News On-Line #26 April/May 2008

Discover our corporate magazine featuring application stories on the latest technologies applied to Simulation-Based Design.

EVENTS

International CTI Forum on Automotive Seats
June 24-26, 2008
Munich, Germany
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9th international conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials
July 8-11, 2008
Montreal, Canada
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FISITA 2008
World Automotive Congress
Munich, Germany
Sept 14-20, 2008
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TRAININGS &
User Conferences

Getting Started with PAM-CRASH 2G training
June 30-July 2, 2008
Eschborn, Germany
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CFD-CADalyzer introduction (Web-based) training
July 8-9, 2008
Web-based
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CFD-ACE+ Plasma training
July 22-24, 2008
Santa Clara, CA, USA
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Success story

Volkswagen Group Relies on ESI Group's Virtual Performance Solution

The Volkswagen Group has taken on the Virtual Performance Solution software suite developed by ESI Group for the simulation of vehicle crash, safety and structural load cases.

Virtual Performance Solution includes PAM-CRASH, PAM-SAFE products and FPM (Finite Point Method) technology for all vehicle crash and safety simulations, as well as the latest developments in implicit technology for linear and nonlinear structural load cases. The most recent software release — Virtual Performance Solution version 2008 — opens the way to a considerable acceleration in the development process.

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ESI Group Announces VA One 2007.5

VA One is the only complete solution for simulating the response of vibro-acoustic systems across the full frequency range. VA One seamlessly combines Finite Elements, Boundary Elements and Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) in ONE model.

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ESI Group Announces Release of PAM-RTM 2008

Industry-Standard Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) Simulation Tool Significantly Optimizes Part Quality

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Audi Works with ESI Group and HP to Advance Auto Safety Standards with Auto Industry's Fastest Supercomputer

ESI Group announced that AUDI AG has implemented the auto industry's fastest supercomputer to advance safety standards. Crucial in optimizing car safety, the new system is based on ESI Group's PAM-CRASH 2G simulation software and an HP Cluster Platform 3000BL system, providing 15.36 teraflop/s of computing performance for crash simulation models of Audi.

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Partnerships

QLogic Announces Addition of ESI Group to HPCtrack Program

The addition of ESI Group to the HPCtrack program will help to expand the growing QLogic HPC ecosystem which now includes more than 50 members. The QLogic HPCtrack program provides its alliance partners with access to the resources they need to create, test and certify their solutions' interoperability with QLogic storage and high performance clustering technologies.

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ESI Group Announces Partnership in ITOOL

The technical approach of ITOOL is a simulation along the process line with a virtual manufacturing chain incorporating the preform manufacturing, draping and impregnation process followed by the external loading of the finished component. The scientific objective of ITOOL is to close the gap between missing knowledge and proved advantages of dry fiber textiles by development of an adequate integrated simulation tool for textile preforming technologies including braiding, advanced engineering textiles, weaving and stitching.

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ESI Group adopts Oracle to power ESI Group Decision Support System enterprise solutions

ESI Group announced today it will be working with Oracle to meet the growing demand for enterprise based computer-aided engineering (CAE) and analysis in the PLM environment.

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Corporate

2007-08 Full Year Results - Operating Margin: 8.2% - Significant improvement in cash flow

ESI Group announces its consolidated full-year results to 31 January 2008.

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The first Fracture Seminar, an Expert Course on Fracture Mechanics, declared a success

Participants plan to attend the next event, thanks to expert speeches and a diversified agenda.

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ESI Group Announces New Agent in Brazil

ESI Group announced that Modelação e Ferramentaria Beckert has become their agent in southern Brazil. MF Beckert's initial activities will be to promote ESI's ProCAST and QuikCAST software, used for casting process simulation.

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