HyperWorks platform helps to drive efficiency for engineering services companies

TROY, Mich., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair Engineering, a leading global provider of technology and services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced today that Geometric SAS, headquartered in India with a mechanical engineering services group based in France, has added the HyperWorks platform to their preferred set of CAE tools. HyperWorks will be used to provide finite element (FE), optimization, and modeling services to all of Geometric SAS European customers, especially in the automotive industry.

"After an intensive evaluation period, we began using HyperWorks in the spring of this year. I have to say that all of our expectations in the area of modeling and optimization have been met," reported Jean-Denis Garcin, Group Leader, Geometric SAS. "HyperWorks is extremely efficient, user-friendly and offers the open architecture we need to communicate with our customers and other Geometric offices. In addition, it offers a very good cost/performance ratio. HyperMesh in particular allows us to create FE models faster than we could with any other tool."

"We are pleased that Geometric SAS has quickly realized business benefits with their selection of HyperWorks," said Mauro Guglielminotti, Managing Director, Altair Engineering in France. "The value of the HyperWorks business model, its broad application scope, and open-architecture design enables engineering service companies, like Geometric, to more easily address the varied engineering requirements that are inherent with organizations that have diverse client bases."

About HyperWorks

Built on a foundation of design optimization, performance data management and process automation, HyperWorks is an enterprise simulation solution for rapid design exploration and decision-making. As the most comprehensive, open-architecture CAE solution in the industry, HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, analysis, visualization and data management solutions for linear, non-linear, structural optimization, fluid-structure interaction, and multi-body dynamics applications. To learn more, please visit www.altairhyperworks.com

About Geometric SAS

Geometric is a specialist in the area of engineering solutions, services and technologies. Its portfolio of Global Engineering services and Digital Technology solutions for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) enables companies to draft, implement, and execute global engineering and manufacturing strategies aimed at achieving greater efficiency in the product realization lifecycle.

With headquarters in Mumbai, India, Geometric was incorporated in 1994 and is listed on the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges. The company recorded consolidated revenues of Rupees 4.86 billion (121.6 million US Dollars) for the year ending in March 2008. It employs almost 3000 people across 10 global delivery locations in the US, France, Romania, India, and China. Geometric is assessed at SEI CMMI Level 5 for its software services and ISO 9001:2000 certified for engineering operations. For further details, please visit www.geometricglobal.com.

About Altair

Altair Engineering, Inc. empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held with more than 1,400 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for enterprise analysis, product development, and advanced computing, Altair consistently delivers a competitive advantage to customers in a broad range of industries. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.

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