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On May 15-18, 2023, over 10,000 industrial enterprise professionals convened virtually and in person at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center to attend LiveWorx, PTC’s premier digital transformation event. This year’s forum was all about harnessing the power of digital to help manufacturing companies improve efficiencies and deliver better products and services.
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