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VISTAGY Partners With Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials to Advance Composites Engineering Research

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 09:01 CDT

VISTAGY, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized engineering software, today announced a strategic partnership with the Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials (BIAM), China's largest and most influential composites research and development organization, to advance composites engineering technology for the region's aerospace manufacturers. In addition, the institute has selected VISTAGY's FiberSIM® suite of composites design software as the foundation of its virtual 3D product engineering process for composites.

"BIAM is honored to work with many of China's most active aerospace and composites manufacturers to help them successfully develop products made of advanced composite materials, and our partnership with VISTAGY has helped to advance our strong position," said Dr. YI Xiaosu, director of Science Technology Committee at Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials. "We have great confidence in FiberSIM's industry-leading capabilities for composites development. VISTAGY's software has enabled us to streamline our research and development processes, and we're convinced that Chinese aerospace manufacturers will achieve significant advances in composites engineering when using the software on their upcoming major aircraft programs."

BIAM's mission is to research and develop new composites technologies and methodologies and introduce them to the Chinese aerospace manufacturing community. FiberSIM plays an essential role in helping BIAM advance composites engineering in China. With its capabilities for quickly defining and capturing all non-geometric product information, and efficiently managing design changes all within the CAD environment, FiberSIM has become the engineering software of choice for BIAM's research and development teams. And, because FiberSIM is integrated directly into commercial CAD software systems, scientists and engineers can experiment with new design concepts and composites processes in a real-world development environment that replicates how engineers work in aerospace manufacturing organizations.

"BIAM has long been recognized as a leader in materials research and engineering, not only in China but throughout the world, because of its highly respected professors and focus on aerospace engineering. BIAM has partnered with VISTAGY because of our mutual goals to achieve composites development excellence with best-in-class research and tools," said Mamoru Iguchi, general manager, Asia Pacific, at VISTAGY, Inc. "VISTAGY's continued success in the Asia Pacific region is a testament to FiberSIM's effectiveness in helping organizations more efficiently design and manufacture the world's most innovative aerospace products."

About Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials

As a major research organization under AVIC-I, BIAM, founded in 1956, is China's largest research institute for aeronautical materials, thermal processing and materials testing and evaluation. BIAM's major mission is to provide, through applied-basic research, key technologies for high performance materials and related expertise for the Chinese aviation industry including aircraft, aero-engine, helicopter, and airborne equipment. BIAM has established strong research and development competence and capabilities for key aeronautical materials and highly demanding structural parts for critical applications. BIAM is actively involved in SAMPE and other composites leadership organizations. For more information about BIAM, visit its Web site at http://www.biam.ac.cn

About VISTAGY, Inc.

VISTAGY, Inc. develops engineering software that provides specialized functionality to significantly improve the value of commercial 3D CAD systems. VISTAGY's specialized engineering environments enable engineers to capture and communicate complete digital product definitions within CAD, thereby increasing productivity, improving the communication of product information throughout the product lifecycle, and allowing better-informed decision-making early in design. VISTAGY software is used throughout the world in the aerospace, automotive, marine, wind energy, medical, sporting goods, and transportation interiors industries. The company also offers training and consulting services. For more information, contact VISTAGY in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, at +1.781.250.6868 or visit www.vistagy.com.

"VISTAGY. Engineer success."™

VISTAGY, the VISTAGY logo, and Engineer Success are registered trademarks or trademarks of VISTAGY, Inc., in the United States and in other countries. All other companies and products referenced herein have trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Source: Business Wire

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