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and others in one setup, with no required special tooling. Hundreds of tiny holes can be cut into brittle glass, while laminates and composites can be cut with reliability and damage free. ME


Dassault to Acquire Apriso P When the


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LM software developer Dassault Systèmes (Velizy-Villacou- blay, France) announced May 29 that it intends to acquire manufacturing software developer Apriso Corp. (Long Beach, CA) for ap- proximately $205 million in cash. Dassault, which has made a string of recent acquisitions, said the purchase of Apriso will enhance the manufacturing operations management capabilities of Dassault’s 3DExperience platform. Das- sault will integrate Apriso into its Delmia portfolio and 3DExperience platform’s virtual reality capabilities. Apriso’s solutions synchronize global manufacturing networks, offering real- time visibility and control over business processes performed by plants and suppliers. Apriso’s software includes the FlexNet enterprise manufacturing ex- ecution system (MES) solution. Subject to regulatory approvals, the purchase is expected to be completed in July.


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Hexagon Metrology (North Kings- town, RI) on June 4 introduced PC-DMIS Touch, a new measurement software program for portable arm and DCC (direct computer control) CMMs. With high-resolution multitouch display technology, users physically interact with measurement sequences, fea- ture variables, and report templates. Hexagon announced PC-DMIS touch at the HxGN Live 2013 conference in Las Vegas, NV, and at the Feimafe Exhibition in São Paulo, Brazil, demonstrating the PC-DMIS touch capabilities on a Romer Absolute arm and a 4.54 SF DCC CMM. The software is said to offer an entirely new way to complete measure- ment tasks, with one-off dimensions


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