China’s First Automotive selects MSC.Software’s SimManager as the virtual build and test platform

First Automotive Works achieves increased productivity and standardized best practices with SimManager.

SANTA ANA, CA - MSC.Software today announced that First Automotive Works (FAW) has selected MSC.Software’s SimManager as the virtual build and test platform to drive effective collaboration.

Recently crowned as China’s largest machinery corporation, FAW is recognized as a global leader in producing innovative, efficient and reliable vehicles. Adhering to the company’s mantra of producing quality vehicles with maximum efficiency, FAW is today ranked as one of the world’s most recognizable conglomerates in the automotive industry.

FAW has adopted MSC.Software’s SimManager to enable automation and management of simulation processes and knowledge, leading to higher productivity across the enterprise environment. Founded in 1953, FAW is a pioneer in vehicle manufacturing in China and continues to invest in engineering technology to drive innovation. Through SimManager’s automated processes, FAW is able to drive operational transparency and validate more scenarios, significantly easing decisions and reducing analysis time across the engineering simulation cycle.
“With MSC.Software’s SimManager, we can bring together teams within a collaborative engineering environment. Through real customer deployments and proven industry best practices, we are convinced that MSC.Software has the breadth and depth of computer-aided engineering expertise in the automotive industry that can help realize our engineering design goals,” said Mr. Li Kang, Vice Chief Engineer, Vehicle Launch Department, First Automotive Works.

“MSC.Software continues to extend our leadership in the automotive industry in China with strategic partners such as FAW,” said David Yuen, Senior Vice President, MSC.Software Asia Pacific. “By providing a flexible collaborative environment fine tuned for CAE, MSC.Software is able to provide real-time access to information in a managed and disciplined methodology. Our users benefit by performing simulation cycles faster in a sustainable manner.”