Corporate Blog

Speed-up Aero-Engines and Increase Power Generation

September 8, 2010

Parts like this one do the job. They speed-up aero-engines and increase power generation. But they are difficult to manufacture. And it’s even more difficult to create the G-code or NC-progra…

Jack @ GM

September 2, 2010

Kenneth Wong wrote a great article called “GM Puts Digital Humans to Work” which was published in Desktop Engineering. This is based on an interview with Bob Tilove, a technical fellow at General Mot…

IMTS and the Digital Manufacturing Symposium

September 1, 2010

The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, IL will be a great event. Siemens will be present on several booths. And more, the Digital Manufacturing Symposium will tak…

Food Safety tracking and tracing

A critical topic for the CPG Food & Beverage industry is food and product safety. Any number of recalls over the past 18 months to 2 years, peanuts, toys, spinach, and most recently eggs makes th…

Wanted: Passion and champions

Our task was to assemble a panel discussion for the GMA Executive Conference with executives from outside of the CPG F&B industry to give their prospective on successful innovation. And what…

Improving Eco-design in Retail with PLM

Working for a company like Siemens, which is a big supporter of Earth Day, World Water Day, and other important sustainability initiatives, combined with some quality beach and mountain time this sum…

Win an iPod® Touch … if you use Tecnomatix Plant Simulation

OK, one more thing: you need to be a student. In this case you might be interested in the Tecnomatix Plant Simulation Student Contest and get the chance to win an Apple iPod® Touch. What to do for…

There is never a bad time to innovate

August 30, 2010

The winners of the CPG Award for Innovation and Creativity was presented today at the GMA Executive Conference. There are 2 winners according to market cap size, a winner for small to mid-size compan…