ESI GROUP ANNOUNCES VISUAL ENVIRONMENT, A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SIMULATION

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ESI GROUP ANNOUNCES VISUAL ENVIRONMENT, A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SIMULATION
29 July 2007 - ESI Group

ESI Group (ESIN FR0004110310), pioneer and world leading provider of digital simulation software, based on the physics of materials, releases Visual Environment a proven virtual product design solution articulated around openess and extended interoperability with tier simulation solutions.

The major evolution from traditional CAE message (pre-processor/solver/post-processor) to the simulation based design is powered by the integration of Visual Environment around one single data model which extends the range of discipline. Visual Environment integrated solution portfolio bridges low to high-end requirements, knowledge processes and data, and engineering workflows that can be managed in a structured way. It is the unique hub providing a full transport and control of the compute model that allows customers to reduce their lead-times and costs through virtual product development.

Visual Environment matches the requested physics with the appropriate solvers such as ESI Group solvers, PAM-CRASH, PAM-MEDYSA, PAM-SHOCK, PAM-CEM, SYSTUS but also NASTRAN, RADIOSS, LS-DYNA or MADYMO as examples to deliver industries specific simulation solutions. It also provides a development toolkit for the users to develop their own applications, or integrate their existing ones to take complete benefits of a simulation platform.

Within the all-in-one framework, Visual Environment allows users to address multiple applications in different physics related fields. The great flexibility of Visual Environment, combined with the wide range of applications, fully answer customer’s needs. Within this platform, the different simulation domains can be addressed and chained manually or automatically, while Visual Composer keeps track and offers inter-operability between Product Data Management system and Compute Models. In addition, Visual-Process, as part of Visual Environment, provides important productivity gains as it helps engineers to capture, automate and customize CAE processes and engineering best practices in process templates to be reused.

Thanks to the Intel Xeon Processor 5100 Series and the availability of Windows 64-bit, engineers can work interactively with huge models, of over 4.5 million finite elements, which require more than 3 to 4 Gigabits of memory.

“We are pleased that Visual Environment, the latest ESI product, optimized for our new Intel Xeon Processors 5100 Series, helps ESI’s customers to reach new levels of performance on their simulation environment. The Intel Xeon Processors 5100 Series with its Intel 64 instruction set and Dual Core technology provides the necessary bandwidth and performance for handling large simulation models while keeping the thermal envelope to reasonable levels” says Gordon Graylish, Vice President, Sales and marketing, EMEA.

“Visual Environment has been timely delivered to allow customers to implement Virtual Product Engineering. Supporting 64-bit Windows, Visual Environment will allow them to address large projects at a single click.” declares Vincent Chaillou, President and Chief Operating Officer, Product Operations ESI Group.

The vision behind Visual Environment improves effectiveness of business productivity and innovation for Virtual Engineering Enterprise Solutions.

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About: ESI Group
ESI Group is the world leading software editor for the numerical simulation of prototype and manufacturing process engineering in applied mechanics. The key to ESI Group's success is the use of realistic material physics, providing "as good as real" virtual solutions, in order to replace the lengthy trial and error processes on real prototypes.

ESI Group has developed an entire suite of coherent industry-oriented applications to realistically simulate a product's behavior during testing, to fine tune the manufacturing processes in synergy with the desired product performance, and to evaluate the environment's impact on product usage. ESI Group's product portfolio, which has been industrially validated and combined in multi-trade value chains, represents a unique collaborative, virtual engineering solution, known as the Virtual Try-Out Space (VTOS), enabling a continuous improvement on the virtual prototype.

By drastically reducing costs and development lead times, VTOS solutions offer major competitive advantages by progressively eliminating the need for physical prototypes.

A sustained growth

Total consolidated revenue for fiscal year 2003, ending January 31st 2004, increased by 15% in real terms and 22% at constant exchange rates, compared to the previous year reaching 49 million euro.

The software activity remained stable with 73% from licenses and 27% from services.

The major acquisitions made in 2002 and 2003 accounted for 15% of revenue growth and took part in the strengthening of the Group's position on the American market.

As in previous years, ESI Group maintained a strong international presence with 50% of turnover generated outside Europe and 79% of revenue outside.

Listed on the Nouveau Marché of Euronext Paris, ESI Group employs almost 500 high-level specialists worldwide.
ESI Group and its global network of agents provide sales and technical support to customers in more than 30 countries.

A key investment area: Research and Development

ESI Group is making substantial R&D efforts and forms partnerships with leading academic and research laboratories in order to offer state-of-the-art solutions.

ESI Group also provides high value-added services, worldwide through its subsidiaries located in Europe, Asia and Americas. Consulting projects with strategic industrial partners as well as European R&D contracts exemplify ESI Group's strong engineering knowledge and scientific expertise.

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