(18 March 2008) –Thales missile electronics facility in Basingstoke has chosen Flomerics’ EFD.Pro, the Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire-embedded engineering fluid dynamics software. EFD.Pro will be used to analyze complex defense electronics cooling problems at the front end of the design process. “As an engineer, I am concerned about solving problems in the shortest possible timeframe. Flomerics technology helps us in achieving this,” said Mark Pashley, principal mechanical engineer. “We created a short list after an initial investigation of available tools. Upon completing a series of benchmarking exercises, EFD.Pro’s ease of use, speed and accuracy led to its selection over and above the candidates benchmarked. In addition to the technology, I think it is also important to mention the support services, which in the eight years I have been using Flomerics software has always been excellent -- both in terms of speed and quality of response.” “We are very proud of the quality of our support services and I am very pleased to hear that Thales enjoys working with our team,” added Gary Carter, Flomerics CEO. “As a matter of fact, 98% of our customers in the electronics industry recommend our software and services to others.” Missile electronics activities form part of the Air Systems Division within Thales. Thales UK is a major electronics and systems group serving defense, aerospace, security and services markets. Thales employs 9,000 staff in the UK, based at more than 50 locations. In 2006, Thales UK’s revenues were over £1bn (about 2 billion U.S. dollars). Thales Group is a leading international electronics and systems group, serving defense, aerospace and security markets worldwide, supported by a comprehensive services offering. The group’s civil and military businesses develop in parallel to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. Leveraging a global network of high level engineers, Thales offers a capability unmatched around the world to develop and deploy mission critical systems. Thales employs 60,000 people in 60 countries and generated revenues of £7bn (about 14 billion U.S. dollars) in 2006, with a record order book of over £14bn (about 28 billion U.S. dollars).
Interested readers may watch a free EFD.Pro online demo at http://www.flomerics.com/products/efdpro/demo.php. To learn more about Thales Air Systems Division, please visit http://www.thalesonline.com/airsystems/.
About Flomerics Flomerics is a world-leading developer of engineering simulation software and services for analysis of fluid flow, heat transfer and electromagnetic radiation. Flomerics' business model is drastically different from traditional analysis because its software is designed to be embedded deeply into the design process and used by mainstream design engineers, not just by analysis specialists.