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Join DriveWorks Technical Specialists, Tom and Oliver, for a hands-on DriveWorksXpress training session at SOLIDWORKS World 2019. Discover more about the time-saving Design Automation tool you already have inside SOLIDWORKS.

We hope you have a wonderful festive season and we wish you all the best for the new year. We look forward to seeing you all in 2019 at SOLIDWORKS World and DriveWorks World!

This month the two SOLIDWORKS User Groups (SWUG) in the UK got together for their final meetings of the year. We went along to both of them, meeting fellow users, sponsoring the meetings and presenting too. The first meeting, UK SWUG NW, got together at DriveWorks HQ on December 3rd. Then SWUGN London met at Plexal on December 5th.

The Early Bird Rate for DriveWorks World 2019 ends on December 31st 2018. Don’t miss out on your chance to save up to $300 per person, register now!

SOLIDWORKS World 2019 in Dallas will be DriveWorks’ 16th year at SOLIDWORKS World! The event takes place from 10th – 13th February 2019 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. We’re excited to be a part of the action again – sponsoring, exhibiting, presenting, listening and learning!

Members of the DriveWorks team have taken part in Movember for the past few years. This year though there were more people taking part than ever before so they set themselves an ambitious target of raising £1500! After 30 days of growing the mo’s were looking pretty good, and so was their fundraising – this year, they have raised over £2,000! Well done everyone for raising money for such a great cause and thank you to everyone who helped the team exceed their target by donating and supporting!

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!