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The annual Investors in People Awards were held at the iconic Round House in London on November 28th. We’ve been committed to Investors in People for several years. We achieved the Bronze standard in 2014 and Silver in 2017. It was a surprise and honour to be finalists for IIP Silver Employer of the Year.

The SOLIDWORKS User Group based in the North of England, UK SWUG NW are returning to Warrington for the 4th year in a row to host their Christmas meeting. If you use SOLIDWORKS, as a student or as a professional, come along on Monday, December 3rd to learn and network. See you there!

As DriveWorks 16 SP2 was released last week, Mike Loftus, Technical Specialist at DriveWorks caught up with our longest serving member of the team, Ian Yates to get his opinion on the new features in this latest service pack. Ian talks about the updates to 3D in DriveWorks, new information tips, enhanced web service integration and improved pack & go.

Mike Loftus, Technical Specialist at DriveWorks caught up with our longest serving member of the team, Ian Yates to get his opinion on how DriveWorks has changed as a product and as a company, our vast technical documentation, the great enhancements made in DriveWorks 16 and using DriveWorks alongside SOLIDWORKS.

DriveWorks 16 SP2 is now available to download from the DriveWorks Community. This service pack includes updates to 3D, data management, specification functions, web service communication and model rules.

Register now for DriveWorks World – the annual technical training event for DriveWorks users. Be inspired and advance your technical knowledge. Join us: April 29th – May 3rd 2019 at MicroTek, a dedicated training facility in Chicago, USA.

In a peaceful village on the outskirts of Warrington, a software company is making a big noise in the technology industry. Henry Carpenter, from Cheshire Business Magazine, catches up with the founders of DriveWorks and learns more about a local business which has a truly global reach.

Tomorrow Maria Sarkar, VP and Co-Founder of DriveWorks, is attending the launch of the Technology in Business Forum by Warrington & Co! This group is specifically for organisations providing technology based products, services and cloud solutions.

The Smart Factory Expo is the UK’s biggest digital manufacturing showcase and a celebration of the future of British industry! Digital technologies are impacting every aspect of manufacturing operations – linking together people, processes and products and transforming business outcomes. We’re pleased to announce that we’re exhibiting at the event and you’ll find our team on stand B52 in the Digital Transformation zone!

This year more of our team than ever before are taking part in Movember! They’re looking to beat last year’s fundraising total of £925. Keep checking back for updates on their moustache growing and fundraising journeys!

October has been a very busy month for the DriveWorks team! We’ve been on the road, supporting our reseller’s at their SOLIDWORKS 2019 launch events. Thursday 18th October was a very popular date on the calendar and lots of our resellers invited us to join them. We really enjoy attending these valuable events and we’re pleased to say that yesterday we attended 6 events in 5 countries!

Warrington has been ‘home’ to DriveWorks for the last 15 years. A recent article by City Metric got us reflecting on the place where we have planted our roots. Whether it’s a drink at the pub after work, a kick around on the football pitch, a weekend park run, the Sunday evening pub quiz or a meeting at one of the nearby modern facilities, there’s everything we need right here.

Ambient Occlusion is a shading and rendering technique used to approximate how exposed each point in a scene is to ambient lighting. It darkens creases, holes, intersections and surfaces that are close to each other. In real life, these areas tend to block or occlude ambient light, therefore they appear darker. With the release of DriveWorks 16 SP 1, you now have the option of adding Ambient Occlusion to your DriveWorks 3D models.

The Reporting & Diagnostics Tech Stack showcases the tools in DriveWorks that make it easy to set up and maintain your own DriveWorks Configurator. All reporting and diagnostic tools are in-built and require no setup.

We spent 12-months fundraising for a defibrillator and it has now been installed on our site. Thank you to everyone who helped us to reach our target and provide a life saving device for our local community.