2009

PTC Expands its Education Program in North America
December 17, 2009 - NEEDHAM, MA - PTC announced that it has recently added seven new schools to its Education Program for North American Colleges and Universities, including University of Alaska Anchorage, Montana Tech and Itasca Community College. PTC now provides software to more than 400 colleges and universities, including most of the North America's top 50 engineering schools as ranked by US News and World Report.
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Siemens PLM JT Documentation is World's First ISO Spec for 3D
October 19, 2009 - PLANO, Texas, Siemens PLM Software announced that the detailed and comprehensive document describing the JT™ data format, the PLM industry’s most widely used 3D visualization format, has been accepted by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) body responsible for Industrial Data. This event marks the availability of the world’s first ISO publication for 3D visualization in the PLM domain.
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PTC Announces Q4 and FY’09 Results
October 19, 2009 - NEEDHAM, Mass.- PTC reported results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year ended September 30, 2009. Q4 Results: Revenue of $246.3 million. FY’09 Results: Revenue of $938.2 million
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Autodesk Ships SketchBook Mobile App for iPhone, iPod Touch
Sep 17, 2009 - SAN RAFAEL, CA, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is available on the App Store. Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is a new professional-grade paint and drawing app that offers a full set of sketching tools in a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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Dassault Expects Q1 Revenue Flat at 310M Euros
April 30, 2009 - Paris, France, Dassault Systemes reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009. Net operating cash flow of €96 million for Q1 and net cash position of €702 million
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Autodesk $17M in Software to FIRST Robotic Contest
Apr 13, 2009 - ATLANTA, GA, Students from around the world will be competing at the 2009 FIRST Championship this weekend, aided by more than $17 million in design software provided by Autodesk, Inc. This is the 18th consecutive year that Autodesk has supported the competition.

Ford Motor Company Continues Using MSC.Software
March 9, 2009 -SANTA ANA, Calif. - MSC.Software, a provider of enterprise simulation solutions, today announced that Ford Motor Company has signed a new agreement, extending their 20 year history of engineering simulation and innovation using MSC.Software products.
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Autodesk Unveils AutoCAD 2010
Feb 6, 2009 -SAN RAFAEL, CA, Autodesk, Inc. has unveiled AutoCAD 2010 software, one of the world's leading design and documentation platforms. Autodesk also announced the 2010 AutoCAD family of discipline-specific software and AutoCAD LT 2010 software for professional drafting and detailing.
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PTC Acquisition Target?
February 3, 2009 - With the flury of acquisitions in the PLM field, there is speculation of who might be interested in PTC. Considerable consolidation in recent years: Oracle snapped up Agile in May 2007, Siemens bought UGS in January the same year, and Dassault Systemes acquired MatrixOne in March 2006. Datamonitor believes that one of the more likely suitors for PTC is Infor Global, a large privately owned enterprise applications vendor with approximately $2.2 billion in revenues.
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PMTC Cuts Workforce
January 28, 2009 - PTC is cutting 250 jobs in the wake of a forcast 35% drop in license revenue outlook. They finished the quarter with 5,264 employees and an estimated revenue of $960M dropping them out of the billion dollar bracket.

Autodesk Cuts Workforce
January 15, 2009 - San Rafael, CA - Autodesk announced a restructuring plan to cut 750 jobs (10% of the workforce) to acheve a $130 million anual savings. Shares dropped to $15.54.
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PMTC Share Price Drops
January 8, 2009 - PTC Stock fell nearly $2.50 (about 20%) on news of a weak Q1. The drop represents a loss of $300 million in market cap

Case of the Orange Rectangle
January 2, 2009 - CADcourt reports that the Autodesk/SolidWorks lawsuit jury trial is scheduled to open (maybe) in Jan 2010. They called it "Christmas for Lawyers".

For those folks not following the lawsuit - It's going to be bigger than the OJ trial - well maybe NOT! Autodesk is suing because SW has been using an ORANGE RECTANGLE that looks similar to Autodesk's rectangle. Ya! A rectangle! Perry Mason eat your heart out!
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2008

Autodesk to Acquire ALGOR
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Autodesk, Inc announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ALGOR, Inc., a leading provider of analysis and simulation software, for approximately $34 million.
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Siemens Pays Record Fine in Probe
DECEMBER 16, 2008 – Siemens has been fined a record $1.6 billion in fines for bribery allegations and could have been much higher if the German conglomerate hadn't taken steps to cooperate with prosecutors. When the investigation became known in late 2006, Siemens hired New York law firm Debevoise & Plimpton investigators and then share the information with authorities.
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Free Alibre Design Xpress V11 Now Available for Download
Richardson, TX — November 13, 2008 – Alibre, Inc. today announced that Alibre Design Xpress TM V11 is now available for download. Alibre Design Xpress is the world's most popular free 3D mechanical CAD program and has been downloaded by more than 500,000 customers.
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CSM Corporation chosen to build offices for PTC® at the Lexington Preserve Business Park in Blaine
MINNEAPOLIS – November 13, 2008 – CSM Corporation, a Minneapolis-based leader in real estate development and acquisitions, announces today that PTC, has leased 92,300 square feet of office, research and development space, to be designed and built for them, at CSM Corporation's Lexington Preserve Business Park in Blaine. The new building will house PTC research and development professionals, along with administrative, marketing and sales personnel.
PTC plans to move into the new building by late summer 2009 with approximately 300 PTC employees filling the space. Lexington Preserve has over 370,000 square feet of property currently built, with the capacity to house an additional 460,000 square feet. For more information

CATIA V5 Import Translator for Inventor
Technology Preview 11/18/08 - This technology preview gives you more flexibility when creating designs with vendor or customer data by allowing you to directly import CATIA V5 files into Autodesk Inventor. This translator reads both CATPart and CATProduct files bringing solids, surfaces, wires, and points into Autodesk Inventor to be directly utilized while modeling. Being able to import directly from CATIA V5 files eliminates the need to convert the CATIA data to make it usable in your projects. For more information

PTC Sale Price Falls With Econony
Parametric Technology Corp celebrated its 20th anniversary by putting itself up for sale, the suggested price was around $2.4 billion. With the economy and home prices going down the tubes, so has the price for PTC. price. Now the market value of PTC is approximately $1.21 billion - petty cash for Autodesk!

PTC Expands Partnership with FIRST
NEEDHAM, MA, Oct 22, 2008 - PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), The Product Development Company, today announced that it will substantially expand its sponsorship of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), building upon the company's highly successful inaugural sponsorship of the 2008 FIRST Robotics Competition. FIRST strives to engage students in grades K-12 in exciting and innovative programs designed around the use of robotics to develop science and technology skills and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology and engineering. The goals of FIRST align with PTC's commitment to advancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiatives to strengthen core education fundamentals and provide career paths.
In 2008, PTC served as the Collaboration Partner of FIRST, hosting a Windchill system that was actively used by more than 100 FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams to manage their projects, including two teams that won Rookie All Star awards, team #2387 from the Columbus Alternative High School in Columbus, Ohio and team #2377, Chesapeake High School, Pasadena, Maryland. Windchill allows teams working from any location to securely control, store, and access all competition information in a single location. PTC also made Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition (3D CAD software) and Mathcad (engineering calculation software) available to all FIRST Robotics Competition teams.

KeyCreator Version 8.0 Delivers Performance, Productivity Enhancements
Marlborough, Mass. - October 21, 2008 - Kubotek USA announces the release of its KeyCreator version 8.0 software. KeyCreator is a leading geometry based engineering software used by CAD/CAM/CAE professionals in multiple design and manufacturing environments. In addition to faster execution and greater productivity, KeyCreator version 8.0 also boosts its already impressive file translators with more robust capability. For more information

Z Corporation Unveils Best-in-Class Color 3D Printer for Demanding Applications, The ZPrinter 650
21 October 2008 - BURLINGTON, MA, USA – Z Corporation, maker of the world’s fastest 3D printers, today took a major leap forward in multicolor 3D printing with its unveiling of the ZPrinter® 650, which delivers the industry’s biggest models, highest-quality color and finest resolution. For more information

3D Systems Presents its Next-Generation, High-Speed Sintering Systems
Rock Hill, South Carolina, Oct. 20 2008 - 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC), a leading provider of 3-D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, unveiled today its plans to introduce a next-generation family of high-speed sintering systems – the sPro™ 140 and 230 SLS® Centers that are designed to provide best-in-class part quality and accuracy for the most demanding functional prototyping and end-use applications. The company expects to begin taking orders for its new family of sPro™ Centers starting in the fourth quarter of this year for delivery to commence during the first quarter of 2009. For more information

Mentor Graphics Acquires Flomerics Group PLC
WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 9, 2008– Mentor Graphics Corporation, (NASDAQ: MENT), the market and technology leader in design automation and systems analysis solutions, today announced final completion of the acquisition of Flomerics Group PLC., a United Kingdom-based supplier of computational fluid dynamics analysis products. For more information

Autodesk Suspends DWG Complaint
Autodesk is asking the US trademark office to suspend its action against DS Solidworks. Autodesk doesn't like it that DS SolidWorks has registered DWGgateway and DWGeditor as trademarks, and so sued DS SolidWorks in civil court. Part of the court action requests the jury require the USPTO to deregister DS SolidWorks as owner of those name. For more information

SpaceX Standardizes on Siemens NX, Teamcenter
PLANO, TX, Oct 2, 2008 - Siemens PLM Software today announced that Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), a privately-held leading space launch vehicle developer and services provider, standardized on NX and Teamcenter software for product design, simulation and product data management. For more information

Siemens PLM Delivers Latest Release of No-Charge JT2Go Viewer
PLANO, Texas, September 22, 2008 - Siemens PLM Software announced the latest release of its no-charge 3D visualization solution, JT2Go. New robust functionality in JT2Go enables users to more effectively work with digital models created in the JT format for collaboration and CAD interoperability. For more information

Oracle Rejects Purchasing PTC. Maybe SAP?
CadZukes - September 19, 2008 - PTC is still searching for a buyer and the word on the street is that Oracle has rejected the idea. SAP may still be interested - Stay tuned!

Dassault - Unveils SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 18, 2008 – Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp unveiled SolidWorks Enterprise PDM 2009. The new version of the product data management solution introduces deeper integration with SolidWorks 3D CAD software, expanded bill of material (BOM) functionality, and Item-Centric product data management. For more information

SolidWorks 2009 Delivers Dramatic Speed Increase Plus More Than 260 Enhancements
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 18, 2008 — Dassault SolidWorks Corp, unveiled SolidWorks 2009 Premium, the newest version of the most widely adopted 3D CAD software with a documented speed increase of up to 65 percent over SolidWorks 2008. For more information

Mentor Graphics and PTC Deliver Industry’s First Bi-Directional ECAD–MCAD Collaboration Capability
WILSONVILLE, Ore., September 18, 2008 – Mentor Graphics Corporation announced delivery of the industry’s first design collaboration capability between Electrical (ECAD) and Mechanical (MCAD) design solutions enabling teams to use this solution from the design inception to the manufacturing process. For more information

Purchasing PTC - The Big Payoff
Should PTC ever be acquired, top executives will pay themselves $20 million. CEO Dick Harrison gets the biggest slice of gold-flavored pie, some $15.5 million. The other execs have to make do sharing the remaining $4.5 million. I don't think that any CAD vendor can afford PTC, possibly not even Autodesk with its $1 billion cash in the bank.

Parametric up for sale with $2 bln price tag - report
September 6, 2008 - LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Parametric Technologies Corp. , a Massachusetts-based maker of computer-aided design and operational software, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and it's approaching bidders in an attempt to sell itself for $2 billion, the Financial Times reports, citing people with knowledge of the process. For more information

Parametric set to woo bidders with $2bn tag
(FT.COM) Published: September 6 2008 - Parametric Technologies, a maker of computer-aided design and operational software for businesses, has hired banking advisers and is approaching potential bidders in an attempt to sell itself for more than $2bn, according to people with knowledge of the process. For more information

Dassault Systemes Confirms Media Report Concerning a Trade Secret Violation
Wednesday September 3, SURESNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dassault Systèmes, a world leader in 3D and PLM solutions, today confirmed a media report concerning a trade secret violation by Siemens PLM Software, a competitor of Dassault. After investigation, Siemens admitted having found a list of 3,216 customer names from Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Siemens did not provide any explanations. For more information

EADS Selects Windchill
Needham, MA – July 29, 2008 – PTC announced today that it is has been selected by EADS to harmonize enterprise PLM solutions across all EADS business divisions as part of EADS’s PHENIX initiative. PHENIX is an EADS cross-divisional program and a group-wide strategic initiative launched in 2007 to achieve harmonization of enterprise PLM methods, processes and tools between business units.
Editor: Translation to plain speak - EADS selected Windchill for data storage. "Harmonize" must be the latest corporate buzz-word.
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Solid Works 2009 Beta Testing
CONCORD, Mass., July 5, 2008 - Be one of the first to experience the next generation of CAD and win great prizes! SolidWorks Corporation is pleased to announce the SolidWorks 2009 Beta Program. For more information

"Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 for Designers" book released
Prof. Sham Tickoo of Purdue University Calumet, has updated his Wildfire book covering changes and enhancements specific to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0. It's a valuable resource to both the novice and the advanced users of Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire. For more information

Mentor Graphics Aquires Flomerics
July 1, 2008 - Mentor Graphics Corp has increased their $47M offer for Flomerics to $60M beating Autodesk's offer. Meanwhile, Cadence Design Systems is attempting to aquire Mentor Graphics but has met with resistance. For more information

Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Moldflow Corporation
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 25 - Autodesk, Inc. today completed its $297M acquisition of Moldflow Corporation. Moldflow is a leading provider of software solutions that allow designers to predict and optimize how plastic components will perform during each phase of the design and manufacture process. View press releases from Autodesk

3D Systems Showcases 4 Technologies at Japan Exhibition
Rock Hill, South Carolina, Jun 5, 2008 - 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC), a leading provider of 3-D Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing solutions, announced today that it will showcase four technologies at the Design Engineering & Manufacturing Solutions Expo (DMS) from June 25-27, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan. For more information

Siemens PLM Software Launches NX 6 Software
BOSTON, May 20, 2008 – Siemens PLM Software, today announced the release of NX 6 CAD software with features driven from Siemens recently announced synchronous technology. NX 6 Design Freedom provides new approaches to creating and editing geometry. These improvements make CAD easier for everyone in the product lifecycle, including designers, engineers, analysts and manufacturing engineers. For more information

Siemens PLM Software - Synchronous Technology
BOSTON, May 20, 2008 – Learn more about synchronous technology by watching the video and reading the press release. To view video demo

New Accusations Lobbed at Former Siemens Chief
(DW-World) April 14, 2008 - The former management board of German engineering giant Siemens knew about bribery allegations earlier than previously thought -- as early as November 2003, a former Siemens official told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. For more information

CADD Centers of Florida Celebrates 25 Years
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, March 8, 2008 - CADD Centers of Florida began selling Autodesk software in 1983 with a commitment for quality and performance. They have helped thousands of customers integrate CAD design into their product design process with training and support. For more information

PTC User World Event 2008
Registration is open for the user community of PTC software. This year will include users of CoCreate software and provide training, education and networking for an expedited attendance of over 2,000 people. The conference will be from June 1-4 in Long Beach, California. PTC link for registration

Siemens Standardizes on 3D JT Format
PLANO, Texas – March 3, 2008 – Siemens PLM Software has approved 3D JT format for long term data retention. JT is a mature lightweight common format providing versatility and small file size for product visualization and data sharing in the automotive and aerospace industries. JT is CAD-neutral and supported by all major MCAD applications JT OPEN link for more information

CADDS 5 – 15.0 for Shipbuilding
NEEDHAM, MA, Feb 27, 2008 – PTC announced the availability of its newest release of CADDS 5. The software has become the preferred solution in the shipbuilding industry with hybrid modeling capabilities to optimize their designs for concurrent digitized 3D ship design. PTC link for more information

2007

PTC Acquires LBS
NEEDHAM, Mass. – November 7, 2007 – PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), announced it has acquired Logistics Business Systems (LBS), a leading integrated logistics support solutions provider to the aerospace & defense and civil aviation industries. Based in Preston, UK, LBS was established in 1995. LBS solutions are already integrated with PTC Arbortext and together offer the industry’s only turn-key solutions for S1000D-compliant technical publications, provisioning, training and e-learning, and logistics support analysis. As a result of the acquisition, PTC becomes the only PLM provider to offer a complete solution for ILS. PTC link for more information

PTC announces agreement to Acquire CoCreate
NEEDHAM, Mass. – October 31, 2007 – “We are excited about the potential of the combination of PTC and CoCreate. We intend to make every effort to ensure that CoCreate’s existing and potential customers benefit from this acquisition.” Dick Harrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, PTC PTC link for more information

SolidWorks Corporation co-founds ‘The CAD Academy’
CONCORD, Mass., Oct. 15, 2007 – SolidWorks Corporation has teamed with other leading design software providers to launch The CAD Academy®, a secondary and post-secondary pre-engineering and pre-architectural program designed to inspire a new generation of engineers and architects at a price educators can afford. The program bundles industry-leading design, engineering, and architecture software with curriculum, support, and multimedia content, all at a fraction of the cost of other design education packages. SolidWorks link for more information

Siemens PLM Software Announces Latest Version of Solid Edge 2D Drafting
PLANO, Texas, October 10, 2007 – Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the latest version of Solid Edge® 2D Drafting software (a $995 value). UGS link for more information

Siemens acquisition of UGS Completed
PLANO, Texas, May 2007 – On May 4th Siemens AG completed the acquisition of UGS, and is now operating as UGS PLM Software – a division of Siemens’ Automation and Drives (A&D) Group. This is a pioneering move for the PLM and automation industries and an exciting milestone in a continuing quest to help drive customers’ innovation and growth goals. UGS link for more information

Mechanical CAD market growing in Asia
PLANO, Texas, May 2007 – On May 4th Siemens AG completed the acquisition of UGS, and is now operating as UGS PLM Software – a division of Siemens’ Automation and Drives (A&D) Group. This is a pioneering move for the PLM and automation industries and an exciting milestone in a continuing quest to help drive customers’ innovation and growth goals. UGS link for more information