utilized the Intel Cluster Ready architecture to deliver a complete end-to-end solution. You don’t have to figure out if and how all the parts of the cluster and application fit together. You just use it,” said Brock Taylor, Intel Cluster Ready Manager for the Software and Services Group at Intel. “We want to see domain specialists spending all their time working in their domain, and Colfax and Altair have provided a solution aimed at just that.” “Small and mid-size companies around the world are struggling with the complexity of using and managing a cluster," said Gautam Shah, President and CEO of Colfax International. “The Colfax-designed HPC cluster is optimally pre-configured and delivered ready-to-go, which means users can simply plug the system in, load their models and start simulation.” Designed in partnership with Intel and Altair, the Colfax HPC Clusters are delivered ready to run Altair’s HyperWorks solver applications RADIOSS, OptiStruct and AcuSolve, as well as PBS Professional. Preconfigured with Altair’s workload management and computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation platform, these cluster solutions allow users to load designs and start solving real-world challenges immediately. Users can enjoy the freedom to focus on purchasing the cluster configuration that best fits the application workload - without worrying if the components will work together.

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“The Colfax HPC Cluster is certain to become a vital technology for advanced product design, research and many other fields, and users will be able to fully benefit from its power by working with Altair’s PBS Professional and HyperWorks solver products,” said Sam Mahalingam, Senior VP of Software Development at Altair. “With the world’s most popular workload management, optimization and finite element analysis software already on board, this new offering from Colfax will help translate high-performance computing into even higher business achievements.”

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Creaform Releases Version 2.0 of Pipecheck Software for NDT Applications 24 October 2012 Creaform has released version 2.0 of their Pipecheck pipeline integrity assessment software solution. Pipecheck will be showcased during the 2012 ASNT Fall Conference next week in Orlando, Florida. Creaform and the Pipecheck Solution for the Oil & Gas Industry According to Pierre-Hugues Allard, Business Development Manager for NDT: “this new release will definitely position Pipecheck as an innovative, intuitive and highly-effective solution for pipeline integrity assessment. Over the past year and since the introduction of Pipecheck’s Pipeline External Corrosion Assessment software module, the industry has been realizing the huge potential of this application over traditional NDT methods. We did not stop there however, and spend the year improving the Pipeline External Corrosion module based on actual users’ feedback and requests, in addition to developing the Pipeline Mechanical Damage module.” What’s New? Pipeline Mechanical Damage Assessment Software Module As its name states, this new software module has been specifically developed for pipeline mechanical damage analysis. It features numerous key functionalities that increase dent understanding and facilitate decision making. As for any process involving a Handyscan 3D laser scanner, instant results are generated on site and directly output in Excel format.

• Radius measurement; • Maximum depth measurement using straight edge technique in both directions; • Automatic creation of 2D cross-sections in both directions at maximum depth; • 3D and 2D color mapping of damaged area; • Visualization tool to increase dent shape understanding; • Depth-over-diameter ratio; • Multiple dent analysis; • Pipecheck Viewer.

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segment and we are confident to successfully intensify our penetration in the oil and gas market”, continued business manager Allard. “We have forged an enviable reputation in the oil & gas industry in 2012, and we are going to build on this momentum and continue on our path to innovation.”

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Delcam Launches Dual-Column Version of PowerINSPECT 23 October 2012 A new module has been made available for the latest version of Delcam’s PowerINSPECT inspection software that allows the software to create efficient inspection sequences for use on dual-column CNC coordinate-measuring machines. The combination of a dual-column CMM and PowerINSPECT enables inspection times to be reduced by allowing the simultaneous measurement of different features on larger parts. A common application is automotive body-in-white inspection, where the evaluation of a large, complex and relatively symmetrical assembly requires both intricate measurements on each side combined with an assessment of the structure as a whole. Using this new module gives the ability to measure parts on these devices in a single coordinate system without repositioning. In general, the dual-column mode works in a similar manner to the single-column CNC version of PowerINSPECT: models are loaded in the same way; inspection items are created using the same methods and so on. An additional programming operation is needed to distribute the various items to be inspected between the two columns. Additions to the offline-programming and program-running capabilities provide easy tools for moving inspection items between the two columns to balance the inspection time needed for each one. The user can switch columns in much the same way that they switch probes or tools. To ensure safe operation of the CMM, the collision predictor within PowerINSPECT checks for possible collisions between columns by calculating their moves as the inspection proceeds and comparing their future positions in space and time. If any overlap is detected, the inspection is stopped and a warning displayed. This is the only reliable way to prevent collisions between columns because of factors like speed differences between the way they are programmed and the way the machines actually move. Of course, the dual-column version of PowerINSPECT offers the same comprehensive range of inspection routines for taking simple measurements, for inspection of geometric features and for analysing complex 3D surfaces. Similarly, the resulting reports present detailed information in an easy-to-read format, that can be understood by all engineers not just inspection specialists.

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Dimensional Control Systems Brings Variation Analysis Capabilities to SolidWorks 2012 3D Design Solution 24 October 2012

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Dimensional Control Systems (DCS) today announced that its 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD solution supports SolidWorks® 2012 3D design software with new capabilities for variation analysis. 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD is the ideal tool for detailed tolerance simulation modeling, and allows manufacturers to thoroughly appraise design, fabrication and assembly robustness by quickly evaluating GD&T, assembly tooling and build sequencing well ahead of production release. SolidWorks 2012 is focused on optimizing core design functions so users can work more efficiently and have the data they need to make better design decisions throughout the product development process. It also includes hundreds of new enhancements specifically requested by customers. Designers and engineers will use 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD and SolidWorks software to predict the dimensional variability of their designs and assembly processes so that manufacturing issues can be resolved before production, with optimized tolerances and assembly methods. A SolidWorks Solution Partner Product, 3DCS Variation Analyst Multi-CAD, allows users to work directly with the CAD data to quickly and easily create tolerance models. The combination of 3DCS and SolidWorks 2012 brings high-level tools together into a shared environment in order to promote better productivity, efficiency and product quality. “3DCS delivers the dimensional analysis engineers need,” said SolidWorks Senior Alliances & Partnership Manager Nick Iwaskow. “When leveraged together, 3DCS and SolidWorks’ software’s give engineers the innovative tools and productivity to streamline product development and be more successful.” “As a SolidWorks Solution Partner, we are now providing a solution package that utilizes the environment and tools of SolidWorks CAD in conjunction with our Variation Analysis software to deliver a more robust product design and improved manufacture-ability,” said DCS Executive VP & COO John Mathieson. “We are continually researching these kinds of partnerships as a means of delivering a complete solution to our mutual customers’ needs.”

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DP Technology Corp. and ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG. Introduce the New ESPRIT-ZOLLER Interface for ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions 23 October 2012 DP Technology Corp., creator of ESPRIT® computer-aided-manufacturing software, and ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG., provider of tool-measurement machines and solutions, are pleased to introduce the new ESPRIT-ZOLLER Interface for ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions.

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Designed for ease of use in data transfer between the ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions database and ESPRIT CAM system, this new add-in makes it easy to create and manage tools. Utilizing the combined power of ESPRIT and ZOLLER, programmers are now able to access ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions to search for, create, manage and store tools to be loaded directly into ESPRIT from a central database that provides a clear overview of available tooling. “The new interface between ESPRIT and ZOLLER provides the CAM user simple and fast access to tool data for the tools available on the production floor,” said CEO Christoph Zoller of ZOLLER GmbH & Co. KG. “This results in a great reduction in programming time and tool preparation, and is an excellent solution and connection between the CAM program and tool management.” After programming is complete, the resulting tool list is transferred from ESPRIT to the ZOLLER database — where the tool list is available as a setup sheet in both the ZOLLER system and ZOLLER measuring machine. “All of the cutting tool data available in the ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions system is now readily available to the ESPRIT CAM programmer through this new ESPRIT-ZOLLER interface,” said Chuck Mathews, executive vice president of DP Technology Corp. “Having this data available to the programmer eliminates the need to manually enter tool data into the CAM system, thereby reducing programming time and increasing the accuracy and consistency of the resulting part programs. We are excited to offer this new product to our ESPRIT customers and we expect they will see compelling, quantifiable benefits from using ZOLLER TMS Tool Management Solutions alongside ESPRIT.”

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Easier Multi-Tool Use in Radan 2013 22 October 2012 New developments in the 2013 release of the powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software, Radan, provide considerably improved support for multi-tools, meaning they are much easier to use. Radan General Manager Chris Aston says the traditional way of setting up multi-tools in the machine system data file is cumbersome and time-consuming. However, a major concept change in Radan 2013 provides considerable support for multi-tools. “We take the principle that a multi-tool is a tool, not a turret, which has implications as to how multi-tools are deployed by Radan and configured and manipulated by users. In Radan 2013 multi-tool

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configurations are deployed by taking the ‘variable (to buy)’ for the machine tool in question. “For example, a configuration for a Trumpf machine will have the definitions – the shape and number of stations – of all multi-tools the customer may purchase for their machine tool, without allocating it to a tool station at that time. This is less work-intensive and more flexible than the traditional system of always allocating a multi-tool to a station.” The combination of all enhancements in Radan 2013 provides greater automation while still giving the user manual options if required. It contains key enhancements to the navigational tools, increasing accessibility to functions; along with improved integration of Radband; and the addition of colour making it easier to identify parts, both pre and post production. Colour: Parts in nest projects now have colour assigned to them. In total 32 different colours are distributed over the items in the parts list. The nesting colours are also used when generating the setup sheet. Nesting: Single Part Layout (SPL) has been integrated with nest projects. A new setting is available in the SPL dialog to specify whether or not to allow overproduction. Where multiple sheets are needed, SPL will generate a sheet count that will or will not satisfy the batch quantity. Where not enough parts are required to fill a sheet, if overproduction is not allowed the sheet will be left half-empty. The SPL dialog can now be used to edit a nest produced by the automatic nester with only a single part on it, to modify clearances, etc., which has not been possible previously. 3D: Third-party file formats can now be imported by ‘dropping’ a file onto the 3D window. The resulting parts will be placed at the current work space. The user confirms the material before the import is completed, along with the thickness if this is not to be calculated automatically. Radbend: New Radbend CAD interfaces for Inventor and SolidWorks have been introduced, so Radbend can be used a bend simulation tool for engineering. Radan 3D and Radbend: The improved connection between Radan 3D and Radbend allows parametric programming of parts. After a change to the 3D model in Radan 3D, the Radbend program (tool selection and fingerstop positioning) is automatically updated. Single Click Selection: In Radan 2013, geometry can be selected using just a single click. This new selection method can be used to copy geometry (jump to cursor) or grabbing parts. Chris Aston says: “Extensive research and ongoing development ensures Radan constantly enables users to gain the absolute maximum performance from their CNC machines and the CAM process for sheet

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metal, maintaining a competitive edge.”

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Experience CIM DATABASE 10 PLM live 22 October 2012 CONTACT Software will be presenting the release 10 of its flagship product CIM DATABASE PLM publicly for the first time in November under the motto "Simple. Open." Process managers, decision-makers, PLM experts and press representatives can expect a wide range of new features and innovations in the areas platform technologies, PLM core services, PLM applications and user interface. "With release 10, we are underscoring our commitment to providing manufacturing companies and development organizations with the most powerful open platform for collaborative product development," says CONTACT's managing director Karl Heinz Zachries, who will be presenting the positioning and highlights of the new version together with the head of development and the project management team. Zachries cited the new collaboration portal for distributed collaboration with partners and suppliers and the latest version of the unique Workspaces technology for collaborative product development and CAD/CAE data management as examples. CONTACT is bundling further developments in variant and configuration management under the term "virtual product". Together with the new solution for requirements management, the PLM solution provider is targeting companies that develop complex products in the context of systems engineering. In addition, the new features include a framework for PLM metrics that also incorporates functions for deviation management. In addition to classic key product data, important process-oriented data can also be extracted from the database and visualized to allow the systematic monitoring of PLM processes based on key performance indicators (KPIs) such as the cycle time for engineering changes. CIM DATABASE 10 PLM also offers a completely redesigned user interface for PLM applications that provides users with much greater transparency, control and faster navigation.

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Granta Announces New Integration with ANSYS Software 24 October 2012 Granta Design today announced a new software product to provide vital materials data for simulation engineers, developed through Granta's partnership with ANSYS, Inc. The new GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway™ for ANSYS® Workbench™ enables validated materials property models to be quickly and

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consistently accessed and applied from within ANSYS software, providing full traceability of the materials inputs to simulations. Engineers and designers need quick and reliable access to a wide range of complex materials information and models for use in their design simulations. Working with some of the world's top engineering enterprises, Granta has developed GRANTA MI™, a powerful system to capture, analyze, and manage all of a company's corporate materials data - for example, from testing, R&D, or previous design experience. This data is complemented by Granta's catalog of materials property reference data, which covers metals, plastics, ceramics, composite materials, and more. With the new MI:Materials Gateway any authorized ANSYS Workbench user can browse and search the whole of this invaluable information resource within their routine workflows. They can then select approved CAE models and apply them directly to their simulation projects. "Our customers regularly tell us that the right materials property data and models are critical to the accuracy of simulations," said Barry Christensen, director of product management, ANSYS. "Since finding this information can consume valuable time, this integration product from Granta Design provides the information quickly, reliably, and directly within projects' simulation workflow in ANSYS Workbench. Furthermore, the software illustrates the openness of the ANSYS Workbench framework to extend and support third-party applications that are critical to users solving challenging engineering problems." "We are delighted to be working with ANSYS to support their wide user-base of engineers and analysts," concluded Granta's Chief Operating Officer, Dr Patrick Coulter. "We have a longstanding partnership between our companies, and this new integration product provides the latest tools and data to save time, ensure consistency, and provide high confidence in simulation results."

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IGC Announces Brava 7.1 for IBM FileNet P8 at IBM Information on Demand in Las Vegas 22 October 2012 Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) unveils Brava!® 7.1 for the IBM® FileNet® P8 platform, a high-performance viewer that provides unmatched functionality and security, and now offers a zero-footprint, cross-platform HTML5 client option in addition to its ActiveX client. IGC demonstrates Brava 7.1 at the IBM Information on Demand conference at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Conference attendees can see a live demonstration of the software at the IGC booth, #1114. Brava makes it easy to view, annotate and collaborate on almost any file, including office and PDF documents, CAD drawings and image files. Now, the new Brava HTML5 client provides a zero-footprint, cross-platform option, making Brava available to more users than ever. Because it is HTML-based, there is nothing to install on the user’s workstation, no browser plug-in or other technology

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needed and it can be run on virtually any platform (including PC, Mac and Linux) and in virtually any web browser (including Chrome, IE, Safari and Firefox). “I’m very proud of the innovative engineering that went into our new, robust HTML5 client and its seamless integration to IBM’s Content Navigator,” said IGC CEO Gary Heath. “IGC continues to invest in new technology, like HTML5, and in staying current with our partners’ offerings.” Responsive to the range of IBM products, IGC will release Brava 7.1 for IBM Content Navigator supporting both P8 and CM8 integrations in addition to FileNet Workplace/XT. The HTML5 client offers the rich collaboration features Brava users depend on, including Changemark™ annotations, which offer threaded discussions where users can make and reply to comments—recording a complete audit trail of both the discussion and the outcome. It also offers IBM FileNet users an excellent, scrollable viewing experience, thumbnails for quick document navigation, search with term-hit highlighting, publishing to PDF or TIFF, document redaction and much more. Also in this release is Brava’s shared cache feature, which enhances viewing performance, reduces server-side processing and provides additional failover. Shared cache is an example of IGC’s commitment to deliver speed, performance, scalability and enterprise readiness.

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MathWorks Updates Stateflow to Simplify Control Logic Design in Simulink 23 October 2012 MathWorks has announced a new version of Stateflow in R2012b that simplifies control logic design. A new Stateflow Editor, state transition tables, and MATLAB as an action language, help engineers build applications like supervisory control, task scheduling, and fault management more efficiently. Key New Features

• Stateflow Editor to access the Simulink model and Stateflow diagrams in the same window through tabs, and to assist with state diagram editing using smart guides, transition indicator lines, drag-margins and just-in-time error notification.

• State transition tables to build and edit state machines using a simple structured interface with automatic completion, syntax correction and diagnostic checks.

• MATLAB as the action language making it easy for MATLAB users to build state machines and flowcharts.

• Integrated debugger to help step through logic and identify design problems. Register for the webinar, “Control Logic Made Easy with Stateflow,” to learn more about the updates and their impact.

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MecSoft Announces the Launch of Alibre CAM 3 22 October 2012 MecSoft Corporation has announced the release of Alibre CAM 3. MecSoft announced last week the transition of Alibre CAM from 3D Systems to MecSoft, and is now releasing the newest version of the software, Alibre CAM 3. The software runs completely inside Alibre Design 2012 CAD software and is packed with hundreds of enhancements and improvements to the product. "Alibre CAM 3 is the first release of Alibre CAM since the product has transitioned from 3D Systems, so we’re extremely excited to offer it to customers for the first time from MecSoft,” stated Anita Anand, VP of Sales at MecSoft Corporation. “We believe that our users will be very gratified with not only the various product improvements and also to the overall infrastructure that we have put in place to support this product. We look forward to a rapid adoption of this upgrade in the customer base.” Information on Alibre CAM 3, including a full features list, and a free demo is available on the Alibre CAM website http://www.alibrecam.com.

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Nemetschek Vectorworks Releases Localized Versions of Vectorworks 2013 in Europe 24 October 2012 Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., is pleased to announce that several of its European distributors are releasing localized versions of the 2013 version of its award-winning Vectorworks® line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks®. Versions in each country’s native language will be available in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. “As Vectorworks software evolves, it continues to offer improvements that benefit designers and streamline their workflows,” said Carlos Lüthy, CEO of ComputerWorks GmbH in Germany. “Our users will appreciate the way improvements in Vectorworks 2013, such as improved speed when zooming and panning, the new Auto Hybrid command and new file format support for Rhinoceros, DWF, FBX, COLLADA and gbXML, will improve their efficiency.” The Vectorworks 2013 product line contains more than 80 improvements, including new commands and tools. Performance in many areas of the program has also been improved. Examples of this include wall network manipulation, hidden line rendering, changes to Vectorworks Spotlight lighting devices and 2D navigation of Vectorworks scenes.

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Vectorworks 2013 software was released in Italy, Austria, France, Germany, Liechtenstein and Switzerland today; and will be released in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands on October 31. Please visit www.vectorworks.net/2013 to learn more about Vectorworks 2013 software, or visitwww.vectorworks.net/international to find a local distributor.

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PDF3D Integrates XSL-FO for 3D Technical Report Generation 22 October 2012 The PDF3D® publishing platform completes the circle to integrate full interactive 3D models into the XSL-FO production document creation process. Integrating ECRION (www.ecrion.com) XF Designer, XF Rendering Server and XSL-FO solutions enables direct integration for embedding interactive 3D views inside managed formatted PDF documents using the PDF3D (www.pdf3d.com) publishing platform. Document work-flows can now include seamless full-function 3D content with interactive controls (Spin, Pan & Zoom) plus complete part hierarchy control and advanced features auto generated animation, automatic PMI, color point clouds, custom light sources, measurement probe, floating 3D labels, view dependent part visibility of complex models. The ability to inject rich 3D content windows exactly where needed in the PDF document, complete with functional capability like camera flight path animation will enhance the value of the information communicated which will accelerate collaboration. Improved interaction supports communicating complex data with document contextual information and adds considerable value to manufacturing, engineering, scientific or medical reporting work-flows. Precise format control is often critically important to brand, corporate image and customer perception. XSL-FO (XML Style Sheet Document Formatting Objects) is a mature standard used in today's advanced document generation systems as an intermediate step from Word DOCX, XHTML, and DocBook. XSLT transformations or ECRION’s XF Designer are used to transform document contentinto portable XSL-FO. Once generated, ECRION's leading XF Rendering Server XSL-FO engine converts the XSL-FO source document material into readable PDF format. This level of abstraction enables automatic generation of table of contents, linked references, index, hyphenation, or multi-column layout, page margins, and chapter headings. In particular, layout and placement of 3D Views can be managed at the source document level, specified as XSL-FO tags. The layout and management of 3D Views stays consistent with other document content. The PDF3D XSL-FO solution, with enterprise PDF3D XML Server, maximizes abstraction levels of XML, while inserting full rich medial content for interactive 3D PDF reports Once the 3D PDF is created, the complementary PDF3D in PowerPoint® plugin assists sharing results within a single unified presentation. The PDF document is accessible using Acrobat® or the free Adobe Reader®.

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PROSTEP OpenDXM GlobalX is now Mobile 22 October 2012 PROSTEP’s managed file transfer solution OpenDXM GlobalX is now mobile. Regardless of where you are – with the iPhone app, you will always have one of the most advanced managed file transfer solutions right there with you. You can use OpenDXM GlobalX to send and receive files in any format and files of almost any size via the Internet easily, securely and reliably. With the OpenDXM GlobalX iPhone app, you can benefit from these advantages while on the go. Highlights of the new OpenDXM GlobalX iPhone app include the administration of multiple OpenDXM GlobalX servers and user accounts, as well as the display of all common Office formats, graphic formats and PDF files. Also practical is the option of downloading files for offline use should no Internet connection be available. The app also provides secure access to files by means of explicit authentication, detailed information about all files and other useful functions. The OpenDXM GlobalX iPhone app is now available in the AppStore. You will find more detailed information on the OpenDXM GlobalX website.

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SAP Brings Enterprise Mobility and 3-D Visualization to Aerospace Manufacturing 25 October 2012 SAP AG today announced a series of new and updated products to help transform the SAP for Aerospace & Defense (SAP for A&D) solution portfolio. With these updates, SAP is accelerating the ability to provide new business value to customers in the A&D industry. The announcement was made at the Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing Summit, held in Las Vegas from October 25-26, 2012. In an environment of constant change that also requires strict regulatory compliance, A&D companies can struggle to keep engineering, manufacturing and the supply chain working together. Many still utilize paper, text and 2-D drawings as the interface for technicians, supervisors and inspectors to execute their work. This approach can be inefficient and costly to keep pace in accelerating global markets. Globalization also means that A&D companies are bringing new production facilities online in non-English-speaking regions around the world, creating a global supply chain with international partners.

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"In this economy, budget pressures are increasing, requiring us to think, act and execute differently when it comes to operations, while staying focused on delivering the highest-quality products at the least possible cost," said John Patrick Batache, director, Lifecycle Systems and Support, Northrup Grumman. "Due to less rework and more efficient operations, delivery times have been reduced by 15 to 20 percent for work where the software is used." SAP enables engineering, manufacturing and supply chain departments to execute integrated end-to-end processes collaboratively in order to help optimize manufacturing processes, cut costs and improve product quality. For example, frequent engineering changes can be consistently and efficiently implemented in manufacturing to minimize production and supply chain disruptions and improve production throughput. With the introduction of mobile technology and 3-D product visualization, SAP is transforming the way information is delivered to the point-of-work on the shop floor. Technicians can receive assigned work orders, view up-to-date 3-D visual work instructions, collect required production data and complete work directly on their mobile tablet — reducing waste and improving quality. "We are helping A&D companies apply the principles of Lean and Six Sigma to information delivery," said Magnus Bjorendahl, global head, Aerospace and Defense Business Unit, SAP. "With the delivery of information on mobile devices, technicians are less frequently pulled away from their work areas, no longer forced to climb in and out of large assemblies just to update IT systems. The early adopters of these solutions have cited improved worker safety as an additional benefit." By integrating 3-D product visualization directly into SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards software and through the SAP HANA platform, SAP has retooled the way manufacturing operations can be analyzed. A&D companies can use a 3-D model of the aircraft or assembly as navigation structure or canvas when analyzing the vast amount of operational data. Through this, they can identify additional waste and anticipate production disruptions before they occur. Multi-language capability enables deployment in non-English speaking A&D hubs such as Russia, China and France. The use of 3-D graphics helps reduce and in some cases eliminate text-based work instruction documentation, thereby helping to both reduce errors due to communication barriers and lower documentation costs. For more information, visit SAP for Aerospace & Defense page on sap.com and the SAP Newsroom.

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