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Cimatron Ltd., $6.18, symbol CIMT on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 10.8 million; Market cap: $66.5 million; www.cimatron.com), designs, develops, makes, markets and supports computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software. Its customers are mainly in the tool and die and mould-making industries. The Israel-based firm has two main product lines: CimatronE and GibbsCAM. These software packages provide tools that can automate certain tooling and manufacturing functions. The software communicates with most other CAD/CAM technology, runs on workstations that use the Windows operating system, and transfers data among various devices and programs. In the three months ended March 31, 2014, Cimatron’s revenue rose 7.9%, to $11.0 million from $10.2 million a year earlier. Earnings per share were unchanged at $0.08. The company holds cash of $16.6 million, or $1.54 a share, and has no debt. Cimatron operates in a competitive market, but its focus on the recovering tool and die and mould-making industries is helping it report steadily rising results. In addition, earlier this year Autodesk certified Cimatron’s GibbsCAM…