Simufact offers the 'Scientific Publication Award'

The award is endowed with Euro 1.000 and serves to promote practice-relevant scientific publications for industrial application.
Hamburg, October 9, 2014 - Simufact Engineering, software provider for industrial forming and manufacturing processes is newly presenting the 'Simufact Scientific Publication Award'. With this award Simufact is honoring particularly practice-relevant scientific publications of research and development projects, in which Simufact software was used.

'We see ourselves as a link between academic development and industrial application', said Dr. Ralph Bernhard, Director of Research & Innovation at Simufact. 'Scientific publications dealing with a distinct problem definition and offering initial stages of solutions are of a particular importance - we seek to support such works', stated Bernhardt. 'Strategic and long-term relevant topics of research and development are integrated in our simulation software for manufacturing processes. Respectively, demands and innovations of the industry are implemented into research.'

The award, endowed with 1.000 euros, will be awarded annually at the Simufact user conference RoundTable Simulating Manufacturing in Germany, beginning in May 2015. The winner and first runner-up will receive the opportunity of presenting his or her findings to the participants of the RoundTable.

Application requirements for the 'Simufact Scientific Publication Award':

- The discussed topic must be highly practice-relevant to the industry
- Simufact software must have been used in in the project
- The article must have been published in a trade journal/ scientific journal
- a minimum of three, but no more than twelve months prior to the RoundTable

The main author must be a student or employee at the university / institute
For many years now Simufact has been actively involved in research projects, primarily in the field of academic fundamental and applied sciences; here, Simufact cooperates with a number of well-known institutes and research facilities.

The application deadline for the Simufact Scientific Publication Award is February 28th 2015.

Simufact Engineering is a global operating software company providing process simulation products and services to manufacturing industries. Today, after almost 20 years of developing and supporting simulation solutions for the design and optimization of manufacturing techniques in metal processing, the Hamburg (Germany) headquartered company has established as one of the leaders in this business area. Simufact succeeds in extending its global market share backed up by a dynamically growing customer base exceeding a number of 500 customers.
Simufact customers come from all areas of manufacturing technology: hot forging, cold forming, sheet metal forming, rolling, ring rolling, open die forging, mechanical joining, heat treatment, and welding. As a service partner, the company is offering individual solutions for manufacturing processes, using state-of-the-art CAE tools. Additional services like consulting, training and technical support complete Simufact’s performance. In their headquarters in Hamburg, German offices in Kassel and Marburg, subsidiaries in the United States and India, and a Representative Office in Japan, Simufact employs more than 50 people. A strong and continuously growing network composed of local offices, subsidiaries and channel partners ensures global support.

Volker Mensing
Director Marketing & Communications
simufact engineering gmbh
Tel.: +49 (0)40 790128-160
volker.mensing@simufact.de

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