A few days ago, from December 2 to December 5 2009, designers and engineers met in Frankfurt, Germany for the Euromold 2009 World Fair for Moldmaking and Tooling, Design and Application development.

Based on its name, this event was first dedicated to the European market but there are more and more attendees and exhibitors coming from several parts of the world. The number of exhibitors has increased by 10% (in comparison to 2008), with a significant part of people coming from China. This year, there were 1354 exhibitors from 37 countries attending the event.

Scanning Euromold

The PLM MarketPlace team wasn't there but we were well represented with some of our partners attending this major event: Geometric, Cenit and our new provider: Noomeo. 
Since it was the first time Noomeo attended this event, they kindly offer you a little feedback of the event along with their personal feeling.

“For the very first time, Noomeo attended on its own to an international show, Euromold in Frankfurt, for presenting its “scan for dummies” that can scan everything in every place without any skills. Nevertheless, we were in the middle of high level industries involved in the mold making and manufacturing processes. We welcome on our booth “000’s” and “000’s” of visitors who were really impressed by the ease of use of the system and the way it is responding to industrial processes while being so simple to handle. During this event, we had the great pleasure to demonstrate the accuracy of the OptiNum solution on a wide range of “objects”, such as a plastic bumper of a car, a portion of a injection mold, a plush of Hamtaro, a Volkswagen Combi toy, a bronze casted statue and a charming face of a booth hostess. All these lifelike experiences allowed us to capture and use in 3D these people and object as simply as taking a picture of them. Because OptiNum’s technology is unique, our capabilities are very huge and we are able to answer to very industrial and serious processes and needs. The next event we will attend will be Imagina on February 3rd to 5th, in Monaco where we will be just in front of your preferred CAD system vendor and our best partner, Dassault Systèmes.”

According to the picture above, it seems that their 3D handheld scanners attracted a lot of people!

Did you attend Euromold 2009? What are your impressions?

Alexandre and the Noomeo team.

Checklist before leaving ECF 09: complete! All the stuff is packed, last exchanges of business cards, last meetings and sessions finished. Time for all the attendees to fly back home all over Europe. We definitely had a good time here in DisneyLand Paris with our PLM MarketPlace partners.

European Value Added Resellers and Customers were really impressed by how rich our catalog is! Some of them didn’t even image that so many specific and niche application were available on the PLM MarketPlace. “It’s amazing how so many solutions are easy to find here and within our reach!” a customer told us. Indeed, the combination of Referenced Partners, Value Added Resellers and PLM MarketPlace help customer improve their PLM configuration easily, this was proven and understood during these two days.

Last but not least, we were proud to show the new auto-translation feature we've just implemented that allows all our visitors (on site and online!) to get all the content of www.plmmarketplace.com in their own native language! No need to say that this new feature made great impression during these two days...
Just select a language to get the page translated in a few seconds!

Back in the Agora for a while, just the time for me to finish our “virtual tour” we started yesterday.

Let’s start with our neighbors: Optis. Optis is a French company based in the South of France (you know, where’s sun, cause light is very important for them). Pete and his team explain that their aim is to illuminate your design process, make simulation an integral part of your development cycle to reduce time to market and optimize product quality. The idea with the Speos product line is to put the physic based representation of light and human vision inside CATIA V5 as part of the PLM strategy.

Let’s cross the border to see Prostep, our other neighbors who traveled from Germany to show the value of their Federated eBOM solution. As Manfred told us, the software offers the fast way to find the specific solution to reduce end-to-end life systems, integrate expert systems and build your enterprise PLM. With Prostep, you can find opportunities to make your PLM landscape more efficient using V6 technology.

Back to France now to visit our folks from ESI Group. The product lines of ESI Group (PAM-Diemaker, PAM-TFA, PAM-Quickform and PAM-RTM among others) help you to use simulation driven design to get the product right at the first time. The ESI Group team says that they offer CATIA V5 integrated solutions for composite design and manufacturing but also for sheetmetal forming and stamping simulation. These solutions are used in various industries such as automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, consumer goods products,…

We have now finished our Agora tour and I hope it helped you to see more clearly the value brought by our partners. ECF is always a great opportunity for all of us to exchange, discover powerful complimentary solutions to DS products, discuss on new business cases,…

If you attended ECF09, tell us your feelings here! What did you like? Did you discover new things? Have you met our Partners? We’re curious about it!!

Anthony

First day at ECF 2009 was very exciting with some great testimonies of customers and Bernard Charlès who shared his vision for 2010 and the coming years. I invite you to have a look at our fellows from 3D Perspectives to know more about this first day.

On our side, we had the opportunity to meet several of our PLM MarketPlace partners. All of them came here with the intent of presenting their value to customers. They've all got some great stuff to show and share with the attendees!

I'm glad to take you for a "virtual tour” of our partners' booths and share this ECF 09 with you!

We first met with Joel from CD-adapco who told us that his company aimed at making things easy for everyone to leverage knowledge with simulation. Did you have a look at their product STAR-CAT5 that allows you to simulate flow and thermal stress integrated in CATIA.

Our English folks from Theorem Solutions have products that improve the ability for collaboration and communication in an extended enterprise since complex products are not designed by a single company. Keith told us also that Theorem solutions are made to make design engineering processes more efficient and effective for good ROI and deployment of technology.

Next, we met François who is an Application Engineer at IGE+XAO, a French company with products helping you with electrical solutions in the PLM space. With See Electrical Harness people can schematize all cable and electrical solutions in products which need electricity (e.g. lighting in an aeroplane cabin or the radio in a car).

Our daily tour ends with Transcat from Germany. Martin told us that they define their software as an investment in new solutions, into your future. Q-Checker for V6 and Q-PLM for ENOVIA V6 help customers to accelerate process in global developments processes with quality and compliance controls.

See you there again tomorrow to discover the second half of our PLM MarketPlace partners present here. I also invite you to post comments and questions below so that we can share them and bring you answers as quickly as possible.

Finally, don't forget to follow the event on Twitter as I explained yesterday, there's a lot of "Tweeples" around with their smartphones bringing the ECF 09 live to you!

Right... Time for us to get offline for a few hours. See you there tomorrow!

Anthony

Here we are, just arrived at DisneyLand Paris for the Dassault Systèmes European Customer Forum 2009, aka ECF09! While the first attendees are checking in at their hotel, there is a lot of movement in the Agora!

I came today with Michael to install our booth which stand between two of our PLM MarketPlace partners: Optis and Prostep (thanks Manfred for the tools by the way! ).

We feel that all our Partners are very excited to welcome you tomorrow and are currently doing their utmost to offer you the best booth of the Agora! I can tell you that you're going to see some amazing and great stuff in the coming two days!

I know that some of you can't attend the ECF this year. Don't worry: we set up two great online channels where you'll be able to follow us mostly live: the PLM MarketPlace blog (so bookmark us right know if not already done ) and some Twitter accounts: @plmmarketplace (us!) @michael_moser @bdelahaye @3DPerspectives @jon_dutton @nmaritan and @DSCustomersLIVE.

Well, time for your PLM MarketPlace team to get some food and some sleep (humm... I can ear children screaming next to my room, bad news for me...) in order to be up and running to welcome you tomorrow!

See you at Mickey's then!

Anthony

Partner Summit 2009 was held on June 25th at the DS Campus in Vélizy with the participation of 150 executives from various partners and from Dassault Systèmes.

We thank the participating companies for cutting the time out of their busy schedule in order to be present and benefit from this great opportunity of staying connected:
3D-Connexion, ABGAM – SEGULA, Accenture, Advanced Micro Devices, Aikoku, Altair, Apriso, AutoForm Engineering, AVL List GmbH, Belleaventure, Blue Kiwi, CADCAM Design Centar, Capgemini, CD-adapco, CENIT AG Systemhaus, Cybernetix, DPS, Elsys, em engineering methods AG, ESI Group, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp, Geometric Global, Granta Design Ltd., Haption, HCL, Hewlett Packard Company, IBM, Icona Solutions Limited, IMS Software, Inc., Intercim, Keonys, L&T infotech, LMS International, Magestic Systems Inc, MECAmaster SARL, Mechdyne Corporation, Motion , Analysis Corporation, Mtorres, NVIDIA, Optis, PCO Innovation, Piterion, Processia, PROSTEP AG, Samtech, Scalabe Graphics, smartcable, Sofyne, Sogeti, Steria, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Tacton, TATA Technologies, TDM Systems, Thales IS, Theorem Solutions, TraceParts S.A., Transcat, T-Systems, UniPLM GmbH.

After a morning in the plenary where DS channel leaders updated everyone on go-to-market strategies and collaboration opportunities, the afternoon was dedicated to interaction in focus groups (PLM MarketPlace, Industries, Marketing,…). It was exciting to see and feel the energy in small speed dating session and in round table discussions with the partner ecosystem which was really interacting.

The Partner Summit continues - online – in a dedicated collaboration platform. Participants can find here the presentations and continue discussions around the go-to-market collaboration opportunities started at Partner Summit.

Make sure you do not miss Partner Summit 2010.

Best,
Michael

PS: Have a look to a related blogpost on 3D Perspectives. I really encourage you to take a minute to vote on the value of community participation. We are very interested to hear your opinion.

Along with DEVCON 2009 we will have our yearly Partner Summit which will take place in DS Campus near Paris, on June 25th. Take advantage of being present to join us during this unique occasion to meet all DS and its Partners executives and leaders to talk about business!

More than ever, the Partner Summit is “The Executive Meeting for Partners to discuss joint Business Opportunities”. Being a Solution Partner [Software, Technology, Service] or a Value Added Reseller of Dassault Systèmes, don’t hesitate to register for the event, it is free!

Here are 10 reasons (but you’ll find many more if you join ) to be at the Partner Summit in DS Campus on June 25th:

- Assist to conferences held by Dassault Systèmes Execs
- Experience “business speed dating”!
- Meet DS Sales and Marketing leaders and establish business relationships
- Build Solution Communities for synergy and augmented value for joint customers
- Get feedback and inputs from partners
- Discover partner strategies of other DS entities
- Opportunity to meet our partner’s execs and leaders
- Discover DS Campus and experience the LIVES
- No extra travel cost if you attend the DEVCON
- Enjoy a visit of beautiful Paris!

As you can see, it’ll be all about community collaboration for mutual success during this year’s Partner Summit. Don’t hesitate anymore and register for free!

Anthony

This year, Dassault Systèmes helds its annual Developper Conference (aka DEVCON) at DS Campus, located in Vélizy-Villacoublay, near Paris in June 23-24, 2009.
With a new concept, this year's conference will be at the heart of the Labs, and be THE place for 3D developers and PLM engineers.

Dassault Systèmes’ DEVCON is a unique opportunity for you to meet DS and Partners’ experts. They will be glad to meet you and share their latest innovation.

DEVCON 2009 main topics will be:
• Fresh news on V6 and a preview of the upcoming release. Be prepared to install, deploy, develop on V6.
• Online strategy, products and services will be at the heart of Devcon09
• Round tables on future tech trends and how the 3D will leverage new devices and mobility.
• New partnership programs and communities
• Testimonials from new customers and partners, in the industries, online communities and serious gaming.

By the way, note that some of PLM MarketPlace partners will be there. Take a moment to meet them and discover the value added by their solutions!

Also, we're sure you'll enjoy an exciting visit in the LIVES!

If you want to keep in touch with the community, subscribe to the official DS DEVCON Twitter and join the official group on Facebook! stay tuned to get more details in the coming days!

I hope to see you in June @ DS Campus for this exciting event!

Anthony

If it's not already done, it's time for you to mark your agenda! During four days, April 19-22, in Seattle (WA) will be held the COE 2009 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair. 2008 was a success for PLM MarketPlace at this event, so we decided to come back!

Those of you having the opportunity to come this year are welcome to visit us at our booth. Tom Schorr, Manager, Global Technology Partner Programs & Business Development, from Dassault Systemes North America, will be on hand to host and give you an update on the new happenings with the PLM MarketPlace. Note that eight of our Software Partners referenced on PLM MarketPlace will be also present in the TechniFair: CD-adapco, Cenit, Creaform, Elysium, IGE+XAO, Intercim, Optis and Theorem.

Take time to visit them and discover their solutions! Are you gonna be part of "PLM MarketPlace @ COE: the return"?

Anthony

Find below all the webinars from our Referenced Partners available this month.

Don't hesitate to click the links to get enrolled!

>>
Ready, Set, Migrate!
February 19, 2009 - 11 am - 11:45 am, US - Eastern Time Zone
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/236581524

>> CD-adapco
Modeling Vehicle Aerodynamics and Vehicle Thermal Management (VTM)
February 26, 2009 - 15:00 GMT (10AM EST, 16:00 CET)
http://www.cd-adapco.com/events/WebEx/index.html

Here we are, back from the ECF and we want now to share our impressions about this event, as an exhibitor.

First, we want to thank all people who came to visit us. It was a unique opportunity to see some of your for real and share our impressions about our industry and your concerns.

We are also very proud to see that the PLM MarketPlace gains more and more momentum among Referenced Partners and VARs. All understood the assets of this program and are willing to benefit from it as much as they can, and be assured that we are 100% committed to help you doing so!

While showing all the new features of the program (LinkedIn group, mobile version, etc…), lots of customers came asking us what PLM MarketPlace is. After a brief demonstration, they also understood the benefit they can get from the program coupled with VARs expertise. So, sales people, don’t hesitate to continue the exploration of our catalog with your customers, there’s a lot of business to do!

What about your ECF08?

We now hope to see you again in 2009, with a lot of success stories to share with us at the ECF!!

The Alliance team: Michael, Jean-Philippe, Anthony, Frédéric, Gaëlle, Peng and Jacques

… in a wonderful place called EuroDisney Land Paris, a team made of people running a DS program called “PLM MarketPlace” was looking forward to meeting you…

It’s time to mark your agendas! The European CATIA Forum (ECF) 2008 will take place in Paris on Nov 26-27.

This event is the opportunity for you to meet partners and experts but also the PLM MarketPlace team (hum… as a matter of fact, we are also partners and experts…)! We will have a booth located in the Agora and, in partnership with our fellows of the Software Community Program, we would love to meet you and discuss on business topics.

Take a few minutes to visit the booth (we’ve got plenty of exciting goodies out there!), don’t hesitate to share your impressions and ideas about the PLM MarketPlace, Referenced Partners you’d like to see on it, specific business issues you may have, etc…

This ECF 08 is really a fantastic opportunity to give a human face to the PLM MarketPlace and to talk easily about what really means to you. If you want to have a one-to-one session with us or people of the Software Community Program, don’t hesitate to send us an e-mail (sales.plmmarketplace@3ds.com)!

Well… gotta leave, Minnie Mouse wants to meet me to set up the whole thing!...

Anthony