Articles & News on Design & Simulation

Mitsubishi Electric announces sponsorship of MassRobotics in the USA

  • June 7, 2019
  • News

Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc., through this sponsorship, aims to enhance MassRobotics’ prototyping space so startups can accelerate testing as well as support startup initiatives to develop the next generation of manufacturing solutions that use technology and robots for factory automation customers worldwide.

CIMdata releases CIMdata 2019 Executive PLM Market Report

  • June 5, 2019
  • News

This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata's comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and on specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below).

Dassault Systèmes and SuperMap Software announce partnership for smart city collaboration

  • June 5, 2019
  • News

Under the terms of this memorandum of understanding, the two industry leaders plan to leverage Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, and SuperMap’s GIS software and application platform to define new experiences for customers.

Vuzix' AR contest dares you to see the industrial world through Smart Glasses

  • May 21, 2019
  • News

Vuzix, which holds 153 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the video eyewear field, sees the contest as a way to bring the most innovative AR smart glasses applications to light.

AVEVA to help Covestro digitize process engineering workflow

  • May 20, 2019
  • News

Covestro chose AVEVA’s SimCentral Simulation Platform as a single solution to replace legacy systems across the plant lifecycle.

SymphonyAI Group announces acquisition of Azima Global

  • May 15, 2019
  • News

SymphonyAI is building a group of companies that use artificial intelligence to transform business enterprises across several markets, including the industrial, retail, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and media sectors.

Rockwell Automation announces addition of five companies to PartnerNetwork Program

  • May 13, 2019
  • News

The PartnerNetwork program allows companies to face automation challenges together by providing access to a network of suppliers, distributors, system integrators and OEMs.

Tension in Industrial Automation: Open Systems and the User's Dilemma

  • by Bill Lydon
  • May 8, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Suppliers either adapt with technology, or they lose customers and die. This is true in every industry. The industrial and process automation industries will be no exception.

AVEVA announces winners of competition for Chemical Engineering students

  • May 8, 2019
  • News

The competition involved 56 students from 20 universities in North America remotely using AVEVA’s industrial simulation software platform, SimCentral, to solve a challenge: design, optimize and operate a process to produce dimethyl ether—a gas that can be used as automotive fuel—for electric power generation and in domestic applications such as heating and cooking.

PROCENTEC announces formation of a new Board

  • May 2, 2019
  • News

The original founders remain shareholders, but no longer hold any operational roles within the company, and upon the completion of the legal procedures, complete the transition of the Board.