Dassault Systèmes and Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co. Ltd (SMEDI) to Open a Joint R&D Center for Civil Engineering

27/07/2012

New R&D Center Provides Industry Solution Experiences to Civil Engineering and Related Industries

VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France and SHANGHAI, China – July 27, 2012 - Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co. Ltd (SMEDI), one of the most well-known Chinese public engineering companies, today announced that they will jointly open a new R&D center in Shanghai, China, to develop industry solution experiences for civil engineering and infrastructure construction professionals, based on Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Dedicated to bridge projects, water supply and wastewater treatment installations, roads, rail systems, as well as open and underground buildings, the R&D center will open in August 2012.

Founded in 1954, SMEDI has managed more than 7,000 of the most emblematic Chinese projects, from environmental and water resources engineering projects to structural engineering and large scale transportation infrastructure. SMEDI, with its unique understanding of the civil engineering market, will work together with Dassault Systèmes’ team of experts to create and validate solution experience specifications, as well as deliver industry standards and content.

Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides civil engineering and infrastructure construction professionals with a unique, open, collaborative environment, enabling them to design, simulate and manage any scale of infrastructure project, reducing errors and bringing projects in on-time and on-budget, safely.

“As the world leader in 3D design, 3D Digital Mock Up and PLM, Dassault Systèmes solutions have been successfully deployed in many industries,” said Mr. Wei Tang, Chairman, SMEDI. “We strongly believe that they can bring significant value in addressing the needs of civil engineering and construction companies, as demonstrated by leading construction customer projects in recent years. Leveraging Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform for civil engineering, we are confident in our competitiveness in maximizing our productivity and minimizing errors in all our future projects.”

“From the very beginning, our 3DEXPERIENCE platform has been inspired by our customers and partners and what they’ve been telling us about their markets.  This is why Dassault Systèmes has a long, successful history of partnering with key industry leaders to develop disruptive applications to harmonize human life in the 21st century urban environment,” said Dominique Florack, Senior Executive Vice President, Products, R&D, Dassault Systèmes.  “Our partnership with SMEDI, one of the top players and most established civil engineering companies in China, will help us accelerate the development of world-class industry solution experiences for civil engineering in China and worldwide.”

“When thinking of the ‘future experience,’ nothing is more appropriate than looking at the construction and civil engineering market.  How bridges, buildings, dams or other civil engineering projects are experienced and how they function and improve quality of life within the broader experience of everyday citizens, is the single most important factor for designers, builders and civil engineers,” said Monica Menghini, Executive Vice President, Industry and Marketing, Dassault Systèmes.  “This makes our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and industry solution experiences essential for this fast growing worldwide industry.”

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Über SMEDI (Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute)

SMEDI is the first ranked large scale state-owned enterprise of municipal industry in China according to comprehensive strength. Its main domains of activity are related to environmental engineering (water and solid waste treatment), water resources engineering (water supply, hydraulic engineering), transportation engineering (road, bridge and rail system), structural engineering (building) and urban engineering. For more information, visit: www.smedi.com

 

Über Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes, die 3DEXPERIENCE Company, ermöglicht Unternehmen und Menschen durch virtuelle Welten nachhaltige Innovationen tatsächlich erlebbar zu machen. Seine weltweit führende 3D-Design-Software sowie Lösungen für digitale Prototypen in 3D und Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) erschließen vollkommen neue Wege, Produkte und Anlagen zu konzipieren, produzieren und zu warten. Die Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Plattform besteht aus dem folgenden Bausteinen:

•     Plattform für soziale Innovationen, basierend auf den Brands ENOVIA und 3DSWYM
•     Plattform für suchbasierte Anwendungen(SBA) mit den Brands EXALEAD und NETVIBES
•     Plattform für die Aufbereitung und Simulation von Produkt- und Prozesswissen, unterstützt durch die Brands 3DVIA, DELMIA und SIMULIA
•     Plattform für 3D–basiertes Design und Modellierung mithilfe der Brands CATIA und SOLIDWORKS Real Time Experience - die offene und flexible
•     Plattform für die funktions- und unternehmensübergreifende Anwendungs- und Prozessintegration.

Der Konzern betreut über 150.000 Kunden jeder Größe und in allen Branchen in mehr als 80 Ländern.

CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, SIMULIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, GEOVIA, EXALEAD, NETVIBES, 3DSWYM und 3D VIA sind eingetragene Warenzeichen von Dassault Systèmes oder seinen Tochterunternehmen in den USA und/oder anderen Ländern.