Morning coffee: hockey, the economy & recalls
Happy Monday! We spent the weekend in Philadelphia, a traditional destination for history lovers and foodies. This year, Philadelphia also played host to the US college NCAA Frozen Four hockey tournament. The four best college hockey teams in the land played there...
Hexagon snaps up Mintec to close mining loop
Ever since Dassault Systèmes bought Gemcom, mining has been a hot area of focus for the major engineering software providers. It's an underserved market that presents a lot of opportunity for more modernized, technological solutions. Mining is under significant...
CENIT: 2013 was challenging but 2014 is promising
CENIT AG announced earlier this week that it exited a challenging 2013 having "laid the groundwork for future earnings growth in a number of segments". Noteworthy is that sales of the reseller's own software continued to grow, and outpaced all other aspects of the...
Behind the hype with ENOVIA
It's time for an update. You've asked lots of questions about Dassault Systèmes (DS) 3D EXPERIENCEs and how this ties into the DS products you may be using. I've answered you from the perspective of DS as a whole, based on what I learn at events like the 3D EXPERIENCE...
Non-CAE simulation? Kineo explains
My first car was a used Chevy Chevette. Go ahead and giggle --you're right-- and when you're ready, let's talk maintainability. I thought the car had it all: AM/FM radio and tape deck, air conditioning, a hatch to carry all of my stuff … My little American dream...
Simulation: you got this!
It's a story ripped out of the headlines: Your product is out in the marketplace but it's failing. Warranty claims are escalating and you're scrambling to figure out what's wrong and keep it from ever happening again. Simulation can "test" virtual prototypes...
Morning coffee: deals, a coming IPO & lots of other news
Welcome to your Monday! Last week was a doozie, so let's get right to it. It’s the Economy … We've got good news, bad news and good news. On the good news side, US employers added 192,000 jobs in March. That's better than recent months but bad news because more people...
Stratasys snaps up 3rd production facility this week
The news from the additive manufacturing world just won't slow down, and this week seems to be focusing on building service capacity. This morning, Stratasys announced that it is acquiring "certain assets" of Interfacial Solutions, a Wisconsin production...
Materialise thinking public with F-1 filing
We're used to 3D printer news coming from hardware vendors like Stratasys and 3D Systems. But there are software vendors in this space, too, and the hardware vendors are looking to service bureaus to strengthen their ties with customers -- it's not all printers and...
Deals in AEC and 3D printing — no Foolin’
Remember how I wrote on Monday that the PLMish world was quiet, at least as far as acquisitions were concerned? I spoke too soon! Yesterday we learned of three deals, one in process modeling and two in 3D printing. Neither is an April Fool's joke, though there were a...