EADS Innovation Works Europe Adds HyperWorks to Their Set of Preferred CAE Tools

TROY, Michigan - Strategic decision for HyperWorks helps to enhance modeling and
optimization, saving development time, costs and material in aerospace
industry

Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation
technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and
decision-making, announced today that EADS Innovation Works, the EADS
corporate research and technology organization, has increased its use of
HyperWorks throughout its European operations and has added Altair’s
simulation suite to its preferred set of CAE tools. EADS Innovation Works
will use HyperWorks to optimize aerospace structures, with a specific focus
on composite material systems, to further the company’s technical innovation
potential. The group also plans to use HyperWorks pre-processing technology
to streamline the complex meshing process for acoustic finite element (FE)
models. EADS Innovation Works has been using Altair’s software for several
years already and has recently consolidated licenses.

“In Germany, we were looking for good optimization and meshing tools,”
said Dr. Peter Middendorf, Head of Structure Integration & Mechanical
Systems, EADS Innovation Works, Germany. “HyperWorks, with OptiStruct and
HyperMesh, offers exactly the tools we were looking for to meet our needs. We
like the open architecture of the product suite and we appreciate the high
meshing quality of HyperMesh. In a benchmark, we ran with several meshing
tools, HyperMesh produced excellent results, especially for volume meshes,
which we need to automate our interior acoustic simulation efforts. Also,
optimization is of growing importance in the aerospace industry and in all
EADS Business Units. We are using OptiStruct for our optimization tasks
because of its leading performance in optimizing composite structures. With
Altair’s tools and support we can save time, money, and material.”

“I’m very pleased about EADS Innovation Works’ decision for HyperWorks
and Altair support,” said Dr. Michael Hoffmann, Altair Vice President EMEA.
“During the last twelve months, we have seen a tremendous growth of
HyperWorks in the aerospace industry and throughout different EADS Business
Units. I’m sure this trend will continue due the industry’s high interest in
adopting HyperWorks’ superior modeling, visualization and optimization
technologies, which include customized solutions for the aerospace industry,
such as the optimization of composite structures. I am looking forward to a
long and fruitful partnership with EADS Innovation Works.”

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 and non-linear, structural optimization, fluid-structure
interaction, and multi-body dynamics applications. For more information,
please visit www.altairhyperworks.com.

About EADS

EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In
2008, EADS generated revenues of euro 43.3 billion and employed a workforce
of about 118,000. The Group includes Airbus as the leading manufacturer of
commercial aircraft, with Airbus Military covering tanker, transport and
mission aircraft, Eurocopter as the world’s largest helicopter supplier and
EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo.
Its Defence & Security Division is a provider of comprehensive systems
solutions and makes EADS the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium as
well as a stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA. More information
about EADS can be found at www.eads.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 1,300
employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe
and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for enterprise analytics,
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.

Source: Altair Engineering, Inc.

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