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2000 Article Archive
This is your cumulative archive of every Industry Brief, In the News, Big Deals, On the Move and CEO Spotlight ever published in this edition of daratech*Online for the year 2000. This index is arranged alphabetically by name of the primary vendor covered in the article. To go directly to a particular section of the index, click on the appropriate link below.
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Topical Articles CEO Spotlight
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Alias|Wavefront
With a new agreement for AutoStudio and AutoPaint, how is Alias|Wavefront helping GM optimize its shape definition process? (08/01/2000)
ANXeBusiness
ANXeBusiness, promising better-than-internet performance and price, wants to be the B2B network of choice. (06/29/2000)
Arc Second, Inc.
Will engineers embrace Arc Second’s PocketCAD? (09/09/2000)
Autodesk, Inc.
Autodesk released Inventor 4. (12/29/2000)
Autodesk ventures made three equity investments totaling $3 million in startup businesses. (12/27/2000)
Will RedSpark bring Autodesk’s legions of manufacturing customers into the e-commerce revolution? (08/28/2000)
Autodesk debuted Inventor Release 3. (08/22/2000)
New MICROCADAM migration offering from Autodesk and I3. (08/22/2000)
Autodesk appointed Larry Wangberg and Dr. Per-Kristian Halvorsen to its board of directors. (08/11/2000)
How will Autodesk’s new AutoCAD 2000i increase user’s ability to collaborate and communicate in Internet-driven design? (08/01/2000)
How can Autodesk’s new Mechanical Desktop Release 5 help mechanical designers and engineers design small to medium-sized machines? (08/01/2000)
Autodesk named Alice Quinn VP of investor relations and corporate communications. (07/10/2000)
Autodesk appointed Ernest Gmunder VP of worldwide support and services. (07/10/2000)
Autodesk revenue rose 14.6% to $223 million for first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/30/2000)
Doug May named vice president of sales for the Americas at Autodesk. (05/12/2000)
Jon Pittman appointed vice president for Autodesk Ventures. (05/12/2000)
Autodesk launched Point A. (04/26/2000)
Autodesk ventures announced plans to launch RedSpark. (04/26/2000)
Dominic Gallello was named CEO of RedSpark. (04/26/2000)
Autodesk received $3 million order from Square D/Schneider Electric. (04/26/2000)
Autodesk unveiled Autodesk Inventor Release 2. (04/26/2000)
Autodesk won STEP AP 203 standard certification for Mechanical Desktop software. (04/26/2000)
Axiomatic Design Software
Will the addition of manufacturing industry experts to Axiomatic Design’s Web site broaden awareness of benefits of Axiomatic Design methodology? (08/29/2000)
B
Bentley Systems, Incorporated
Will Bentley’s new organization help realize its vision for radically improved collaboration in the E/C/O industry? (09/19/2000)
Bricsnet
Bricsnet consolidated the eight companies it acquired over the last two years. (12/27/2000)
Bricsnet named Yoav Etiel executive vice president of worldwide marketing. (09/25/2000)
Bricsnet revenue increased 183% to EURO2.4 million for first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/30/2000)
Bricsnet announced CoBoNet is purchasing 500 licenses of Bricsnet IntelliCAD 2000. (04/26/2000)
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CADalog.com
How will CADalog.com’s added part files and enhanced user interface benefit manufacturers? (10/06/2000)
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cadence, Hewlett-Packard Company and Flexonics International form SpinCircuit, Inc. (04/26/2000)
Centric Software, Inc.
What’s different about Centric Software’s approach to collaborative product development? (07/12/2000)
Centric working to define new market at intersection of PDM, DMU and visual collaboration. (06/02/2000)
Ken Bado named executive vice president of operations at Centric Software. (04/26/2000)
Centric Software, Inc. partnered with RealityWave. (04/26/2000)
Centric Software, Inc. expanded its European presence. (04/26/2000)
CIMLogic
Will SolidWorks’ acquisition of CIMLogic definitively strengthen its hand in mid-priced modeler marketing wars? (12/01/2000)
CoCreate Software, Inc.
Will CoCreate’s investor-backed employee buyout from its parent company, HP, alter its development, marketing and sales posture? (09/14/2000)
CoCreate’s OneSpace chosen as Core Tool by 100% Solution Alliance, Inc. (06/13/2000)
CoCreate remains committed to engineering collaboration. (06/21/2000)
CoCreate Software Inc. released SolidDesigner 2000+. (05/18/2000)
CoCreate and Hewlett-Packard announced initiative to offer secure collaboration solutions across global design chains. (05/01/2000)
CoCreate announced initiative to interface OneSpace Engineering Collaboration Tool with SAP Product Lifecycle Management. (05/01/2000)
CoCreate released WorkManager 6.0. (04/26/2000)
CoCreate Software, Inc. released OneSpace 5.0. (04/26/2000)
CoCreate Software, Inc. licenses Spatial’s IntraVISION Software Developer’s Kit (IVSDK). (04/26/2000)
Comspec
Comspec changed its name to Verticore and launched a new Web site. (05/10/2000)
D
Dassault Systèmes S.A.
Dassault Systèmes joined impressive company on the CAC 40 index of the Paris Bourse. (12/29/2000)
Dassault Systèmes appointed Mylena Ljubic executive vice president of marketing and communications. (12/11/2000)
Spatial stockholders approved Dassault’s acquisition of Spatial’s component software division. (11/10/2000)
Dassault Systèmes ups bid for Spatial’s ACIS business to $25 million. (09/13/2000)
Does Boeing’s adoption of IBM/Dassault solutions give it an edge in the Joint Strike Fighter competition? (08/22/2000)
Dassault implements ENOVIAVPM in Mitsubishi’s new passenger automotive line. (08/01/2000)
Will Dassault’s alliance with Mentor Graphics alter the competitive landscape in electromechanical design automation? (07/26/2000)
CATIA Version 5 Release 4 unveiled by Dassault Systèmes and IBM. (07/26/2000)
Dassault Systèmes and IBM won a 2500-seat order from Airbus. (07/26/2000)
Dassault Systèmes agreed to acquire Spatial’s 3D software components business. (07/05/2000)
Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA unveiled its vision for e-manufacturing. (07/03/2000)
Dassault Systèmes combined its Deneb, DELTA, and SAFEWORK into a single entity, DELMIA. (06/13/2000)
Dassault Systèmes licensed 7,426 new CATIA and 4,779 new SolidWorks seats. (05/02/2000)
IBM/Dassault Systèmes received a software and services contract on the order of $1.6 million from Toyota Motorsport (TMG). (05/01/2000)
Dassault Systèmes signed original software development agreement with Augrin Software. (04/26/2000)
Dassault Systèmes and IBM announced CATIA V5 Release 3 for Windows 2000. (04/26/2000)
DELCAM plc
Delcam upgraded CopyCAD. (05/01/2000)
Delcam and Renishaw signed an OEM agreement. (05/02/2000)
Delcam expanded PS-Exchange. (12/13/2000)
Delphi Automotive Systems
Why did Delphi Automotive Systems change its mind and decide to join the Covisint Automotive Trade Exchange? (07/26/2000)
Documentum, Inc.
What goals will Documentum’s new Asia-Pacific vice president, Art Landro, help the company achieve in the region? (05/12/2000)
Documentum revenue grew 76% to $42.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/30/2000)
Bob Corey named CFO of Documentum. (05/12/2000)
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Engineering Animation, Inc. (EAI)
Covisint selected EAI’s e-Vis to power its visual collaboration service. (10/30/2000)
UGS agreed to acquire EAI for $205 million. (09/06/2000)
Will Biz2Biz.com’s adoption of e-Vis propel EAI into major new markets. (08/13/2000)
EAI’s e-Vis adopted by PlanetGov.com. (07/27/2000)
Is EAI’s tightened business focus enough to restore growth and profitability? (06/21/2000)
EAI revenue declined 13.3% to $17.6 million for the first quarter ended March 21, 2000. (05/18/2000)
EAI released VisView 3.0 and VisMockUp 3.0. (04/26/2000)
EAI released VisFactory 6.2. (04/26/2000)
EAI unveiled VisPublish3D. (04/26/2000)
EAI announced VisVSA. (04/26/2000)
EMC Corporation
EMC Corp., Cisco Systems, Inc. and Oracle Corp. announced ECOstructure initiative. (04/26/2000)
Joel Schwartz named president of EMC’s data general division. (04/26/2000)
ENOVIA Solutions
ENOVIA Solutions to employ IBM’s WebSphere Application Server as component of it’s e-business application architecture. (04/26/2000)
Engineous Software
Engineous Software appointed Charles Kennedy vice president of marketing. (11/10/2000)
Engineous Software’s iSIGHT accelerating design optimization. (11/02/2000)
Dr. Dennis Nagy, new president of Engineous Software. (07/13/2000)
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Framework Technologies
Framework Technologies released ActiveProjectAE v200/E. (04/26/2000)
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Geometric Software Solutions Co., Ltd.
Component technology provider Geometric taking its products and services directly to end users. (07/21/2000)
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i2 Technologies
Primavera and i2 partner to create PrimeContract Marketplace. (09/09/2000)
IBM Corporation
Does Boeing’s adoption of IBM/Dassault solutions give it an edge in the Joint Strike Fighter Competition? (08/22/2000)
CATIA Version 5 Release 4 unveiled by Dassault Systèmes and IBM. (07/26/2000)
Dassault Systèmes and IBM won a 2500-seat order from Airbus. (07/26/2000)
Dassault Systèmes and IBM announced CATIA V5 Release 3 for Windows 2000. (04/26/2000)
IBM/Dassault Systèmes received a software and services contract on the order of $1.6 million from Toyota Motorsport (TMG). (04/26/2000)
IDe
What attracted Hasbro to IDe’s development chain management software? (10/06/2000)
Information Resource Engineering, Inc.
Rick Geritz joined IRE. (09/25/2000)
Intel Corporation
Intel targeting the computing stratosphere with Itanium. (08/21/2000)
ITI (international TechneGroup, Inc.)
Tech Soft and ITI partnered to integrate Tech Soft’s Hoops 3D with ITI’s CADScript. (08/01/2000)
Don Hemmelgarn appointed senior vice president and general manager at ITI. (05/05/2000)
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Knowledge Technologies Limited (KTI)
Will Embraer’s $2 Million agreement with KTI for its KBO environment and services help the company implement knowledge-based design? (08/01/2000)
KTI received a $2.5 million software and services order from Rolls-Royce plc. (06/13/2000)
Knowledge Technologies International (KTI) received a $7 Million software and services contract from BAe Systems, part of the Airbus Consortium. (06/13/2000)
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Matra Datavision
Matra Datavision and Genesis Modeling Technologies combined operations. (04/26/2000)
MatrixOne, Inc.
What led CNH Global to invest $5 million in MatrixOne’s eMatrix product suite? (08/29/2000)
MatrixOne received a $24 million software and services contract from ON Semiconductor. (05/30/2000)
MatrixOne received a $2.2 million software and services contract from Tyco Electronics Corporation. (05/26/2000)
MICROCADAM, Inc.
MICROCADAM to withdraw Helix in Americas, Europe. (05/12/2000)
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NexPrise
Covisint selected NexPrise’s ipTeam. (11/03/2000)
Ted Drysdale assumed CEO role from Nexprise founder and chairman Ram Sriram. (08/11/2000)
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PTC
Will Larry McMenamy, PTC’s new vice president of worldwide channel sales, take the company’s reseller strategy in new directions? (11/10/2000)
PTC won a $1.1 million follow-on MCAD order from ESEC. (11/10/2000)
PTC received a $1.7 million Windchill software and services order from Alliant Techsystems (ATK). (11/10/2000)
PTC won a $2 million Windchill order from Glynwed International. (11/03/2000)
How does Hyundai Motor Company plan to use its $3.5 million Pro/ENGINEER investment within its Powertrain Center? (11/01/2000)
PTC won a $5.8 million order from ITT Industries. (10/31/2000)
What does Lockheed Martin Space Systems seek through its $8.6 million Windchill software & services order? (10/31/2000)
PTC looking to make waves in the shipbuilding market. (10/27/2000)
What objectives led Ingersoll-Rand to add 3500 Windchill seats? (10/02/2000)
PTC received a $2.2 million order from Tyco International. (08/29/2000)
PTC software can now be purchased online. (08/14/2000)
PTC’s Windchill Netmarkets B2B exchange technology goes beyond procurement. (08/02/2000)
PTC landed a $5.4 Million order for Windchill software and a range of services from Hutchinson Technology. (08/01/2000)
PTC won a $5.2 million software and services order from Dover (08/01/2000)
Will PTC’s $3.9 million Pro/ENGINEER order from Maytag hasten the end of the Maytag repairman? (08/01/2000)
PTC landed $2.1 million follow-on Pro/ENGINEER order from Sharp. (08/01/2000)
PTC received a $1.5 million order from Asyst Technologies for Pro/ENGINEER, Pro/MECHANICA and DIVISION. (08/01/2000)
PTC secured a $1.3 million Windchill order from CargoLifter. (08/01/2000)
What are Marconi’s objectives with its $1 million follow-on order for PTC’s Windchill? (08/01/2000)
PTC won its first Windchill Netmarkets customer. (07/27/2000)
PTC reorganized. (06/20/2000)
PTC’s board of directors Appointed Noel G. Posternak non-executive chairman of the board. (06/13/2000)
PTC landed long-sought order from Airbus. (06/13/2000)
C. Richard Harrison—CEO Spotlight (
PTC received a $1.7 Million software and services order from Fiat Ferroviaria SpA. (05/26/2000)
PTC will support Intel’s new 64-bit Itanium processor. (05/10/2000)
PTC received a $1 million order for its engineering software solutions and global services from SCP Technologies. (05/01/2000)
PTC received a $1.4 million Pro/ENGINEER order from Japan-based YASDA. (05/01/2000)
PTC received a $1.4 million order for its Windchill software and services from Tatung Company of Taiwan. (05/01/2000)
PTC received an order for over $1 million for software and service from Lamborghini (Bologna, Italy). (05/01/2000)
PTC received an order in excess of $1.6 million for its i-Series software and services from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). (05/01/2000)
PTC received a $2.2 million software and services order from KUHN of France. (05/01/2000)
PTC received a $3.4 million order from SKF Group for its Windchill software and services. (05/01/2000)
PTC received a $3.5 million order for PTC i-Series software and services from Izumi Products Company. (05/01/2000)
PTC reported second quarter revenue totaling $227.1 million, approximately 15% below Wall Street consensus. (04/26/2000)
Parafrom, Inc.
Paraform partnered with Ariba, Moldflow and 3D Systems to create myB2O.com. (09/29/2000)
Will UG/Quick Shape, the hybrid technology developed by Paraform and UGS, streamline the digital form development process? (08/01/2000)
Does Paraform 2.0 obsolete older technologies for modeling and manufacturing complex organic products? (07/26/2000)
Paraform and Unigraphics Solutions announced technology agreement. (04/26/2000)
PlanetCAD, Inc.
PlanetCAD named Jim Bracking president and CEO. (12/19/2000)
PlanetCAD’s co-branding partnership with Autodesk Point A. (08/14/2000)
Prescient Technologies
Prescient Technologies partnered with LoadSpring Solutions, Inc. (04/26/2000)
Product Factory
Can ProductFactory make product portfolio management a household word? (07/03/2000)
Proficiency Incorporated
Proficiency unveiled a collaboration solution that could radically change degree of interoperability between design systems. (12/07/2000)
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RAND Worldwide
Rand sold $1.2 million worth of its proprietary Q-Checker technology to Japan-based software supplier KGT. (11/03/2000)
RAND worldwide revenue declined 4% to Can$101.3 million (US$69.9) for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/18/2000)
RAND’s engineering.com will merge with Patfind Inc. (05/10/2000)
RAND will acquire CAD Resource Centre (CRC). (05/10/2000)
Redspark
RedSpark secured $14 million in first-round external funding from Crosspoint and Impact. (11/14/2000)
Autodesk ventures announced plans to launch RedSpark (04/26/2000)
Dominic Gallello was named CEO of RedSpark. (04/26/2000)
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SDRC
What drove Boeing’s decision to put SDRC’s Accelis into production deployment? (11/01/2000)
Could SDRC’s new SDRC4me.com become the benchmark for customer relationship management in the CAD and PDM industry? (09/29/2000)
What led Sandvik to select SDRC’s Metaphase? (09/13/2000)
Does SDRC’s $3 million Metaphase order from Ericsson cement its position in the telecom industry? (08/01/2000)
How does SDRC’s $4.3 million Metaphase and I-DEAS order from Nissan extend the two companies’ strategic partnership? (08/01/2000)
How will Seagate’s $1 million follow-on order for SDRC’s I-DEAS software and services help it to realize its "Design Anywhere, Build Anywhere" vision? (08/01/2000)
Renault now has 3000 Metaphase users across 22 sites worldwide. (08/01/2000)
SDRC receives $1.1 million I-DEAS order from Nissan. (07/26/2000)
Has SDRC developed a killer app in the C-commerce cars? (06/22/2000)
SDRC named Glenn R. Wienkoop president and COO. (05/25/2000)
SDRC received a $850,000 software and services contract from W. A. Whitney for I-DEAS software. (05/09/2000)
SDRC awarded $1.2 million contract for I-DEAS software and SDRC ExperTeam services by the Civil and Defense Systems Business Unit of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). (05/01/2000)
SDRC received a 1000-seat order from Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd. (M&M) for Metaphase. (05/01/2000)
SDRC selected Computer Sciences Corporation. (05/01/2000)
SDRC appointed Maurice F. Holmes to the board of directors. (05/01/2000)
SDRC’s first-quarter revenue totals $108.2 million. (05/01/2000)
Bill Weyand—CEO Spotlight (
SDRC unveiled a new corporate strategy for providing B2B, Internet-based solutions to global manufacturers. (04/26/2000)
SmarTeam
What sets mySmarTeam.com apart in the engineering portal market? (09/29/2000)
SmarTeam expanding into enterprise PDM. (06/30/2000)
SoftQuad
SoftQuad released MarketAgility. (10/06/2000)
SolidWorks Corporation
How is SolidWorks’ 3D PartStream.NET helping companies extend into 3D commerce? (12/27/2000)
Does SolidWorks 2001’s new user interface leave the competition in the dust? (12/21/2000)
Will SolidWorks’ acquisition of CIMLogic definitively strengthen its hand in mid-priced modeler marketing wars? (12/01/2000)
Is SolidWorks morphing into an e-commerce infrastructure provider? (10/24/2000)
SolidWorks’ new ability to export XGL. (10/06/2000)
SolidWorks unveils 3D instant website. (10/06/2000)
Joseph Esposito joined SolidWorks. (09/22/2000)
SolidWorks models can now be reviewed interactively in real time over the Web with 3D Meeting. (06/13/2000)
SolidWorks won a STEP AP 203 standard certification for Solidworks 2000 software (05/05/2000)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to install over 600 seats of SolidWorks software. (05/01/2000)
SolidWorks announces Changchun Railway Car Company has standardized on SolidWorks software. (05/01/2000)
Spatial
Will Spatial’s new CEO shake things up? (12/01/2000)
Spatial stockholders approved Dassault’s acquisition of Spatial’s Component Software Division. (11/10/2000)
Dassault Systèmes ups bid for Spatial’s ACIS business to $25 million. (09/13/2000)
Spatial released the ACIS Revenge Husk for reverse engineering. (08/22/2000)
PlanetCAD’s co-branding partnership with Autodesk Point A. (08/14/2000)
Spatial appointed Chuck Bay to its board of directors. (08/11/2000)
Will a partnership with ANXeBusiness help PlanetCAD further its drive into the automotive industry? (07/27/2000)
Spatial’s PlanetCAD division acquires Prescient. (07/27/2000)
Spatial names David Tait general manager of custom manufacturing for PlanetCAD division. (06/13/2000)
Spatial’s race to reinvent itself as B2B dot-com company making progress. (06/02/2000)
Spatial reports revenues of $4,068,000 for first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/09/2000)
Spatial announced beta release of 3Dpublish.com. (05/09/2000)
Bruce Morgan—CEO Spotlight (
Spatial’s 3Dshare.com goes live with CATIA, Pro/E, STEP file conversion/repair. (04/26/2000)
Spatial’s first ACIS-enabled design products on LINUX released. (04/26/2000)
Stereo Graphics
StereoGraphics unveiled StereoEyes. (11/07/2000)
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Tecnomatix Technologies, Inc.
Tecnomatix received a $1 million follow-on order from Mazda. (09/12/2000)
Tecnomatix received a $1 million follow-on order for eMPower from Kia Motor. (08/01/2000)
How will VaTech’s $600,000 follow-on order for Tecnomatix’s eMPower help it better plan and design its spot-welding lines worldwide? (08/01/2000)
Tecnomatix revenue grew 27% to $23.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/18/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions and Tecnomatix partnered to extend variation management and dimensional control capabilities of UGS’ Unigraphics Software. (04/26/2000)
think3
New thinkdesign 6.0 appears to offer breakthrough synthesis of precision, freedom, usability in 3D modeling. (11/27/2000)
think3 and Toyota Caelum Inc. expanded their reseller partnership. (07/26/2000)
think3 received a third round of financing totaling $20 million. (04/26/2000)
think3 forms 3D visualization partnership with Metastream for e-commerce. (04/26/2000)
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UGS
UGS embedded knowledge language in New Unigraphics V17. (11/20/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions won a $2 million order from Smit Transformers. (11/01/2000)
Solid Edge’s modeling power, 2D user appeal, and Web connectivity advanced in new Version 9. (10/30/2000)
What drove Eclipse Aviation’s decision to buy $850,000 of UGS’s Unigraphics and ProductVision software? (10/02/2000)
UGS continues to penetrate the burgeoning Asia/Pacific market. (10/02/2000)
UGS’ Parasolid Innovator Program makes parasolid available to small businessess with no payments for up to a year. (09/20/2000)
UGS received a $700,000 order from Kloeckner Desma GmbH. (09/13/2000)
What two criteria did UGS’s Unigraphics Software fulfill to win a near-$1 million order from the Manzoni Group? (09/12/2000)
Solid Edge selected by Dennis Eagle to replace its 2D drafting system. (09/09/2000)
UGS agreed to acquire EAI for $205 million. (09/06/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions signed a $640,000 software and services contract with TWR Engineering. (08/29/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions and Microsoft unveiled DesignKNet. (08/14/2000)
Has UGS’ Solid Edge Version 8 reached best-of-nreed status? (08/11/2000)
Will UGS’ release of eXT revolutionize product model interoperability? (08/01/2000)
UGS unveiled Parasolid version 12.0. (08/01/2000)
Will UG/Quick Shape, the hybrid technology developed by Paraform and UGS, streamline the digital form development process? (08/01/2000)
UGS received a Unigraphics Software order totaling $800,000 from Lansing Linde. (08/01/2000)
What drove UGS’s $1.2 million Unigraphics software win at Hauni Maschinenblau? (07/26/2000)
UGS received a $580,000 order for Unigraphics and UG/Manager from Victorinox (07/26/2000)
Will Unigraphics Solutions’ new CEO shake things up? (07/17/2000)
Tony Affuso—CEO Spotlight (
Will Tony Affuso, Unigraphics Solutions’ new president and CEO, set a change of course for the company? (07/12/2000)
John Mazzola, President and CEO of UGS announced intention to retire effective March 31, 2001. (07/10/2000)
Anthony J. Affuso appointed COO of UGS. (07/10/2000)
Could Unigraphics Solutions’ PDM business be a source of vulnerability? (06/19/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions received a $2 million software and services contract from Advanced Engineering Solution Co., Ltd. of Thailand. (06/13/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions received a $650, 000 contract from Brandt Corporation. (05/26/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions revenue grew 31% to $53.2 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2000. (05/18/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions signed $1.7 million software and services contract with HR Textron. (05/01/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions awarded $1 million software and services contract from C.F. Taylor, a B/E Aerospace Inc. company, for its Unigraphics CAD/CAM application. (05/01/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions announced software and services contract in excess of $850,000 from AM General Corporation. (05/01/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions Wins a $13 Million Software and Services Contract from Hamilton Suntrand. (04/26/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions Receives $790,000 Software and Services Contract from Linde AG for 125 Seats of Solid Edge. (04/26/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions received a $500,000 software and services order from Martin-Baker Aircraft for iMAN PDM software. (04/26/2000)
Paraform and Unigraphics Solutions announced technology agreement. (04/26/2000)
Unigraphics Solutions and Tecnomatix partnered to extend variation management and dimensional control capabilities of UGS’ Unigraphics software. (04/26/2000)
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Varimetrix Corporation
Varimetrix received a $20 million investment funding from Shin Nippon Koki (SNK). (05/01/2000)
Verano
What led Verano to acquire Agilent’s Automation Integration Software (AIS) business? (12/12/2000)
Verano claims its supply-chain automation software leverages value of manufacturer’s existing SCM investments. (07/06/2000)
Verticore Technologies, Inc.
Verticore closed $5 million in new financing. (10/02/2000)
Verticore appointed former Honeywell executive Allan Reaburn president and COO and named Shell veteran Charlie Gillard chief strategy officer. (10/02/2000)
Comspec changes its name to Verticore and launched new Web site. (05/10/2000)
Vuent, Inc.
Vuent, Inc.’s Envision-i now includes support for CATIA from Dassault. (04/26/2000)
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Web4
Web4 launched web4engineers.com. (07/27/2000)
WebScope, Inc.
Is WebScope poised to become a collaboration standard in CAE? (07/27/2000)
Topical Articles
Mechanical CAD/CAM, CAE market growth will revive to 11.1% in 2001, topping $6.7 billion, by Daratech’s forecast. (12/11/2000)
CEO Spotlight
Carol Bartz, Chairman of the Board, President & CEO, Autodesk, Inc. (
C. Richard Harrison, President & CEO, PTC (
Bruce Morgan, Former President & CEO, Spatial, Inc. (
Tony Affuso, President & CEO, Unigraphics Solutions Inc. (