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As one of CDC’s largest clients it gives us pleasure to show the progress and speed at which Optimal Energy has grown over the past year. Here is a press release stating their move forward into the future.

Optimal Energy, South African car manufacturer, will develop Joule, Africa’s first battery-powered vehicle, with the V6 solutions from Dassault Systèmes.

Optimal Energy will rely on CATIA and ENOVIA V6 for product design and data management. As well as ENOVIA 3DLIVE, to overcome the distance relationship of suppliers and partners and to be able to collaborate on the same model in real time over the Internet.

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CeBIT 2010, Hannover, Germany and Paris, March 3, 2010 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that MEYER WERFT, one of the world’s leading cruise ship builders, has selected the Dassault Systèmes V6 PLM platform for collaborative product development. IBM Global Business Services (GBS) will provide transformation consulting, implementation and integration services to improve time, quality and cost in the yard’s engineering and manufacturing processes.

MEYER WERFT is one of the leading cruise ships builders with customers from all over the world. Since its foundation in 1795, six generations of the Meyer family have established the company’s excellent reputation as a builder of special-purpose ships such as car and passenger ferries, gas tankers, and luxury cruise vessels. Building cruise ships requires the management of more than 10 million different parts in design and production logistics. This puts exceptionally high requirements on the features and performance of a PLM system, as compared to other industries.

MEYER WERFT has been looking for a next-generation Product Lifecycle Management solution that would support growing efficiency in design and production, and boost its ability to innovate and manage the increasing complexity of luxury cruise ships.

Already a leading user of Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA shipbuilding solution, MEYER WERFT conducted an extensive benchmark, beginning in 2009, and selected Dassault Systemes V6 platform and IBM GBS expertise for consulting, implementation and integration of the new PLM platform. IBM will be partner for definition and design of process of all development projects of MEYER WERFT.

“In order to stay the most innovative and efficient shipyard in the world, PLM is a key enabler for us allowing us to manage the increasing complexity of our ships in more effective ways ” said Lambert Kruse, Managing Director, MEYER WERFT. “Our decision for the V6 solution was based on several key factors, including its powerful combination of 3D and PLM infrastructure, as well as IBM’s and DS’s commitment to partnership and openness.”

IBM Global Business Services is MEYER WERFT’s Partner to leverage the business potential of V6 PLM in the MEYER WERFT process and IT landscape. Therefore IBM GBS will be responsible for the project management as well as the organizational change management. Furthermore IBM consultants will design a sustainable architecture for an efficient integration of V6 PLM with the existing application and process environment based on long term experiences in the service oriented architecture (SOA) together with MEYER WERFT. With V6, MEYER WERFT will be able to provide to a broad internal audience an intuitive online access to the comprehensive 3D definition and product data of their ships in design and production.

Auburn Hills, Mich., USA, March 25, 2010 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) applications, announced that its DELMIA Robotics simulation solution has been implemented by Dumur Industries (White City, Canada), with the company experiencing major gains in manufacturing efficiency. Dumur is a precision metal manufacturing specialist serving the ground vehicle defense market.

Company president Bob Dumur is extremely pleased with the results of the technology. “We easily achieved our return on investment in the software within a year, and we’re currently bringing on another programmer to expand the capability created by these efficiency gains.”

Dumur Industries began its migration to robots in 2003, recently purchasing a 5-axis gantry-style laser robot, optimized with the CENIT FASTRIM® solution built upon the DELMIA V5 Robotics platform. The technology is being applied to cut holes in an aluminum air reservoir tank with the 3D laser creating 7-8 holes within 30 seconds. According to Mr. Dumur, without this technology the holes would have to be machined on milling equipment, taking up to 40 minutes to produce, not including the individual setup time and the difficulties faced in machining thin-walled aluminum components.
The company is also applying the DELMIA technology to its robotic welding equipment, providing a fully functional tooling interface for the design and simulation of complex tooling and fixture device clamps. A major advantage of this simulation solution is the offline programming (OLP) capability, which allows the company to accurately program its robotic systems without tying up physical resources on the factory floor. Mr. Dumur estimates that programming time on the actual robots has been reduced from 20 hours per program down to two to three hours.

“The Dumur team took off running with FASTRIM,” states Cenit account manager, Niall Cullen. “Early on they saw the benefits and efficiencies obtained from 3D digital manufacturing and extended OLP beyond 3D laser trimming. FASTCURVE allows Dumur to stay ahead of production demands and identify manufacturing opportunities in 3D before parts hit the floor. Their innovation has allowed them to expand their manufacturing capability and capacity.” 

Dumur Industries is now in the process of applying CENIT FASTCURVE® to a 7-axis robot for plasma cutting.  Mr. Dumur notes, “The level of complexity in programming a complicated system like this could not be accomplished efficiently without simulating and offline programming in a virtual 3D world.  The DELMIA solutions have allowed us to re-process the way we fabricate components and take on new challenges that we could not have profitably considered previously.”  

Dumur Industries has found the robotic simulation solutions perfectly adapted to all areas of its business, where it produces components ranging from hand-held sizes upward to fabrications that are over 20 feet by 10 feet in size and manufactured in diverse materials from steel to aluminum and exotic metals.  Visit www.dumurindustries.com  for more information.

ENOVIA V6 to Improve Design Efficiency and Enable Unified Design Process

BEIJING, March 18, 2010 – Dassault Systèmes (DS) (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Dong Fang Boiler Group CO., LTD. (DBC), one of the largest power station boiler suppliers in China, has selected its ENOVIA V6 solution to build the first collaborative data management platform in China’s power station boiler industry. The solution will enable DBC to perform collaborative data management throughout its product processes, from design and construction to customer services and improve its overall design and production efficiency.

A subsidiary of Dong Fang Electric Corporation, one of the top three electric groups in China, DBC is providing one of the most complete product portfolios of large-capacity power station boilers in the world. The company’s products have been sold in 27 provinces in China, as well as more than 10 countries, including India and Brazil. As DBC continues to expand its global footprint a crucial element for its long term success will be the implementation of a collaborative platform capable of ensuring a rapid response to different demands from local and international markets.

By leveraging Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA V6 to effectively manage design drawings, components and product data, DBC expects to significantly improve the accuracy of product design. It will also be able to manage reuse of design data to shorten project cycles and improve collaborative efficiency. ENOVIA V6 will help DBC to establish a unified information sharing platform for all of the departments involved to perform multi-project management and achieve modularized, standardized and serialized design. Furthermore, the software’s open architecture will enable DBC to integrate with its existing SAP ERP system to ensure data consistency. Aware of the power of an evolved product lifecycle management, or PLM 2.0 strategy, DBC is planning to extend the functionality of Dassault Systemes’ PLM platform to its customers and suppliers in order to enhance the management of customer demand, procurement and after-sales.

“Boiler design involves a huge number of drawings – potentially hundreds of thousands each month. The lack of a unified management and overall version control for all of the 2D and 3D models can significantly affect design quality and progress,” said Hu Xiukui, deputy general manager, DBC. “With the deployment of ENOVIA V6, our CAD designers will be able to collaborate online and in real time with the company’s other key functions, including engineering and manufacturing, as well as our key suppliers.” 

Zhao Heng, vice president, Greater China, Dassault Systèmes said, “DBC is not only a world-leading power station boiler manufacturer, but also China’s first boiler company that has committed to deploy a data management strategy enabled by ENOVIA V6. We will fully support DBC in its efforts to build its PLM infrastructure as it becomes a first-class innovative power equipment manufacturer in China and around the world.”

Challenge:

To diversify into the international market, GWM needed to establish an enterprise-wide compliance platform capable of ensuring adherence to eco-design standards and enhanced product quality.

Solution:

GWM adopted Dassault Systèmes’ ENOVIA Materials Compliance Central (MCC) solution to meet European Union environmental regulations and CATIA V5 to enhance design quality.

Benefits:

Using DS PLM solutions, GWM was granted the EU accreditation certificate for four of its models in 2009 and became the first Chinese brand to be officially accredited by the EU.

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