Position Papers

Altair today announced the keynote presentations for the 9th European Altair Technology Conference (ATC), which will be held at the Congressforum in Frankenthal, Germany, from June 26th - 28th, 2017.  This year the conference will dedicate an entire day to keynote presentations, including vision and strategy presentations from Altair's executive board and customers such as Airbus, Artemis Racing, Daimler, IAI (Israel Aerospace Industry), Porsche, Schneider Electric, Streetscooter and Zodiac Aerospace. The customer presentations will focus on best practice simulation and product development methods for the aerospace, the automotive and other industries and deliver inspiring insights into Simulation-driven InnovationTM techniques. The keynote presentations are scheduled for June 27th; this day is a 'Must' for executives, engineers and product creators looking for insights from leading industry experts.  This year’s conference will celebrate client and partner achievements who Design the Difference™ with Altair solutions to radically change the way products are designed and brought to

The memorandum represents the start of a technology partnership agreement between the two companies, designed to spearhead the deployment of advanced digital technologies and services across Encirc’s operations.  Encirc, part of the Vidrala group since 2015, has two sites; one in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and one in Chester, England. With over 33% market share, the company manufactures container glass for the food and beverage industry. With its state-of-the-art contract bottling facility, 52,000m2 automated bonded warehouse and a multi-faceted logistics offering, Encirc supports its customers with sustainable beverage supply chain options. The company plans to invest significantly in furnace rebuilds over the next five years at both its sites.  The technology deal comes into effect immediately and will be based on three core themes; A commitment from Siemens’ Digital Factory and Process businesses to supply innovation and new product across Encirc’s sites A unique energy partnership designed to significantly reduce emissions Siemens’ commitment

Computer-aided and “model-driven” product development practices have steadily evolved since the 1960s. Companies use software to create digitalized 2D/3D geometry and assess that geometry using physics-based performance calculations. The industry has rapidly progressed from tools built for and used exclusively on the engineer’s desktop in discrete domains, to more enterprise oriented and internet-enabled solutions.   The fundamental business premise and goal for implementing model-based technologies and processes is that they will enable on-going product and manufacturing innovation to create competitive advantage, minimize total lifecycle costs, and drive top line revenue growth. While there has been considerable business success within selected industry segments and application domains, the complexity of products and systems is increasing exponentially due to more software and electronics content. There is now an imperative to engage and collaborate across diverse engineering domains to develop better “systems-oriented” solutions and conduct a much greater amount of “virtual” experimentation early in

Achieving Sustainable Innovation Innovation, in particular “sustainable innovation” is becoming, in our modern business environment, an essential element for growth and profitability. Combined with the global trend towards digitalization of all business functions, engineering processes and tools need to be adjusted accordingly. Properly designing and implementing a digital, model-based, and data-driven innovation platform promises to address key engineering goals: optimize product lifecycle costs, improve quality and reliability, reduce time-to-market, and free up time and resources for employees to be creative and innovative—a prerequisite for sustainable and profitable growth. Introduction Business growth depends on developing new and improved products, efficiently, and getting them to the customer faster than the competition. Industry leading manufacturers have developed robust processes to regularly accomplish this in a consistent, profitable way. But they have typically focused on sustaining existing product development processes, with incremental changes and new features, focused on the incremental costs and associated

The Value of a Platform for Scientific and Engineering Simulation ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 1 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm, released a new whitepaper on Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA’s capabilities titled “Achieving Sustainable Innovation: The Value of a Platform for Scientific and Engineering Simulation”. Innovation, in particular “sustainable innovation” is becoming, in our modern business environment, an essential element for growth and profitability. Combined with the global trend towards digitalization of all business functions, engineering processes and tools need to be adjusted accordingly. Properly designing and implementing a digital, model-based, and data-driven innovation platform promises to address key engineering goals: optimize product lifecycle costs, improve quality and reliability, reduce time-to-market, and free up time and resources for employees to be creative and innovative—a prerequisite for sustainable and profitable growth. This white paper uses Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA’s additive manufacturing solution within its 3DEXPERIENCE platform as a backdrop and