Platinum sponsors
EnginSoft was founded in Italy in 1984 at the forefront of the emerging field of Simulation Based Engineering & Science (SBES). Today the Company retains an international lead in the sector with bases in Italy, France, Germany, UK, Sweden, Turkey and the U.S.A. EnginSoft’s biggest asset is its matrix of highly specialist engineers who possess extensive and multidisciplinary expertise in leading edge engineering simulation technologies.EnginSoft has remained at the forefront of technological innovation with a track record as a ‘sector catalyst’ for changing the way that SBES and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) technologies are applied across several industrial sectors. These include: Automotive, Aerospace, Biomechanics, Defence, Energy, Consumer Goods, Civil Engineering and Oil & Gas.
ANSYS is leading the evolution of CAE tools and technologies, delivering customer value by enabling companies to improve product development and processes. ANSYS is committed to developing simulation solutions from mechanical to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) that illustrate realistic and accurate modeling and simulation of components, subsystems, and systems.
BETA CAE Systems, is an engineering software company committed to the development of best-in-class CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all simulation disciplines.
The company’s flagship product, ANSA / Eπilysis / μETA suite, holds a worldwide leading position, in many sectors, including the automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace, motorsports, chemical processes engineering, energy, electronics, heavy machinery, power tools, and biomechanics. The company’s new solution for Simulation Product Data and Resources Management, SPDRM, provides a simple, scalable, and intuitive way to capture, deploy, manage and improve CAE workflows.
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society.
The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world.
OPTIS, the virtual prototyping company, brings life and emotion to all industrial projects. Its world-leading solutions pave the way for a revolutionary design process: towards zero physically prototype. Since 1989, OPTIS offers its know-how in light and human vision simulation into famous CAD/CAM software and dedicated virtual immersive solutions. This synergy creates true-to-life virtual mockups which are used as real decision-making tools. Today, more than 2400 clients in over 50 countries already trust OPTIS and innovate day after day with this solution to ensure the look and safety of their designs, reduce their ecological footprint and bring their future products faster on the market.
Since 2002, E4 Computer Engineering has been innovating and actively encouraging the adoption of new computing and storage technologies. Because new ideas are so important, we invest heavily in research and hence in our future. Thanks to our comprehensive range of hardware, software and services, we are able to offer our customers complete solutions for their most demanding workloads on: HPC, Big-Data, AI, Deep Learning, Data Analytics, Cognitive Computing and for any challenging Storage and Computing requirements.
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Gold sponsors
Our Headquarter named FunctionBay Inc., was founded in the year 2000 in Seoul, which is in the south of Korea. The founder´s are Professor Bae and Professor Choi. It took them 10 years to develop the unique technology, on which RecurDyn is based – the so-called fully Recursive Dynamics. Their business idea was to unite MultiBody Dynamic Simulation, Finite Elements and Controls in one unique solver and surface (GUI) to differ from existing MultiBody Dynamic Software or Finite Elements Method tools. With success! This technology is called FEMBS - created out of the words Finite Elemente Method and MultiBody Dynamics Simulation. FunctionBay succeeded in the field of mechanical analysis as a very well known Asia based CAE company with it´s headquarter in Seoul.
Endurica LLC was founded in 2008 to provide services, technology, and training that accelerate reliable design for elastomer materials and components. We use the Endurica fatigue life prediction code – a patented system for analyzing the effects of multiaxial, variable amplitude duty cycles on elastomers. Endurica is the world’s first code for elastomer fatigue life simulation. We strive to make CAE-based fatigue life prediction for rubber as widely practiced and as well-understood as fatigue life prediction for other materials by empowering materials, component, and system developers with reliable methods and tools for assessing fatigue life. Our solutions help our clients understand and manage the effects on fatigue life of nonlinear material behavior, component geometry, and complex duty cycles. Endurica has served leading companies in the automotive, defense, medical device, offshore, and consumer products.
Key to Metals AG is a privately owned Swiss company dedicated to developing and powering the Total Materia range of databases and related software applications, customized projects and OEM solutions. We are the global pioneers in this field, with our first online database being launched in 1999. At that time it was a truly innovative way to present material properties data when compared to traditional methods like handbooks and other published resources. Since then, the company has continued with permanent and intensive development of this world’s most comprehensive resource, with the focus on new datasets, new functionalities and above all quality of products and customer support, which is at the heart of our endeavor.
ESTECO is an independent technology provider delivering first-class software solutions aimed at perfecting the simulation-driven design process. With more than 15 years’ experience, the company supports leading organizations in designing the products of the future, today. ESTECO smart engineering suite brings enterprise-wide solutions for design optimization, simulation data management and process integration and automation with the aim of helping companies excel across this innovation journey and accomplish the shift to agile product development. Over 300 international organizations – including Cummins, Embraer, FIAT, Ford Motor Company, JLR, Honda, Toyota, Whirlpool, VOLVO - have chosen ESTECO to consolidate specialized expertise, streamline teamwork and boost product development across a wide spectrum of industrial sectors. Founded in 1999, the company is headquartered in Trieste (Italy), with offices in Michigan (USA), Pune (India) and an international network of channel partners.
Open iT's flexible software management tools can greatly enhance the service value and business viability of any company seeking to deliver the best available IT solutions to its clients. We provide advanced hardware & software usage reporting and optimization solutions. Our customers use Open iT's tools and services to reduce IT costs, increase performance and support business process improvements. Open iT software enables fully customizable usage reporting, granular charge-back for hardware and software usage, and automated, industry-leading license harvesting capabilities across Windows/Unix/Linux platforms. Open iT metering and optimization tools equip Software and IT Asset Managers with advanced usage metering across license managers such as FlexNet, IBM LUM and Sentinel/Abaqus, in addition to other applications and web applications not using license managers.
Flownex® Simulation Environment delivers technology that enables you to study how systems will behave in the real world, where fluid is the driving factor. Flownex® system simulation relays the overall effect of changing specific properties on components, allowing clients to examine extensively all possible variations in the design and optimization of systems.
QFP was set up in 2002 in Umbria, in the city of Spoleto, as an italian distributor for contactless measurement systems for a german company Steinbichler Optotechnik GmbH. In the following years the search for advanced technology has continued and has succeeded in identifying world leaders in the sector as Partners both for contactless metrology and nondestructive testing areas. In addition to the systems sales business, 3D contactless measurement and reverse engineering services are now a key sector for QFP allowing our clients to have access to innovative technologies without needing to buy the related equipment. Up today, we represent, amongst others, Steinbichler Optotechnik Gmbh, AICON 3D System , Innovmetric Software Inc, ThirdDimension; this confirms that our effort towards technological innovation in contactless measurement and non destructive testing was correct. Moreover the continuous engagement in engineering programs has made QFP a reliable partner in the aeronautical field.
Piping Systems Research & Engineering Co» (NTP Truboprovod) is the professional software developer for plant and piping design and analysis. It is an active participant of AIChE DIERS, TUFFP, Russian Association of Industrial Safety Experts, and developer of several national and international codes and manuals. The software suite proposed by company includes: stress analysis software for piping, nozzles, vessels, tanks, columns and heat exchangers; piping flow and heat loss analysis software; pressure relief valve sizing software; piping and vessel insulation design and analysis software. The software is compliant with ASME, EN, Chinese and Russian codes.
Ceetron is a leading provider of 3D visualization technology for ISVs and end users in the CAE market, with a focus on post-processing for FEA and CFD, cloud, and VR. Ceetron 3D visualization technology is used by thousands of CAE engineers worldwide on an everyday basis. We have customers in Europe, North America, and Asia, and our customer list includes top-tier ISVs like Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, Transvalor, and DNV GL; major industrial customers like BMW, Rolls Royce Marine, and Airbus; and leading academic institutions like SINTEF, Osaka University, and MIT. We work with leading providers of professional services and solution providers in the area of CAE, and in Italy we work closely with SmartCAE. Ceetron has offices in Trondheim, Norway (HQ); Tønsberg, Norway; and Sophia Antipolis, France.
SmartCAE provides computer-aided simulation software and engineering services to Italian manufacturing companies. Our customer list includes leading companies like Ferrari, FCA, Brembo, and Leonardo. SmartCAE has a strong focus on complementary solutions to industry-standard CAE tools, such as visualization and communication, verification and validation, multidisciplinary optimization (MDO), and design-to-manufacturing of composite material products. Since 2002 SmartCAE has conducted more than 1 000 projects for more than 200 customer in the fields of automotive, aerospace, motorsport, marine, and general machinery.
Murata Software was founded in Japan in 2008 to spread Femtet.
Femtet was originally developed by a software team in Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for in-house use 30 years ago. Ever since, it has been used by Murata's R&D engineers to develop electronic components such as SAW filters, multilayer ceramic products, EMI products etc. Over the years, Femtet continued to improve. To share the outcome, Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. decided to establish Murata Software Co., Ltd. and make Femtet public. Currently, over 400 companies in Japan are enjoying the usefulness of Femtet . Now it is available all over the world. Please be a Femtet user yourself.
CYBERNET SYSTEMS is ANSYS Elite Channel Partner in Japan. The company provides ANSYS software solutions and also offers professional services including seminars, end user training, technical support and consulting, as well as development services related to software integration and the creation of self-contained, application-specific modules for design and analysis.
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) is a global technology provider of the leading IoT and AR platform and field-proven solutions that transform how companies create, operate, and service products. PTC has the most robust Internet of Things technology in the world. In 1986 we revolutionized digital 3D design, and in 1998 we were first to market with Internet-based PLM. Now our leading IoT and AR platform and field-proven solutions bring together the physical and digital worlds to reinvent the way you create, manufacture, operate, and service products. With PTC, global manufacturers and an ecosystem of partners and developers can capitalize on the promise of the IoT today and drive the future of innovation.
GeonX was founded in 2012 with the goal of bringing to the market a simulation tool that would help manufacturing engineering developing new products. This tool, called Virfac® (Virtual Factory), is today used by engineers around the world to simulate welding, additive manufacturing, machining, heat treatment and damage tolerance in various industries including aeronautics, automotive, naval and nuclear.
Systematic use of process simulation with Virfac® drastically reduces the number of prototypes to be built in the development phase while improving the quality and lifetime of the manufactured products. This directly minimizes the time to market and development costs, providing Virfac® users with a key competitive advantage.
3D PRINTING sponsors
3DZ is an authorized dealer of 3D printers and 3D scanners prestigious brands: we take care of the 3D printers sale and everything that revolves around the 3D printing world. We have the entire 3D Systems, HP, Markforged, formlabs, Artec, materialise in the products catalog, because of this we are able to offer 3D printers for every need, from domestic use to large industrial production. Today, in fact, the 3D printing is no longer a niche know only to professionals in the rapid prototyping, but it is a universe in expansion, useful, if not essential, in many professional sectors.
Born from a spark of inspiration in 1983, 3D Systems has run on innovation for over 30 years. Co-founded by the inventor of 3D printing, Charles (“Chuck”) Hull, 3D Systems has grown into a global 3D solutions company focused on connecting our customers with the expertise and digital manufacturing workflow required to solve their business, design or engineering problems. From digitization, design and simulation through manufacturing, inspection and management, our comprehensive portfolio of technologies provides a seamless, customizable workflow designed to optimize products and processes while accelerating outcomes.
Markforged started with a vision: Empower manufacturers and engineers to create strong, real working parts in a day instead of weeks or months, with tough breakthrough materials for demanding jobs. Our goal is to remove the multiple barriers between design and a final product: we are overturning not only the 3D printing industry but also traditional manufacturing methods giving our customers unprecedented cost, time and efficiency savings.
We’re Reinventing 3D Printing We’re a passionate team of engineers, designers, and problem-solvers. Started out of MIT in 2011, Formlabs now employs over 250 people across offices in Germany, Japan, and China. We're committed to bringing powerful and accessible fabrication tools into the creative hands of professionals around the world.
Artec 3D is a global leader in handheld 3D scanners that has been at the forefront of innovative 3D technology since 2007. We pride ourselves on developing and manufacturing the high quality, yet easy to use portable 3D scanners, smart, user-friendly 3D software and an SDK that provides the best integration possibilities, whatever the application. With a worldwide presence and a large number of global clients, we supply state of the art 3D technology to these respective areas.
Materialise incorporates more than 25 years of 3D printing experience into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services, which together form the backbone of the 3D printing industry. Materialise’s open and flexible solutions enable players in a wide variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace, art and design, and consumer goods, to build innovative 3D printing applications that aim to make the world a better and healthier place. Headquartered in Belgium, with branches worldwide, Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in the industry with one of the largest 3D printing facilities in the world.
It is the world’s most trusted source for 3D measurement, imaging and realization technology. provides a full portfolio of turnkey, 3D measurement solutions for actionable manual and automated inspection of any part, provides 3D solutions for as-built data capturing and 3D visualization of architecture, engineering and construction projects that allow AEC professionals to quickly and accurately extract desired 2D and 3D documentation and deliverables.
SILVER sponsors
GOM mbH - Gesellschaft für Optische Messtechnik - was founded in 1990 as a spin-off of the Technical University of Braunschweig. GOM develops and distributes optical measuring systems with its main focus on applications like 3D digitizing, 3D coordinate measurements, deformation measurements and quality control. GOM systems are used for product development and for quality assurance, material and component testing. All over the world GOM systems are used in the automotive industry, aerospace industry and consumer goods industry as well as by their suppliers. This also includes numerous research centers and universities.
beanTech, an engineering software company founded in 2001, is a trusted technological partner who proudly supports customers through challenges and opportunities in Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0. beanTech is a Microsoft, Dell EMC, VMware & Nvidia partner, and offers trusted and reliable solutions in the field of software and IT infrastructure support and consultancy. Its innovative solution based on Dell EMC Servers, VMware virtualization software and Nvidia Grid graphic technology, opens the door to the virtualization of traditional graphic workstations, thus achieving increased performance and reduced costs. Thanks to its wide compatibility with the majority of graphic and industrial design software, and to the many positive references gained, beanTech’s solution is a concrete answer to the growing needs of the simulation and design industry in terms of flexibility and performance.
NICE, an Amazon Web Services company, delivers Technical Cloud Products and Solutions, to worldwide customers, boosting productivity, saving money on IT and enabling faster design cycles and collaboration. NICE helps centralizing, optimizing and consolidating HPC and visualization resources while empowering distributed and mobile Engineering workforces to run batch and interactive applications anywhere, with any client. NICE also allows engineering teams around the world to collaborate by sharing application sessions over standard networks. NICE EnginFrame is an advanced, commercially supported grid portal that provides access to grid-enabled infrastructures, HPC clusters, data, licenses, and interactive applications. It can be accessed by any authorized user with a standard web browser. NICE Desktop Cloud Visualization (DCV), NICE’s remote 3D "virtual workstation" offering, is an advanced remote 3D access technology that allows technical end users to access robust 3D modeling tools through a web-based portal
Prometech Software was founded by experienced professionals and researchers at the University of Tokyo in 2004. With the company's unique technology based on the Moving Particle Simulation(MPS) and Multi-GPU acceleration, Prometech provides simulaton software, Particleworks, and solutions to support Engineering industries including automobile, chemical, rubber, steel, process manufacturing. Particleworks is a CFD software based on an advanced numerical method known as the Moving Particle Simulation (MPS) method. The mesh-free nature of MPS allows for robust simulation of free-surface flows at high resolutions, saving the need to generate meshes for the fluid domain. Since its first release in 2009, Particleworks has been introduced to a wide range of industries.
Sigmetrix designs, develops, markets and globally supports tolerance analysis solutions used to unite the "ideal" world of product design with the "real" world of manufacturing and assembly. With over 20 years of research and development, Sigmetrix is focused on eliminating the error between predictive tolerance models and measured physical results in the factory. Through intuitive modeling technologies, engineers construct very precise tolerance variation models directly from the CAD geometry. Sigmetrix' advanced analytical solutions and specialized services allow companies in virtually all industries to gain profound insight into the behavior of their products. This insight allows customers to objectively balance competing requirements and achieve exceptional return on their investment.
CST is a market leader in providing 3D electromagnetic (EM) field simulation tools through a global network of sales and support staff and representatives. CST develops CST STUDIO SUITE®, a package of high-performance software for the simulation of EM fields in all frequency bands. Its growing success is based on a combination of leading edge technology, user-friendly interface and knowledgeable support staff. CST solutions are used by market leaders in a diverse range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, electronics, healthcare and telecommunications. CST is part of SIMULIA, a Dassault Systèmes brand.
Magna Powertrain Engineering Center in St. Valentin is an internationally acknowledged engineering supplier. Latest development methods and testing facilities enable short development periods and highlights us as a full-service provider. Passenger car, Commercial vehicle and off-road OEMs use our innovation power to work together on the vehicles of the future.
Intellimech is a Consortium of high-tech enterprises dedicated to interdisciplinary research into Mechatronics, which comprises advanced electronics, computer and ICT systems and mechanical design for application in a wide range of industrial fields. The Consortium manages R&D and interdisciplinary experimental activities into pre-competitive technological platforms and the production of prototypes for innovative infrasectorial applications. Technology integration methods are used to get new research levels and implement innovation processes (radical, incremental, product and process) and technological discontinuity which could then generate the development of new propriety applications.
eXact lab is an innovative SME that provides solutions, training and on-demand services in the High Performance Computing and Data market. We assist our clients in the research, governmental and private sectors in defining the best HPC solutions that fit clients specific HPC and Big-data needs. Our specialties cover a wide range of approaches: from procuring mission-critical HPC systems, maximizing the effectiveness of existing systems at client premises to on demand Cloud HPC services trough our own C3HPC infrastructure. Our C3HPC services are specifically tailored on the SME end-user offering them a high quality services which includes: preconfigured and fully operational hardware, compiled and optimized software, automatic management of complex computational workflows, ad hoc training and support, remote visualization and data-management and data analysis services.
Maplesoft, a subsidiary of Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. in Japan, is the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics. Its core technologies include the world’s most advanced symbolic computation engine and revolutionary physical modeling techniques. These technologies enable the creation of cutting-edge tools for design, modeling, and high-performance simulation reflecting the philosophy that given great tools, people can do great things.
Maplesoft Engineering Solutions provide you with the tools and expertise you need for tackling complex problems with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE). Using a method for capturing and managing design requirements for complex engineering systems, Maplesoft can help you reduce development risk and bring products to market faster.
MAGMA is a world-wide leading developer and supplier of software for casting process simulation.
Today, MAGMASOFT ® is used throughout the metal casting industry, especially for the optimization of cast components in automotive and heavy industry applications Worldwide, MAGMA employs 180 people in development, support, sales & marketing, and administration, of which 90 are in Aachen.
40 software developers, and more foundry engineers than in most foundries, build one of the industry's most powerful "casting competence centers"
Rocky DEM is a powerful, 3D Discrete Element Modeling (DEM) program that quickly and accurately simulates the granular flow behavior of different shaped and sized particles within a conveyor chute, mill, or other materials handling equipment.
Several capabilities set Rocky DEM apart from other DEM codes, including its Multi-GPU processing capabilities, truly non-round particle shapes, the ability to simulate particle breakage without loss of mass or volume, the visualization of boundary surface reduction due to wear, and more.
First to market Load Reconstruction with True-Load | True-Load™
True-Load turns any structure into its own load transducer. By supplying a set of unit loads to True-Load, the ideal locations for strain gauges will be determined. The strain gauge placement can be refined through a variety of interactive tools. Once strain data has been collected at the strain gauge locations determined by True-Load, load scaling functions will be generated. Typical strain correlation will be within 2% of the measured values. True-Load outputs a True-QSE™ event so that the entire model can be easily explored. This leverages the data from a handful of strain gauges to understand the structural response of the entire model. Note: True-QSE is included with every license of True-Load. This type of loading data is critical to performing accurate fatigue calculations. True-Load has a direct interface to major fatigue software. This makes performing full-field fatigue analysis extremely a natural part of the engineering workfow.
True-Load continues to lead the industry with one of a kind capabilities such as sliding load calculation, hybrid loading and contact control.
NAFEMS is the International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Community.
We are a not-for-profit organisation which was established in 1983.
We focus on the practical application of numerical engineering simulation techniques such the Finite Element Method for Structural Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Multibody Simulation. In addition to end users from all industry sectors, our stakeholders include technology providers, researchers and academics.
HSH operates as a manufacturer and distributor of scientific software as part of the CAE (Computer Aided Engineering), CAD (Computer Aided Design) software for scientific and technical engineering (with the brands HSH CAD SYSTEM EASY-and-COSPACK HSH Construction oriented Software Package) with particular emphasis on structural analysis with the software Straus7.
Vanderplaats Research & Development, Inc., (VR&D) was founded by Dr. Garret N. Vanderplaats in 1984 for the advancement of numerical optimization in industry. VR&D develops and markets a number of CAE and optimization packages. Popular CAE packages include the GENESIS structural optimization software and the GTAM ACT Extension. GENESIS supports shape, sizing, topology, topometry, topography and freeform optimization. GTAM (GENESIS Topology for ANSYS Mechanical) allows ANSYS users to automatically generate optimal topology designs within the ANSYS environment. Popular MDO packages include DOT, BIGDOT and VisualDOC. VR&D offers unparalleled client support with decades of experience solving complex design optimization tasks.
M3E is the acronym of "Mathematical Methods and Models for Engineering". The company is a spin-off of the University of Padova with the development and the application of advanced mathematical models and software for the optimal solution of several problems usually encountered in civil, environmental and industrial engineering as core business. In particular, M3E aims at developing numerical software for the discretization of partial differential equations, linear algebra, optimization and data analysis for several engineering applications. Along with the software, M3E offers consulting services in the field of structural analysis,surface and underground environmental processes, management of water resources, transport and diffusion of contaminants in fresh water aquifers, exploitation of oil and gas reservoir, subsidence and its possible mitigation.
The Hirschvogel Automotive Group is among the most successful manufacturers of forged parts made of steel and aluminum. The products are consistently aligned to the requirements of on- and off-highway applications. Around 5,000 employees produce forged parts, components and functional assemblies worldwide for OEMs and system suppliers. The consolidated sales of the Group amounted to 1.011 billion euros in 2016, with an output of 345,000 tons of parts.