Ansys Corporate Brochure
Ansys Corporate Brochure
Ansys Corporate Brochure
New Heights
in Product
Innovation
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With our advanced, broad-range software and specialized
services, companies in virtually every industry can turn
their design concepts into top-selling products. Thats why
when companies face global competitive pressures and the
need for engineering simulation increases, they know ANSYS
solves the problem every day and everywhere.
At ANSYS, we are committed to constantly pushing
the limits of our world-class technology so our
customers can expand upon their own business
opportunities through innovation.
product innovation
Achieve new heights in
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Since its inception, ANSYS has been focused on
advancing engineering simulation by developing new
technologies, introducing new solutions, integrating
synergistic businesses and adding new partners to
address a growing base of customers worldwide.
As ANSYS looks ahead, the company moves forward
with a clear vision, a sound and consistent strategy,
financial strength and an unwavering focus on
engineering simulation the same foundation that
has led ANSYS growth and success for more than
three decades. Strategic alliances and acquisitions,
as well as industry breakthroughs, such as solving 100
million degrees of freedom and introducing a solution
for fluid structure interaction (FSI), have contributed to
ANSYS growth, helping the company meet customer
needs more quickly.
ANSYS looks forward to many more years of developing
innovative, reliable technologies that will solve
tomorrows complex product design and development
challenges in both traditional and emerging industries.
ANSYS is proud to help cultivate a new generation of
product design and development professionals.
Engineering Simulation Focused
ANSYS remains uniquely committed to the core
engineering simulation technologies, which set it apart
from others in the CAE industry. ANSYS solutions
are unmatched in terms of the functionality and
power necessary to optimize components, subsystems
and systems. By deploying ANSYS solutions at
various stages of product development, many leading
organizations are leveraging digital design performance
information to make timely decisions. Working with
customers, technology partners and research
institutions, ANSYS delivers the most robust, reliable
and open simulation solutions solutions that meet
the ever-growing needs of organizations worldwide.
Customer Focused
Fueling ANSYS vision and strategy is the feedback and
input of the companys growing base of customers,
which includes 93 of the top FORTUNE 100 industrial
companies. In turn, ANSYS commits more than 20
percent of the companys revenue to research and
development the highest in the CAE industry. This
investment allows ANSYS to deliver on its vision by
developing and delivering the most innovative and
powerful engineering simulation solutions with
unparalleled depth. Strong and reliable customer
relationships have enabled ANSYS to develop easy-to-
use software solutions that align with the customer
process not forcing the process to fit the solution.
Many of ANSYS industry-focused applications were
driven by actual customer applications.
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ANSYS software is an effective tool in simulating the function of the spine. Contact elements
are extremely useful in modeling the complex configuration of components that touch one
another. Nonlinear capabilities of the software are critical in accurately representing the
material properties as well as behavior of the artificial disc and surrounding cartilage,
ligaments and muscle tissue. Such powerful finite element modeling and analysis technologies
are essential in studying the impact, stresses and loading in various parts of the spine. Simply
put, our work could not have been done as quickly and accurately any other way.
Dr. Missoum Moumene
Senior Principal Engineer, Research & Development
DePuy Spine, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company
What we do
ANSYS designs, develops, markets and globally
supports engineering simulation solutions used to
predict how product designs will behave in
manufacturing and real-world environments. Its
integrated, modular and extensible set of solutions
addresses the needs of organizations in a wide range
of industries. ANSYS solutions qualify risk, enabling
organizations to know if their designs are acceptable or
unacceptable not just that they will function as
designed. ANSYS helps organizations achieve:
I Innovative, reliable and high-quality products and
processes
I Fewer physical prototypes and test setups
I Faster return on investment due to reduced
development time
I A more flexible and responsive information-based
development process, enabling the modification of
designs at later stages of development
I A front-end simulation strategy that offers a
superior method for bringing products to market
in less time and with fewer costs
I Seamless working exchange of data regardless of
location, industry, CAD environment, etc.
Automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems manufac-
turer Behr GmbH & Co. KG of Stuttgart, Germany, investigates
climatization concepts with ANSYS
ICEM CFD
TM
in early stages of
the product development process. Behr uses ANSYS ICEM CFD
software to optimize and validate climate systems with respect to
passenger comfort and safety, to ensure high-end climate products.
Businesses today faced with mounting competitive
challenges, customer demands and financial
pressures are racing to find new ways to engineer
more reliable, innovative products while minimizing
costs. Increasingly, these businesses are discovering
that simulation-driven design and development can
be a highly effective way to address this challenge.
It is not surprising that ANSYS is the catalyst for
this simulation-driven evolution in computer-aided
engineering. Bringing simulation and analysis to the
design engineering level of product development
lays the foundation for a fast, efficient and cost-
effective process.
Who we are
ANSYS is leading the evolution of CAE tools and technologies, delivering customer value by enabling
companies to improve product development and processes.
ANSYS is committed to developing simulation solutions from mechanical to computational fluid dynamics
(CFD) that illustrate realistic and accurate modeling and simulation of components, subsystems and
systems. Replacing hardware prototyping and testing, ANSYS solutions drive product designs from concept
to reality, providing an engineering simulation system for a fast, efficient and cost-conscious information-
based development process.
The most prestigious companies in the world turn to ANSYS for the companys history of developing
and delivering the most reliable engineering simulation solutions solutions that are integrated, modular
and extensible.
Integrated
As the need for engineering simulation becomes
a driving factor to ensure company success, more
and more companies are realizing the importance of
integrated solutions. ANSYS is focused on delivering a
next-generation simulation system that encompasses
multiple tools built to work together and be integrated
into a customers development process.
Because the interaction among multiple physics allows
users to simulate subsystem and system performance
accurately and reliably, ANSYS has developed
synergies among all technologies that can be deployed
throughout all stages of product development. By
combining industry-leading modeling (meshing) and
simulation (solver) technologies that capture the
behavior of multiple physics and the effect of product
environment, ANSYS provides more than a point-
solution. In addition to plug-in-level integration with all
computer-aided design (CAD) packages, ANSYS
delivers a fully integrated engineering simulation
system that fits seamlessly with customer product data
management (PDM) backbone and other upstream/
downstream applications.
Extensible
As the need for engineering simulation becomes
commonplace, organizations require solutions that
can be tailored easily to meet industry- and
customer-specific needs.
To address this, the ANSYS technology platform
uses industry-standard programming and scripting
languages that allow ANSYS out-of-the-box solutions
to be tailored quickly into industry solutions by
ANSYS partners and customers. The benefits of
deploying industry solutions are well understood
by ANSYS customers. Additionally, customization
enables capture of design rules and corporate
knowledge, resulting in improved productivity. The
extensibility and customization of ANSYS core
technologies and out-of-the-box solutions allow
ANSYS technology and service partners to create
better value for organizations.
Modular
ANSYS is focused on delivering a modular simulation
system that is easy to use and able to meet customer
needs. Many customers begin by installing ANSYS
up-front simulation tools developed for designers
and engineers to simulate components with
behavior governed primarily by single physics, such
as stress or thermal. As the design matures from the
early phases into final verification, there is a need
for coupled-field or multiple physics interaction
simulations, which are required to model and simulate
subsystems and systems. This modular architecture
makes ANSYS solutions not only affordable, but
also easy to develop, test and maintain. In addition,
modular solutions are a relatively low-risk investment
and can expand as value is demonstrated within
a company.
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Building services designer Olof Granlund Oy of Helsinki, Finland, avoided
extreme temperature variations and improved office comfort by using
ANSYS
CFX
Workbench
TM
interface is amazingly simple to use compared to other simulation programs.
Also, having Workbench integrated with Autodesk Inventor enables us to easily go from one program to
another, iteratively modifying the design in CAD and performing the simulations in ANSYS. We open up
ANSYS just by clicking on a menu box in Inventor, then hit update and the system automatically
imports changes to geometry while keeping all the previous loads and constraints. Otherwise, we would
have to rebuild the simulation model each time. Tight integration between simulation and design lets
us get work done quickly, and gives us the freedom to try out different creative ideas. This enables
simulation to be a routine part of product development from concept to final design.
Aaron Cox
Application Design Engineer
Energy Absorption Systems, Inc.
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With ANSYS CFX, we were able to design a fan in only one month where it would have
taken at least three months using the traditional build and design approach. The key to
achieving these results was the use of CFX for turbomachinery design and analysis.
Peter Came
Director
PCA Engineers
NORTH AMERICA
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Berkeley, California, USA
Irvine, California, USA
Sacramento, California, USA.
Denver, Colorado, USA
Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
Orlando, Florida, USA
Norcross, Georgia, USA
Angola, Indiana, USA
Laurel, Maryland, USA
SOUTH AMERICA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Florianpolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Bucaramanga, Colombia
Livonia, Michigan, USA
Bloomington, Minnesota, USA
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Rochester, New York, USA
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Hudson, Ohio, USA
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Carrollton, Texas, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA
Everett, Washington, USA
Today, ANSYS has evolved from a small group of engineers
to a global corporation that employs approximately 600
development, sales, finance, marketing, administrative and
management professionals. Dedicated employees and
visionary, responsible leadership together with a large and
loyal customer base have helped ANSYS to create a
global and influential CAE community. Whether developing
innovative performance modeling and simulation technologies,
working with customers to understand their needs or
delivering a successful solution implementation at a
customer site, ANSYS brings its experience, talent and drive
to every situation.
ANSYS is a global company with a diverse customer base
supported by a network of business partners in more than
40 countries. We have a presence in exciting emerging
markets like India, China and Brazil, a product offering trans-
lated into multiple languages, and development resources in
Europe, Asia and the United States. This is the foundation
for ANSYS future success a success marked by continued
technology leadership, consistent growth and profitability
and a vision focused on achieving new heights in product
innovation.
AFRICA
Centurion, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
Secunda, South Africa
AUSTRALIA
Hawthorn, Australia
Melbourne, Australia
Perth, Australia
Sydney, Australia
EUROPE
Vaerlose, Denmark
Filderstadt, France
Lyon, France
LUnion, France
Paris, France
Sevres, France
Toulouse, France
Berlin, Germany
Filderstadt, Germany
Grafing b. Mnchen, Germany
Hanover, Germany
Otterfing, Germany
Athens, Greece
Thessaloniki, Greece
Dublin, Ireland
Petah Tikva, Israel
Bergamo, Italy
Firenze, Italy
Milano, Italy
Padova, Italy
Trento, Italy
Vilnius, Lithuania
ASIA
Beijing, China
Chengdu, China
Guangzhou, China
Shanghai, China
Bangalore, India
Delhi, India
Pune, India
Secunderabad, India
Osaka, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Yokohama, Japan
Seoul, South Korea
Selangor, Malaysia
Singapore
Tainan, Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan
Montfoort, Netherlands
Breda, Netherlands
Jessheim, Norway
Oslo, Norway
Porsgrunn, Norway
Sandvika, Norway
Skein, Norway
Lodz, Poland
Tarnowskie Gory, Poland
Santa Maria Da Feira, Portugal
Maia, Portugal
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Elgoibar, Spain
Madrid, Spain
Askim, Sweden
Ekero, Sweden
Goteborg, Sweden
Karlstas, Sweden
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ANSYS. . .
everywhere
Linkoping, Sweden
Molndal, Sweden
Vasteras, Sweden
Vaxjo, Sweden
Aadorf, Switzerland
Lausanne, Switzerland
Zurich, Switzerland
Bursa, Turkey
Croydon, United Kingdom
Horsham, United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom
Kenilworth, United Kingdom
Riseley, United Kingdom
Stockport, United Kingdom
Warwick, United Kingdom