03 Apr 2006
Novosibirsk Aircraft Production Association (NAPO) starts serial production of military airplane SU-34

Before the end of the year NAPO will construct two airplanes SU-34, which start serial production. During the next 3 years NAPO will deliver to Department of Defense 18 airplanes of this type. In future it is planned to construct 8-10 airplanes SU-34 per year.

Read more: http://www.napo.ru/eng/...

27 Mar 2006
Open CASCADE S.A.S. announces a new public minor release of Open CASCADE 6.1

Open CASCADE S.A.S. is pleased to announce a new public minor release of Open CASCADE Technology (version 6.1). This new minor release of Open CASCADE Technology 6.1 brings to its users a number of new features and improvements as well as some important changes over the last public minor release 5.2 (July 2004) and maintenance releases 5.2.x exclusively available to the customers. This new release brings more opportunities to Open CASCADE users.

Read more: http://www.opencascade.org/abo...

15 Mar 2006
UGS Announces New Releases of D-Cubed 2D Component Software Solutions

CAMBRIDGE, England – UGS Corp., a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the immediate availability of new releases of two D-Cubed component software products. The releases of version 49.0 of 2D Dimensional Constraint Manager (2D DCM) and Profile Geometry Manager (PGM) contain new enhancements to improve function and performance.

Read more: http://www.ugs.com/about_us/pr...

07 Mar 2006
PLM market growing steadily; Daratech predicts disruptive technology might be around the bend

Each year, research firm Daratech brings together customers and suppliers in the mechanical CAD/CAE/PLM space at DaratechSUMMIT and presents its official state of the industry address. The good news at this year's event, held in late February, was that PLM (product lifecycle management),which was barely acknowledged as a market segment five years ago, appears healthy and is showing signs of steady growth.

According to Daratech figures, total estimated 2005 PLM sales were $10.49 billion, up 13% from 2004. And looking ahead, Daratech's estimated 2006 figures put PLM software sales and service at $11.95 billion, which represents a 14% increase over 2005.

Read more: http://manufacturing.cadalyst....

06 Mar 2006
Comments on DS acquisition of MatrixOne: Positive from CIMdata, Negative from UGS

After announcement of merger agreement between DS and MatrixOne number of comments have appeared. CIMdata, leading analytical and consulting agency, believes that this acquisition has the potential to be very good for DS and provides them with solutions that have not been effectively addressed in the DS suite.
On the other hand, UGS criticizes Dassault acquisition of MatrixOne and says that MatrixOne has lost money and will hurt Dassault.

Read more: http://cimdata.com/newsletter/...

02 Mar 2006
Dassault Systemes to acquire MatrixOne

Paris, France and Westford, MASS. March 2, 2006 – Dassault Systemes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and MatrixOne, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative PLM solutions for the value chain, today jointly announced a merger agreement pursuant to which Dassault Systèmes would acquire MatrixOne for $7.25 per share in cash, representing a total transaction value of approximately $408 million.

Read more: http://www.3ds.com/news-events...

23 Feb 2006
Agile Reports Strong Third Quarter Results

San Jose, CA—February 23, 2006 —Agile Software Corporation (NASDAQ: AGIL), a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced results for the third quarter of fiscal 2006, which ended January 31, 2006. Total revenues for the quarter were $32.8 million, compared to $30.3 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2005. License revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2006 were $13.4 million, compared to $12.5 million achieved in the third quarter of fiscal 2005.

Read more: http://agile.com/pressreleases...