Canadian manufacturing face challenge

Canadian manufacturing face challenge

As part of the Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology Launch, the president of a large Siemens channel partner discussed how local industry groups have underlined the importantance of staying current…

Solid Edge Toronto Launch

Solid Edge Toronto Launch

From the world’s tallest building, the CN Tower in Toronto, the Americas get a good look at the new non-history and feature based CAD technology for Solid Edge. Biggest CAD technology launch in more …

WEEE..! Compliance!

WEEE..! Compliance!

WEEE is Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and it is the fastest growing category of hazardous waste. Brian Martin from Seagate Technologies is speaking about the challenges a high tech man…

Saving the Environment

Saving the Environment

4th grader Ryan Manderfield from The High Meadows School in Atlanta just kicked off the Green Track for us with his brief presentation on environmental issues from an elementary school student’s pers…

More interesting facts from Siemens PLM Connection

More interesting facts from Siemens PLM Connection

If you were here, you would’ve learned that GM audits or validates 200,000 parts every week.  A massive undertaking using Check-Mate. GM has successfully implemented Check-Mate in all of thei…

Sometimes it’s the little things

Sometimes it’s the little things

During the Assembly Modeling in NX update, Jim Carrington showed that the first column in the NX 6 Assembly Navigator is now frozen (like an Excel spreadsheet).  The room burst into applause. …

Themes from this morning’s keynote

Themes from this morning’s keynote

After attending CEO of CIM data Ed Miller’s presentation I started thinking about some themes that have been gaining momentum this week: I’ve heard from several speakers about change management, a…

Chris Kelley Live From Second Life Via The Siemens Island

Chris Kelley Live From Second Life Via The Siemens Island

Watching Chris Kelley talking in Second Life and also sitting in a chair here at the convention center. A crowd gathered wondering how we were talking to someone in a virtual world. Chris and his gro…

Shape Control with NX

Shape Control with NX

You should only be limited by what can be manufactured, not what can be modeled. Stephen Samuel Founder and President of Design Visionaries has just finished a lecture on designing complex shapes w…