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Altair Announces ATCx AI for Engineers 2025 Global Virtual Event on Jun 26

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Altair Announces ATCx AI for Engineers 2025 Global Virtual Event on Jun 26

TROY, MI, USA, Jun 11, 2025 — Altair, a global leader in computational intelligence, announced it will host ATCx AI for Engineers 2025, a global virtual technology conference, on June 26. The event will bring together design, simulation, and manufacturing engineers from around the world to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in product development.

ATCx AI for Engineers will explore real-world applications of AI across product development, manufacturing, and high-performance computing (HPC). Through expert-led keynotes, technical sessions, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities, attendees will explore practical applications of AI that can elevate their work and impact.

“Whether you want to speed up simulation, streamline production, or make better decisions faster, this virtual event will give you the strategies, tools, and insights to bring AI into your workflows and push the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Ravi Kunju, chief product and strategy officer, Altair. “ATCx AI for Engineers will show how organizations can apply AI in ways that matter.”

The event features an impressive lineup of speakers and panelists from some of the world’s leading companies, including HD Hyundai XiteSolution, Whirlpool, and Lucid Motors. Attendees can choose from three parallel tracks:

  • Where Physics Meets AI – explore how AI is reshaping engineering, including speeding up design, improving accuracy, and enabling smarter decisions with tools like generative design, digital twins, and AI copilots.
  • Accelerating AI Adoption for Smart Manufacturing – deep-dive into how manufacturers are using AI to optimize operations, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation with tools like predictive maintenance and intelligent automation.
  • Simulation-Driven Design – learn how HPC powers AI at scale and how AI makes HPC faster and smarter. See real-world examples shaping the future of computing.

ATCx AI for Engineers will be held in two time zones across the AMER, LATAM, EMEA, and APAC regions, and will offer live translations in Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. For more information and registration, visit: https://events.altair.com/atcx-ai-for-engineers-2025/#event-registration.

About Altair

Altair is a global leader in computational intelligence that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair is part of Siemens Digital Industries Software. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com or sw.siemens.com.

ZWSOFT Releases ZW3D 2026

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ZWSOFT Releases ZW3D 2026

GUANGZHOU, China, Jun 10, 2025 — ZWSOFT announced the release of ZW3D 2026, the latest annual update to its flagship 3D solution. Informed by feedback from over 2,800 users worldwide, this version brings several significant enhancements.

ZW3D 2026 introduces more specialized tools for general machinery design, enabling users to solve complex, industry-specific challenges with enhanced precision. It also offers faster performance and a smoother user experience. Upgraded data conversion and 2D–3D collaboration features improve workflow continuity across formats and platforms. New modules—such as CFD Simulation and ZWTeammate—further strengthen the platform as a fully integrated 3D CAD/CAE/CAM/Collaboration solution.

Together, these advancements reflect ZWSOFT’s commitment to empowering end-to-end product development through a unified, intelligent design environment.

Tailored Enhancements for General Machinery Design

For manufacturers in general machinery, design precision directly affects product performance and durability. A long-time ZW3D user—an industry-leading CNC machine tool maker—struggled with time-consuming modeling of lead screw threads. Because traditional flag threads couldn’t meet simulation requirements, engineers had to create real threads manually—taking over 10 minutes per part and often leading to errors.

ZW3D 2026 solves this with real-thread modeling and a built-in library of standardized slot features. Engineers can now generate accurate, simulation-ready threads in seconds—even for custom specifications—boosting fatigue life prediction accuracy from 75% to 95% and cutting modeling time by over 90%.*

Complex sheet metal design for consumer products is often significantly influenced by industrial styling demands. While stylists strive to create visually appealing forms, their frequent changes can complicate downstream engineering. Structural engineers must repeatedly revise detailed layouts, making manual conversion time-consuming and error-prone.

ZW3D 2026 now renews one-click conversion from solid models to sheet metal parts, with associative updates that reflect any design changes. Engineers also benefit from new specialized features such as cutouts, louvers, and embosses, simplifying the creation of complex sheet metal structures. In real production cases—like appliance enclosures—overall design time has been cut by up to 50%.*

Smarter and Faster Design Workflows

A precision machine tool manufacturer working with ZWSOFT set out to develop more than 7,500 parts in three months, where efficiency was key to success. Assembly and motion analysis accounted for 35% of the workload, with component selection and installation consuming significant time. Preparing models for motion simulation added further complexity. 

To address these issues, ZW3D 2026 introduces intelligent fasteners, copy with constraints, smart constraints, and smart mirror, enabling batch installation and one-click conversion of assembly constraints into simulation joints. These upgrades led to a 50% improvement in assembly efficiency*, reducing component installation from two full days to just one hour.

Once 3D design is complete, standardized 2D drawing output becomes a major bottleneck—especially in the non-standard equipment sector, where it can consume up to 30% of the total project cycle. In one case, a team of 40–50 engineers produced nearly 10,000 drawings per month, with most engineers handling 10–20 drawings per day. The bulk of their time was spent on 3D view projections and manual dimensioning, frequently leading to long hours and inconsistent results.

To streamline this workflow, ZW3D 2026 enhances AI-powered tools for automated drawing generation and intelligent annotation. Engineers can define templates and standards once, then batch-generate dimensions and insert preconfigured process tables with ease—reducing manual effort and ensuring consistency across outputs.

Software performance has also seen significant gains. In a 150,000-part factory layout project, model loading time has been reduced from one minute to 47 seconds*, and drawing view projection from five minutes to one, thanks to the optimized projection engine in ZW3D 2026.

To further support daily productivity, in its latest version, ZW3D enhances the user experience with new micro-panel interfaces, a data-driven workspace, and AI-powered command prediction—all designed to help engineers stay focused and move faster throughout the design process.

Seamless Interoperability and 2D–3D Integration

CAD models are long-term digital assets, encapsulating a company’s design intent and process knowledge. As organizations adopt new design platforms, the ability to migrate and reuse legacy data becomes essential. With robust parametric modeling and feature recognition capabilities, ZW3D 2026 leverages the upgraded IPX 2.0 engine to enable accurate, feature-level data exchange across mainstream CAD formats—achieving over 90% conversion accuracy for SOLIDWORKS files and 85% for Creo files—ensuring smooth collaboration in multi-software environments. 

To further boost productivity and design consistency, ZW3D 2026 introduces Associative Updates to Sync 2D Drawings With 3D Models. In many small and mid-sized enterprises, 3D modeling is still followed by manual 2D drafting—a process that often results in duplicated effort and data mismatches. With this new integration, any change made to a 3D model can now automatically update the corresponding 2D drawings, improving accuracy and eliminating repetitive redrawing. 

This feature has already delivered measurable results. In one injection molding project, the customer iterated over ten times using ZW3D for modeling and ZWCAD for detailing. Previously, each update required manual revisions to multiple drawings and up to four hours of rework. With the latest version, the same updates take just three bminutes, thanks to real-time 2D–3D synchronization.

Advancing Integrated CAx to New Heights

With ZW3D 2026, ZWSOFT continues to expand its capabilities as a unified design and engineering platform. The addition of two new modules—CFD Simulation and ZWTeammate—further enhances ZW3D as a fully integrated CAD/CAE/CAM/Collaboration solution.

CFD Simulation Now Integrated Seamlessly

ZW3D 2026 now includes native CFD Simulation-Phoenics, allowing engineers to perform fluid and thermal analysis directly within the design environment. This integration eliminates the need for external tools and streamlines validation early in the design process.

ZWTeammate for Intuitive and Efficient Engineering Collaboration

ZWTeammate enables seamless collaboration and efficient data management within the ZW3D platform. From task coordination and revision tracking to controlled data publishing, it helps teams stay organized and aligned—all within the design environment. 

Together, these new modules reinforce ZW3D’s mission to unify design, simulation, manufacturing, and collaboration—improving productivity across the entire product development journey, from conception to production.

ZW3D 2026 Marks A Major Milestone

ZW3D 2026 brings focused enhancements for general machinery design, intelligent tools for greater design efficiency, improved data interoperability, and deeper 2D–3D integration—all geared toward addressing real-world engineering needs.

With this release, ZWSOFT continues to advance its strategy of delivering a fully integrated CAx solution centered on ZW3D—unifying design, simulation, and manufacturing to empower more streamlined and intelligent product development.

For more details and to enjoy a 30-day free trial, please visit our website and explore how ZW3D 2026 turn every day into a leap towards creative innovation.

*Disclaimer

These results are based on internal tests comparing ZW3D 2026 with ZW3D 2025. Actual performance may vary depending on specific application scenarios.

About ZWSOFT

Since 1998, ZWSOFT’s all-in-one CAx (CAD/CAE/CAM) solutions have helped professionals bridge the gap between concept and creation. By uniting design, simulation, and manufacturing in one integrated platform, we empower architects, engineers, and designers to streamline complex projects at a fair price. This approach accelerates development cycles and minimizes costs without compromising quality.

Over 1.4 million users in 90+ countries—including 149 Fortune 500 corporations—trust ZWSOFT’s 25+ years of expertise to drive innovation. Whether it’s pioneering product design in manufacturing or delivering advanced solutions in the AEC sector, we remain dedicated to turning ambitious ideas into reality and empowering sustainable innovation worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.zwsoft.com.

Align Awards Funding to Universities Across USA, Europe, APAC for Advancing Orthodontic, Dental Research

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Align Awards Funding to Universities Across USA, Europe, APAC for Advancing Orthodontic, Dental Research

TEMPE, AZ, USA, Jun 10, 2025 – Align Technology, Inc. (“Align”) (Nasdaq: ALGN), a leading global medical device company that designs, manufactures, and sells the Invisalign System of clear aligners, iTero intraoral scanners, and exocad CAD/CAM software for digital orthodontics and restorative dentistry, today announced the award of twelve research grants to universities under the company’s fifteenth Annual Research Award Program.

“Align is pleased to grant the following research awards that will lead to insights and evidence that advance the science and applicability of treatment for patients of all ages,” said Dr. Mitra Derakhshan, Align executive vice president, chief clinical officer, global treatment planning and clinical services. “We are excited to support university research around the world, and we continue to learn about the findings from the awarded research and their publications.”

The Americas research award recipients for 2025 are:

  • University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada) Primary Investigator – Dr. Carlos Flores-Mir
  • University of Florida (Gainesville, FL) Primary Investigator – Dr. Sarah Hisham Abu Arqub
  • University of Rochester (Monroe County, NY) Primary Investigator – Dr. Dimitrios Michelogiannakis
  • State University of Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Primary Investigator – Dr. Jonas Capelli Junior

The European research award recipients for 2025 are:

  • University of Liège (Wallonia, Belgium) Primary Investigator – Dr. Baurin Basil
  • Link Campus University (Rome, Italy) Primary Investigator – Dr. Giuseppina Laganà
  • UniCamillus International Medical University (Rome, Italy) Primary Investigator – Dr. Roberta Lione
  • Link Campus University (Rome, Italy) Primary Investigator – Dr. Giuseppina Laganà

The Asia Pacific research award recipients for 2025 are:

  • Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) Primary Investigator – Dr. Wenli Lai
  • Sydney Dental Hospital (Surry Hills, Australia) Primary Investigator – Dr. Narayan H. Gandedkar
  • Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) Primary Investigator – Dr. Yating Yi
  • Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) Primary Investigator – Dr. Hu Long

“This year the number of applications to the program is the largest since its initiation fifteen years ago,” said John Morton, Align vice president, technical fellow. “The research endeavors funded by this highly competitive program may advance the science of dentistry and aim to improve the dental care of the global community. We are proud to provide this opportunity to these excellent university researchers throughout the world.”

The funded research studies cover a wide range of topics, including:

  • Prediction of adolescent adherence to clear aligner treatment
  • Effects of clinical consultation methods on the acceptance of the Invisalign treatment plan
  • Evaluation of the precision of clear aligner composite attachment bonding immediately after bonding
  • Evaluation of the behavior of biological markers of orthodontic movement in clear aligner treatment
  • Impact of 3D imaging visualization tool during orthodontic treatment planning with aligners to reduce periodontal recession occurrence
  • Comparison of lower incisors control during treatment with clear aligners versus fixed appliance and class II elastics
  • Study of displaced maxillary canines with interceptive treatment by means of clear aligners
  • Analysis of tri-dimensional upper and lower arch expansion comparing two protocols for mixed dentition
  • Analysis of the predictability of molar intrusion and incisor extrusion with different treatment protocols among open-bite patients treated with Invisalign clear aligners
  • Comparison of periodontal health outcomes between Invisalign clear aligners and fixed appliances
  • Study orthodontic alveolar bone remodeling in vivo, and investigate possible ways to assess bone remodeling from a 3D perspective
  • Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of clear aligners in rotating the occlusal plane and mandibular plane for functional esthetics among skeletal class II high-angle patients

All award applications received were first reviewed and prioritized in a blind evaluation by an independent academic committee. The final recipients were then determined by Align Technology.

About Align Technology, Inc.

Align Technology designs and manufactures the Invisalign System, the most advanced clear aligner system in the world, iTero intraoral scanners and services, and exocad CAD/CAM software. These technology building blocks enable enhanced digital orthodontic and restorative workflows to improve patient outcomes and practice efficiencies for over 281.4 thousand doctor customers and are key to accessing Align’s 600 million consumer market opportunity worldwide. Over the past 28 years, Align has helped doctors treat over 20.1 million patients with the Invisalign System and is driving the evolution in digital dentistry through the Align Digital Platform, our integrated suite of unique, proprietary technologies and services delivered as a seamless, end-to-end solution for patients and consumers, orthodontists and GP dentists, and lab/partners. For more information, visit www.aligntech.com.

For additional information about the Invisalign System or to find an Invisalign doctor in your area, please visit www.invisalign.com. For additional information about the iTero digital scanning system, please visit www.itero.com. For additional information about exocad dental CAD/CAM offerings and a list of exocad reseller partners, please visit www.exocad.com.

MISUMI to Acquire US-Based On-Demand Custom Mechanical Components Procurement Services Provider Fictiv for $350 Million

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MISUMI to Acquire US-Based On-Demand Custom Mechanical Components Procurement Services Provider Fictiv for $350 Million

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, Jun 10, 2025 – Fictiv, a global supply chain technology company, announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by MISUMI Group Inc, a leading global supplier of mechanical components for the manufacturing industry headquartered in Japan. The all-cash transaction has a total consideration of $350 million, subject to closing adjustments. Once closed, Fictiv will join MISUMI.

This acquisition represents an investment by MISUMI to accelerate the emergence of manufacturing and supply chain solutions that deploy the power of AI through digitally native tools built on top of robust physical infrastructure to build real-world products in an efficient, scalable way.

“Fictiv and MISUMI share a joint vision to make access to world-class manufacturing & supply chain capabilities easier, more accessible, more intelligent, and democratized,” said Dave Evans, Co-Founder & CEO, Fictiv. “Giving more teams the tools to take their ideas from concept to reality will unlock innovation to fuel the advancements we want to see in the world.”

The manufacturing and supply chain industries are rapidly evolving and increasingly volatile, fueled by shifts in global tariff and trade policy, geopolitical uncertainty, logistics disruptions, and technology developments. These events are exposing traditional manufacturing and supply chain methods that are expensive, inefficient, and opaque, creating inordinate risk in building and scaling products.

Fictiv’s Global Manufacturing Supply Chain brings together AI-driven technology workflows, a world-class global manufacturing network, and teams of local manufacturing experts to simplify sourcing for custom mechanical components. To date, Fictiv has produced over 35 million commercial and prototype components for some of the world’s most innovative products across early-stage and large enterprises in the aerospace, robotics, clean energy, consumer, and automotive sectors. Customer adoption of Fictiv’s solution has grown at a rapid pace, accelerated further by the recent launch of production manufacturing solutions.

“This is an exciting moment for our company, but an even more important one for our customers, as this acquisition will enable us to turbocharge our mission to simplify sourcing,” said Nate Evans, Co-Founder & CXO, Fictiv. “Fictiv and MISUMI bring together digital and physical infrastructure to support a full bill-of-materials, and reduce the time, cost, and risk associated with building and scaling products.”

Based in Japan, MISUMI supplies mechanical components, tools, consumables, and other products to more than 318,000 companies worldwide. Customers recognize the MISUMI brand for strict quality conformance, global logistics excellence, and scalability offered by digital tools and unique customization capabilities. Bringing all this to Fictiv will help make their solution even better and more scalable, benefitting customers by offering a single global platform capable of building an entire bill-of-materials with world-class speed, price, and quality.

You can read more about Fictiv’s solution and vision for unlocking the world’s creative potential together with MISUMI on the Fictiv blog.

J.P. Morgan served as exclusive financial advisor and Morrison & Foerster LLP served as legal counsel to Fictiv. SMBC Nikko Securities served as financial advisor and Clifford Chance LLP served as legal counsel to Misumi. The deal is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals.

About Fictiv

Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally without the typical barriers of cost, complexity, and risk. By leveraging Fictiv’s four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S., companies can access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk—ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for early-stage companies and large enterprises alike, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth. For more information, visit www.fictiv.com.

About MISUMI

MISUMI supplies mechanical components for automation that are in demand in the manufacturing scenes, as well as tools, consumables, and other products to more than 318,000 companies worldwide. We wear two hats: a manufacturer with manufacturing capabilities and a distributor of branded products from other companies. With this unique business model, supported by a solid business foundation, MISUMI achieves “globally Reliable, Quick Delivery” for greater customer convenience. For more information, visit https://www.misumi.co.jp.

Meltio, Phillips Corp Collaborate to Advance Hybrid CNC Technology for Defense Industry

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Meltio, Phillips Corp Collaborate to Advance Hybrid CNC Technology for Defense Industry

HANOVER, MD, USA and LINARES, Spain, Jun 10, 2025 – Phillips Corporation, and Meltio – a disruptive laser metal deposition technology manufacturer – proudly announce a major advancement in defense manufacturing: Phillips Corporation has become the first Meltio partner worldwide to successfully integrate the Meltio Engine Blue into a Haas CNC machine. This milestone marks a significant evolution in hybrid manufacturing, combining additive and subtractive technologies into one streamlined workflow, paving the way for advanced applications in the defense sector.

Meltio’s pioneering laser-wire metal 3D printing solution is built around welding wire; the safest, cleanest, and most affordable metal feedstock available. The Meltio Engine Blue empowers defense and industrial manufacturers to elevate their CNC machining capabilities with integrated metal additive manufacturing, providing an agile and scalable solution for mission-critical parts.

Phillips Corporation, a global leader in manufacturing technology and a key partner to defense and government agencies, strengthens its long-standing collaboration with Meltio through this integration. The company is renowned for delivering high-performance solutions that enhance operational readiness, innovation, and competitiveness across industry, defense and academia.

The first Meltio Engine Blue was successfully integrated into a Haas TM-1r, a CNC platform recognized for its precision and reliability, and showcased at RAPID TCT in Detroit, MI, this past April 2025. This hybrid configuration enables defense manufacturers to produce complex metal parts with greater precision, shorter lead times, and reduced material waste—capabilities essential for logistics, sustainment, and rapid deployment environments.

This milestone builds upon previous successful defense collaborations between Phillips and Meltio, including the deployment of Meltio technology aboard a U.S. Navy ship for onboard metal part manufacturing and the U.S. Department of Defense’s adoption of Meltio’s wire-laser metal 3D printing systems to increase supply chain resilience. These successes highlight the growing relevance of hybrid manufacturing in meeting the evolving demands of military operations.

To share this achievement and demonstrate its full potential for defense applications, Meltio and Phillips Corporation will host a live webinar on June 11, 2025 at 17:00 CET (11:00 AM EDT). The event will introduce the Meltio Engine Blue, explain its integration with Haas CNC machines by Phillips, and highlight how this hybrid solution improves efficiency, precision, and flexibility. The session will also include a live demonstration of the system in action and conclude with a Q&A with experts from both companies. Join the webinar here. 

“Integrating Meltio’s impressive new Engine Blue into the Haas CNC platform unlocks a new level of control and versatility for manufacturers,” said Brian Kristaponis, General Manager of Phillips Additive Hybrid. “We’re proud to be the first Meltio partner to deliver this configuration through our Hybrid product line, which is already proving its value in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments like defense.”

Meltio is proud to mark this milestone integration with Phillips Corporation, reinforcing its commitment to advancing metal additive manufacturing accessibility and scalability—especially within the defense sector and other critical industries.

As Meltio Channel Manager in the United States, Gabriel Ortiz, expresses enthusiasm for this partnership: “The demand for manufacturing increasingly complex 3D printed parts with Meltio’s DED metal technology using a CNC machine is increasing in different industries in the United States. As our long-standing partnership with Phillips Corporation in the United States demonstrates, the integration of Meltio into Haas CNC certifies that we continue to keep pace with this growing industrial demand for DED metal parts. Meltio’s laser-wire metal 3D printing solutions offer all types of industries in North America the ability to manage the entire manufacturing process using Hybrid solutions like those offered by Phillips Corporation It is extremely rewarding to help a large range of industries, from automotive to aerospace, as they aim to print and repair reliable metal parts with our reliable laser-wire DED solutions.”

About Meltio

Meltio takes metal additive manufacturing to the next level by developing high-performance, affordable, and easy-to-use metal 3D printing solutions using wire-laser metal deposition technology. The company’s mission is to delight customers, partners, and employees by pioneering the development of affordable metal 3D printing systems that are reliable, safe, and powerful, continually reinforcing their status as disruptors. For more information, visit https://meltio3d.com.

CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.0 Now Available on Altair Partner Alliance

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CPFD’s Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.0 Now Available on Altair Partner Alliance

HOUSTON, TX, USA, Jun 10, 2025 – CPFD Software is pleased to announce that Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.0 is now available to Altair customers through the Altair Partner Alliance (APA).

Barracuda Virtual Reactor 25.0 introduces powerful new capabilities including updated wall impact models, enhanced thermal modeling, improved input/output handling, and a more intuitive user experience. APA-enabled Altair clients already have access to Virtual Reactor and can download the latest version directly through the Altair One portal.

To learn more about what’s new in version 25.0, we invite you to watch the Getting Started with Virtual Reactor 25.0 webinar. 

To learn more about Virtual Reactor on APA refer to Altair’s Unlocking the Power of Multi-Phase Simulation: Exploring Barracuda Virtual Reactor by CPFD webinar.

About CPFD Software

CPFD Software is advancing multiphase simulation and technology. Our flagship product, Barracuda Virtual Reactor, is a physics-based engineering software package that simulates the 3D, transient, fluid-particle hydrodynamics, heat balance, and chemical reactions in industrial fluidized bed reactors and other fluid-particle systems.

Virtual Reactor enables researchers and engineers working with diverse sustainability, renewables, and decarbonization technologies to explore a broad range of ideas, reduce physical testing costs, and minimize development risk, all while accelerating commercialization, scale-up, and overall time to market. The simulation results provide an objective basis for effectively communicating technological merits to partners, customers, and investors, while increasing market exposure and bolstering patent applications. The Virtual Reactor technology can be accessed via software licensing, services, or custom collaborative arrangements.

For more information, visit https://cpfd-software.com.

Aras, BellaDati Collaborate to Offer IoT-Driven Insights for PLM

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Aras, BellaDati Collaborate to Offer IoT-Driven Insights for PLM

ANDOVER, MA, USA and Singapore, Jun 9, 2025 – Aras, a leader in product lifecycle management (PLM) and digital thread solutions, and BellaDati PTE. LTD, a provider of IoT and analytics platforms, announced a partnership to enable manufacturers to strengthen the digital thread, drive operational efficiency, and improve service outcomes. 

The partnership brings real-time IoT and analytics into the digital thread, allowing manufacturers to connect design, production, and maintenance through a continuous, real-time visibility across the product lifecycle. This unified approach strengthens traceability, supports higher product quality, and enables more informed, responsive decision-making across teams.

Enhancing Service Bill of Materials (S-BOM) management is essential for manufacturers looking to stay competitive. By integrating BellaDati’s IoT and analytics capabilities with Aras Innovator, manufacturing companies enable automation of maintenance workflows, optimization of service parts inventory, and more advanced predictive maintenance. These capabilities drive greater productivity in after-sales service and higher customer satisfaction. 

Leveraging BellaDati’s strength in real-time IoT data collection and analytics, Aras is extending the value it delivers across both its core discrete manufacturing base and process sectors such as the chemical industry. The partnership supports industry specific challenges – including regulatory compliance, equipment uptime optimization, and early anomaly detection – while creating opportunities for continued growth in these markets. 

“Our powerful, integrated solution empowers organizations to jumpstart digital transformation through rapid deployment of impactful proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives, and seamlessly scale to full production environments.” said Kazuto Saito, CEO & Managing Director, BellaDati PTE. LTD. “By combining the strengths of Aras and BellaDati, end-users gain seamless access to a robust platform designed to deliver real results – fast. With ready-to-go solutions tailored to real-world use cases, we’re uniquely positioned to help customers drive innovation, enhance operational agility, and achieve measurable success. I’m confident that our collaboration will deliver compelling value and accelerate digital excellence.” 

“Partnering with BellaDati enhances the power of the Aras platform by bringing real-time IoT and analytics into the digital thread,” said Roque Martin, CEO of Aras. “This collaboration enables our customers to deepen visibility across the product lifecycle, elevate service operations, and accelerate data-driven decision-making – all within a unified PLM environment.” 

As part of the agreement, Aras and its global partner network will also offer BellaDati’s IoT and analytics technologies as integrated components of their PLM solutions. The offering will be available through the Aras Marketplace as part of the growing ecosystem of solutions developed and deployed through the Build with Aras – enabling customers to more easily adopt and scale digital capabilities tailored to their business needs. This positions both companies to deliver unified, data-driven innovation to manufacturers worldwide. 

About BellaDati

BellaDati is a leading provider of innovative Service Generation Platform in the IoT and analytics domain. Its platform features real-time data collection, integration, visualization, and analytics, and offers a low-code development environment that enables users to flexibly build and deploy applications and services tailored to their business processes. What traditionally required multiple products can now be accomplished through a single, integrated package. To learn more, please visit https://corp.belladati.com and follow us on LinkedIn. 

About Aras

Aras is a leading provider of product lifecycle management and digital thread solutions. Aras’ technology enables the rapid deployment of flexible solutions based on a powerful digital thread backbone and low-code development platform. Aras’ platform and product lifecycle management applications connect users of all disciplines and functions to critical product data and processes across the entire lifecycle and extended supply chain. Visit www.aras.com to learn more and follow us on YouTube, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn. 

FusionTechnology to Bring One Click Metal’s 3D Printing Products to South Korea

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FusionTechnology to Bring One Click Metal’s 3D Printing Products to South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea, Jun 9, 2025 – One Click Metal is proud to announce its official entry of their metal 3D printing solutions into the Korean market through a new reseller partnership with FusionTechnology, a leading distributor of advanced manufacturing solutions in Korea.

This strategic move allows One Click Metal to expand its global footprint and serve Korean manufacturers, researchers, and engineers with its accessible metal 3D printing solutions. FusionTechnology will now be the exclusive distributor of One Click Metal’s systems in Korea, providing sales, support, and training to ensure a smooth and productive user experience.

Korea’s advanced manufacturing industry makes it an ideal market for the adoption of metal 3D printing. From automotive and consumer electronics to aerospace and research, the demand for efficient and compact additive manufacturing solutions continues to grow. With this partnership, One Click Metal strengthens its mission to make metal 3D printing more accessible to small and medium-sized enterprises, technical institutions, and innovation hubs in Korea.

“FusionTechnology’s experience in introducing high-end technology to the Korean market makes them the perfect partner for One Click Metal,” said Gerrit Brüggemann, CEO of One Click Metal. “Together, we aim to support local businesses in unlocking the benefits of metal additive manufacturing—from faster lead times to cost savings and greater design freedom.”

FusionTechnology is known for its strong service orientation and technical know-how, ensuring customers in Korea will receive expert guidance from initial installation to long-term application development.

For more information about One Click Metal and its products, visit https://oneclickmetal.com.

Kennametal Announces Sale of its Subsidiary in Goshen, Indiana, USA

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Kennametal Announces Sale of its Subsidiary in Goshen, Indiana, USA

PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Jun 9, 2025 – Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced that it has completed the sale of its business in Goshen, IN.

“This portfolio action is an important step toward improving our overall sales mix, reducing material cost volatility and focusing our resources on long-term strategic priorities that create greater value for all our stakeholders,” said Kennametal President & CEO Sanjay Chowbey.

Kennametal received $19 million from the transaction upon closing, resulting in an immaterial pre-tax loss. The proceeds are subject to customary post-closing adjustments as well as an EBITDA-based earn-out opportunity for Kennametal at the end of a three-year period. The Company expects to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. The Goshen subsidiary was sold to a Chicago-based private equity firm.

The Goshen subsidiary, known as Kennametal Stellite, L.P., serves the surface coating and welding products markets in Kennametal’s Infrastructure segment and represents less than 2% of Kennametal’s total sales and is immaterial to Kennametal’s profitability.

About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,400 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2 billion in revenues in fiscal 2024. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

SimScale, nTop Announce Native Implicit Geometry Import for Heat Exchanger Simulation

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SimScale, nTop Announce Native Implicit Geometry Import for Heat Exchanger Simulation

MUNICH, Germany, Jun 9, 2025 – SimScale, the leader in cloud-native engineering simulation, today announced a new native integration with nTop, the leader in computational design software for high-performance engineering. Engineers can now import implicit geometry representations directly from nTop into SimScale, unlocking unprecedented speed and robustness in the simulation and design exploration of high-performance heat exchangers.

SimScale nTop Integration
High performance heat exchanger modeled in nTop and simulated in SimScale

Accelerating design cycles for high performance heat exchangers

This new capability significantly accelerates simulation of full-fidelity flow and thermal behavior in complex, performance-critical heat exchanger designs. By eliminating the traditional bottlenecks of CAD conversion and surface meshing, this workflow opens the door to broader design exploration and innovation for complex DfAM products.

“Traditional simulation pipelines struggle with the complexity of high-performance heat exchanger geometries because they require faceted CAD data, which is a time-consuming step” said Alexander Fischer, Product Manager and Co-founder at SimScale. “With this new integration, engineers can move from design to simulation in a fraction of the time, much more reliably.”

“Traditional CAD-to-simulation workflows have always been a major bottleneck in high-performance heat exchanger design—you’re constantly dealing with meshing failures and geometry conversion issues that kill iteration speed,” said Bradley Rothenberg, co-founder and CEO of nTop. “This native integration with SimScale eliminates that friction — Engineers can now move directly from nTop implicit geometry into a robust thermal and flow solver without the preprocessing headaches, enabling teams to iterate faster and explore design spaces that were previously impractical to simulate.”

Faster and more robust conjugate heat transfer simulation with implicit geometry

Unlike legacy simulation tools that rely on fragile CAD imports and require extensive manual preprocessing, SimScale’s new functionality—built in close collaboration with nTop—allows engineers to work directly with implicit models. This enables robust and accurate flow and conjugate heat transfer (CHT) simulations powered by SimScale’s immersed boundary method (IBM), which natively handles implicit geometries without requiring any conversion or geometry discretization.

The result: streamlined, high-fidelity simulation workflows that enable faster iteration, deeper design exploration, and better-performing heat exchangers. The value of this capability has already been proven at customers such as Siemens Energy, who are using SimScale to simulate high performance heat exchanger performance.

“Implicit modeling and direct simulations on implicit geometry is a real step change in speed and robustness of optimization workflows and necessary to unlock the real potential of additive manufacturing.” Markus Lempke, Computational Designer at Siemens Energy.

All SimScale users, including Community users and Professional license holders, can now take advantage of this new capability to import implicit models from nTop into SimScale, enabling fast and robust simulation workflows for DfAM products.

About SimScale

SimScale is the world’s first cloud-native engineering simulation platform, offering powerful and accessible computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), electromagnetic, and thermal simulations. With SimScale, every engineer has access to the power of simulation without the need for expensive hardware or software. SimScale is trusted by >700K engineers worldwide to make informed decisions, optimize designs, and innovate faster. For more information, visit www.simscale.com.

About nTop

nTop is the computational design platform for high-performance engineering. Built for teams solving the world’s hardest engineering challenges—from hypersonics to heat exchangers—nTop combines GPU-accelerated modeling, in-the-loop simulation, and automation to help engineers generate and evaluate thousands of design variants, including geometry and physics results, in hours, not weeks. Trusted by over 450 teams across aerospace, defense, automotive, and energy, nTop redefines how design is done, turning engineering logic into reusable workflows, enabling rapid exploration of the design space, and shortening product cycles from concept to production. For more information, visit www.ntop.com.

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