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Celebrating 50 years of innovation, collaboration, and transformation

Celebrating 50 years of innovation,
collaboration, and transformation

2023 marks

50 years since

ESI Group's story began

 

That’s five decades of pioneering a virtual-first approach, taking bold steps to create a better world and pushing the limits of what's possible.

With half a century of achievements, milestones, and success stories to reflect on, we’re celebrating this special anniversary by spotlighting the incredible progress that our people and customers have made over the past 50 years.

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Take the quiz to discover the incredible progress that our people and customers have made over the past 50 years

 

Question:
What‘s the percentage of women currently working in ESI‘s management team?
Choice:
40%
45%
50%
Question:
Which OEM reduced their engineering lead times by 50% using ESI software?
Choice:
Nissan
Liebherr
General Motors
Question:
Who won the bidding process of a German automaker in just 8 months by only using virtual prototypes?
Choice:
Farasis
Ironcastings
Kirchhoff Polska
Question:
Which ESI software use automakers to accurately simulate and test water impact?
Choice:
Virtual Performance Solution
IC.IDO
Question:
Does ESI‘s Virtual Performance Solution enable engineers to predict crash and safety performance for out-of-position (OOP) scenarios?
Choice:
Yes
No
Question:
Which company uses ProCAST’s co-design functionality to make sure their designs are fully castable?
Choice:
Safran Nacelles
Rolls-Royce
Question:
Which ESI customer uses VR technologies to achieve yokoten (= horizontal deployment) in order to complete kaizen?
Choice:
MAN Bus
Toyota
Question:
Which ESI software do OEMs like Joby Aviation use to holistically validate community noise of their next generation air mobility vehicles?
Choice:
VA One for vibro-acoustic simulation
VPS for virtual performance studies
Question:
How much total tooling budget did Safran Nacelles save by reviewing manfuacturing process designs in immersive virtual reality?
Choice:
5%
10%
15%
Question:
By how many months could Volkswagen do Brazil shorten the development of the Nivus by using ESI‘s Virtual Reality software IC.IDO?
Choice:
5 months
10 months
15 months
Question:
Which OEM built a 1-to1 scale truck model featuring all 12 000 parts to validate new designs, assembly, and maintenance processes in Virtual Reality?
Choice:
Volvo GTT
MAN Bus
CaetanoBus
Question:
How many spot welds does a typical car body roughly contain?
Choice:
3,000
4,000
5,000
Question:
The OPTEMUS research project extended the range of EVs by how much?
Choice:
10%
20%
40%
Question:
The “Aircraft Twin” Project supports which group?
Choice:
Both pilots and maintenance engineers
Mostly Pilots
Mostly Maintenance engineers
Question:
The COCTEL project helps accelerate the development of cleaner, safer vehicles powered by what type of power unit?
Choice:
Hydrogen
Internal combustion
Electric battery
Question:
ESI contributed to the Bauen 4.0 research project, but what was the aim of this collaborative project?
Choice:
Develop stronger, cheaper, and more sustainable automotive parts from renewable materials.
A digital 5G construction test site on which sustainable, productive machines intelligently interact with their environment.
Question:
Pr. Francisco Chinesta, director of ESI Group’s scientific department & president of its scientific committee, was presented with which award for the originality, quality, and importance of their work, recognised on a national and international level?
Choice:
CNRS silver medal
The Royal Society Royal Medal
Question:
Finish the ESI lyric “Reach it, load it, and install it. Turn it, use it,___”
Choice:
or remove it.
have to prove it.
IC.IDO need to use it.
Question:
Which ESI product is the de-facto standard for Space Structural Qualification, entrusted by NASA and the European Space Agency?
Choice:
VA ONE (vibro-acoustics simulation software)
ProCAST (casting simulation software)
PAM-STAMP (stamping simulation software)
Question:
Which country is ESI and the DesCartes program aiming to help become a hybrid, ethical and sustainable smart nation?
Choice:
Gibraltar
Macau
Singapore
Question:
How quickly did Fiat Chrysler Automobiles achieve ROI on their virtual assembly project with ESI?
Choice:
12 months
18 months
8 months
Question:
Which car manufacturer is prioritising simulation over physical prototypes in their crash tests?
Choice:
Tesla
Groupe Renault
Volkswagen
Question:
Which of SEAT’s latest cars achieved a five-star safety rating using sustainable, digital prototyping practices?
Choice:
Ateca
CUPRA Born
CUPRA Formentor
Question:
How many of the Bentley Flying Spur’s components could be optimised thanks to ESI’s virtual prototyping capabilities?
Choice:
15
30
40
Question:
What percentage of accuracy did Summit Auto Body Thailand achieve in their first die trial?
Choice:
50%
70%
80%
Question:
How does virtually testing vehicle performance minimise waste?
Choice:
Teams can rely on numerical reference results from virtual predicting tools
Vehicles are less likely to breakdown
Only one person needs to run the test
Question:
How much faster is it to prepare automotive models using Virtual Prototyping vs physical testing?
Choice:
50%
40%
25%
Question:
Which software has MAN busses been using to help with the reviewing of the assembly and disassembly of their climate control systems?
Choice:
IC.IDO (VR Engineering Software)
VA ONE (vibro-acoustics simulation software)
ProCAST (casting simulation software)
Question:
Which of the below annual digital events is hosted by ESI?
Choice:
ESI Live
XR Live
Both, ESI Live & XR Live
Question:
How many trees has ESI committed to planting by 2025?
Choice:
7,500
10,000
5,000
Question:
For what research did ESI win the 2020 Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Award by “L’Usine Digitale”?
Choice:
Project aiming to prevent office and plant Covid-19 contamination.
Vibro-acoustic performance simulation.
Analysis of conventional, electric, and hybrid drive systems.
Question:
Which leading aero engine manufacturer is predicting the formation of defects using ESI numerical casting simulation software ProCAST.
Choice:
Pratt & Whitney
MTU Aero Engines
Rolls-Royce
Question:
By how much did SIMPLAC increase production rates for VW parts with ProCAST?
Choice:
80%
120%
100%
Question:
Heavy industry leaders are committing to digitalization to achieve sustainability in which area?
Choice:
Sustainable business models
Environmental sustainability
Sustainable R&D practices
All of the above
Question:
Business partnerships with other software vendors are important to ESI because they enable…?
Choice:
the digital thread
joint vacation
interstellar pancake delivery
Question:
Which ESI software did SKODA use to help secure their 5-star rating from Euro NCAP?
Choice:
SimulationX System Simulation Software.
VPS Virtual Performance Solution Software.
PAM-STAMP Stamping Simulation Software
Question:
To ensure reliability, safety, and energy efficiency early in the development cycle and to achieve first-time certification, OEMs rely on what?
Choice:
Physical prototyping
Virtual prototyping
Trial & error
Question:
What is the difference in road accident mortality rates between men and women?
Choice:
20-28% higher for women
20-25% lower for women
10-15% higher for women
Question:
Which employee wellness initiative did ESI launch first?
Choice:
Recharge Day
No Meetings Day
Both simultaneously
Question:
Which of these focuses on enabling the hosting of collaborative virtual workspaces for human-centric process validation workflows & immersive product integration?
Choice:
IC.IDO Build & Maintain
IC.IDO Integrate
IC.IDO WEAVE
Question:
What does the ISO 27001 help show ESI commitment towards?
Choice:
Security of our information
Sustainable development goals
Women’s empowerment
Question:
ESI’s virtual prototyping solutions assist automakers with which of the following?
Choice:
Virtual Test Track for Safety & Acoustic Performance Validation
Collaborative Virtual Workflows in the Industrial Metaverse
Virtual Body Chassis Manufacturing
All of the above
Question:
In aeronautics, what does eVTOL stand for?
Choice:
Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing
Eco-friendly Vertical Transportation and Offshore Logistics
Efficient Vertical Thrust and Operations for Logistics
Question:
Where does Virtual Prototyping have a direct impact on 'uptime' as a critical metric that impacts productivity and profitability?
Choice:
Heavy Machinery Productivity
Highway-Traffic Without Congestion
“Always Smiling” customer services
Question:
September 18th commemorates which recurring, international day?
Choice:
International Equal Pay Day
Moms’ Equal Pay Day
International Children Day
 
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Our vision

The world of industry has been forever transformed, and it's an exciting time of innovation and responsibility.

Consumers are demanding more than ever before, and businesses are racing to keep up with the speed of change while being good stewards of the earth and its people. Technology is pushing the boundaries of what's possible and revolutionizing the way we work and live. At ESI, we have always been passionate about taking bold steps to create a better world. We are pioneers of a virtual-first approach to solving the most complex and critical problems with simulation. Our legacy of innovation dates to our first predictive simulated automotive crash test in 1985, and we continue to lead the way with product assembly reviews in the industrial metaverse.

Over the last five decades, we have been pushing the limits of what's possible. We believe that the diversity of people, perspectives, and experiences is our superpower, and we strive to set an example in an industry that has traditionally been dominated by men. When our international teams come together, we unleash our creative potential to protect what matters most – our people and our planet.

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Discover why industry leaders rely on our virtual prototyping software to counterbalance

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