Automotive IT News and Facts
Siemens and Bentley Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly market software for the digital planning of car factories and other manufacturing facilities. The cooperation is designed to deliver “intelligent and sustainable digital factory infrastructure,” the companies said in a press release. Siemens and Bentley Systems, which is not related to the Bentley [...]
Siemens has acquired Belgian simulation software maker LMS International for 680 million euros in a move to expand its offering of product lifecycle management (PLM) products. The German industrial group said the acquisition will add model-based simulation, design, test and measurement capabilities to the product offering of its Siemens PLM Software division. The integrated software [...]
PTC has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Servigistics in a move it says will expand its offering of service lifecycle management (SLM) products. The US-based business software group said the addition of Servigistics’ products will help it provide a broader and more competitive offering in this area. Servigistics has a strong position in the [...]
Dassault Systems has grouped several of its applications in a package designed to manage the complexity of building increasingly electrified vehicles. The simulation software, CAD/CAM and product lifecycle management specialist said its “Smart, Safe & Connected Car” solution will accelerate the development of embedded systems while helping automakers meet all standards and requirements. “With this [...]
Manufacturing companies need a universally recognized standard for the exchange of product data across the supply chain, according to a survey of industry executives. The survey, conducted by Germany’s RAAD Research in cooperation with Contact Software and Siemens PLM, found that manufacturing companies are challenged by an absence of standards when exchanging information between production, [...]
Johnson Controls’ automotive division has chosen Siemens PLM’s Teamcenter as its corporate standard for collaboration and process integration. Siemens PLM Software, a division of Germany’s Siemens Group, said Johnson Controls Automotive Experience will use Team Center across its entire global product development operation. Siemens said it had won the contract in competition with at least [...]
PLM software suppliers in Germany see strong growth continuing despite expectations of an economic slowdown this year. At a meeting in February of the sendler\circle, an association of PLM service providers in Germany, company representatives said growth in the industry is only held back by a shortage of qualified engineers. PLM suppliers expect double-digit growth [...]
HANOVER — One thing was clear at the 2012 automotiveDAY conference: IT is quickly becoming one of the major differentiators in the competition between the world’s car brands. Until recently, IT was mostly seen as way to reduce costs and boost efficiency. But in addresses to the conference, IT directors outlined how the services they [...]
HANOVER — Automakers and suppliers reported major progress in creating common IT standards to be used in product lifecycle management (PLM). “We now have a common understanding with regard to the issue of openness in PLM systems and now have measurable criteria for that openness,” said Steven Vetterman, who heads ProSTEP iViP, a global association [...]
Siemens PLM Software CEO Chuck Grindstaff is a big believer in open systems. The head of the business software division of Germany’s Siemens is confident his products can compete in a fully open environment. In an interview with automotiveIT, Grindstaff, a 33Â year Siemens veteran, also discussed Siemens new products, the changes in automakers’ PLM [...]
