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Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists: Kroger

Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists: Kroger

Dave Dillon, Chairman & CEO of Kroger will also be a participant in the sustainability panel, “Practical Industry Strategies for a Sustainable Future”, Monday, August 22 at 2:15 p….

Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists: Cargill

Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists: Cargill

Following my post yesterday which included a video from Siemens President and CEO Eric Spiegel on sustainability, here is a video interview with Cargill Chairman and CEO Greg Page.  The pri…

Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists

Countdown to the GMA Executive Conference… Meet the Sustainability Panelists

It is less than a week before the GMA Executive Conference, the annual gathering of the elite in the food & beverage industry – looking forward to a great event.  Yesterday, GMA ho…

Seminar on Managing Multi-Disciplinary Mechatronics Complexity

Seminar on Managing Multi-Disciplinary Mechatronics Complexity

I’m headed to Marquette University for a one-day information exchange that we’re co-sponsoring. The subject is managing multi-disciplinary mechatronics complexity in product development. As y…

See how Aquila Engineering used FEA Software to improve productivity and save tens of thousands of dollars

See how Aquila Engineering used FEA Software to improve productivity and save tens of thousands of dollars

It’s always good to see engineering companies reaping the benefits of adopting FEA software, like Australia-based Aquila Engineering which lately switched to using Femap with NX Nastran. In a recentl…

Geometric constraint solving – it’s all about special cases

Geometric constraint solving – it’s all about special cases

As I am writing this, we are part way through the process of making new releases of the D-Cubed Components. The 2D products (2D DCM, PGM) have just been shipped and the 3D products (3D DCM,…

Quality Driven Process Development: Did your design just do that?

Quality Driven Process Development: Did your design just do that?

Heads-up!  If you missed the webinar last week; Quality Driven Process Development: Did your design just do that? Then this is your lucky day. Just follow this link (registration required) to…

Model Bounding Box – Femap Tips & Tricks

Model Bounding Box – Femap Tips & Tricks

Find out about the significance of the Femap model bounding box, and see where it is used. Alastair

Siemens big role at the 2011 GMA Executive Conference

Siemens big role at the 2011 GMA Executive Conference

The annual GMA (Grocery Manufacturers Association) Executive Conference is approaching August 20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado and we are excited about the prominent role Sie…