#24 -June/July 2007

Conferences/Exhibitions

User Conferences/Trainings

VisualDSS an enabler of Simulation Based Design

ESI Group announce the availability of VisualDSS, its End-to-End Decision Support System for CAE. VisualDSS is an open multi-domain environment compatible with customers’ present and future best practices which enables companies to build and manage simulation models for multi-domain usage, to automate processes & workflow, to manage simulation content & data and to provide knowledge based decision support and automated reporting.

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ESI Group Stimulates Industry with PAM-RTM for CATIA V5 Release

PAM-RTM for CATIA V5 new version, unique injection simulation software for composites manufacturing to make composite parts right at the first time. ESI Group announces the release of PAM-RTM for CATIA V5 mainly used in aeronautics, ship building and automotive industries. To answer the market requirement, ESI Group has developed PAM-RTM for CATIA V5 an application to simulate composite parts manufacturing based on liquid composite molding processes like RTM1 or VARTM (Vacuum Assisted RTM). 3D modeling now makes the study of thick parts possible and thermal management can be optimized.

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ESI Group Visual Environment Optimized for Intel’s Platforms Offers Premium Performance in Simulation

A Data Processing Time Up to 2,79 times faster for huge crash models (10 million elements) on Visual Environment v3.0 optimized on latest multi-core Intel Xeon processor. ESI Group , the leading solution provider in physics based simulation software and Intel, the world’s largest chip maker announce the results of their fruitful technological collaboration. R&D; teams at ESI Group and Intel’s engineers have been working to optimize the Visual Environment v3.0 to take full advantage of Intel’s multi-core processors by using Intel’s software tools (Intel® VTune, Intel® Thread Checker…).

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Chengdu Aircraft Industry and ESI Group Strategic Collaboration for Aeronautic Composites Manufacturing Engineering

ESI Group a world leader in virtual prototyping simulation, today announced that Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, a major Chinese aircraft manufacturer and partner for global aviation industry, and ESI Group forge a strategic collaboration for aeronautic composites manufacturing engineering.

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2006/07 ANNUAL RESULTS - Increase in operating profit: +36.6% - Operating Margin: 8.5%

As announced on 13th March 2007, 2006/07 annual sales totalled 66 million euros, up +6.2% on the previous year and +7.6% at constant exchange rates. This increase in sales without any perimeter effect is a combination of a -5.6% withdrawal in Services activity and a significant acceleration in the growth of Licence sales, which were up +11.2% in volume terms in 2006/07 versus +7.0% in 2005/06.

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Truffle Rated the Top 100 Software Companies in France: ESI Group ranked 10th position

The Truffle 100 highlights the top French software firms and underscores the potential of these companies, upon whose success is crucial for the French market. This year ESI Group was ranked at the 10th position, one position higher than last year. (11th position in 2006)

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ESI Group’s announces its 2007 European Users Conference on Noise and Vibration Simulation

ESI Group’s Vibro-Acoustic Users Conference (VAUC 2007) will be held at the Hilton Hotel on June 12-13, 2007 in Cologne, Germany. This second vibro-acoustic users’ conference represents a unique opportunity for technical exchange among vibro-acoustic practitioners, researchers and application experts. During this 2-day event, attendees will have the opportunity to hear papers from major industry professionals and will hear about the latest in vibro-acoustic software and simulation methods.

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