China's AKRON to Use FORAN Ship Design System
 SHANGHAI,
China, Apr 9, 2008 - AKRON (China) Group has decided to use FORAN as their
main ship design system after a careful selection process that has lasted
more than two years. AKRON is the first commercial FORAN user in China.
“FORAN is a technical leading shipbuilding software system, and is widely
accepted by many shipyards and design offices in the world. Thus it is our
honor to be the first user of FORAN in China, and we sincerely hope that
FORAN can now be applied in more and more shipyards in China” commented
Mr. Panagiotics K. Mitroulias, Executive Director of AKRON (China) Group,
“We chose FORAN as our main system for ship design and construction, not
only because of its advanced technology and powerful capability, but also
because UFC (SENER’s partner in China) can provide a leading PLM system and
Digital Shipbuilding solution as well as FORAN. AKRON and UFC have the same
vision in the digital shipbuilding area, so we have established a long term
strategic partnership to study and construct our digital shipbuilding
platform in AKRON (China) Group.”
“The FORAN implementation in AKRON is the first step of the
collaboration,” Mr. Geoffrey Wang, General Manager of UFC indicated, “The
long term partnership with AKRON is strong proof of our investment in
digital shipbuilding. Our solution can fully meet the requirements of the
shipbuilding industry. We have invested in this area with significant
resources, and we will continuously expand the solution to provide ever more
functions and services for our customers. Also, we wish to setup a
successful reference installation based on the FORAN application and digital
shipbuilding with the combined effort of UFC, SENER and AKRON.”
Mr. Luis Garcia, Executive VP of SENER, sent his congratulations to AKRON
as the first FORAN user in China: “We are very pleased to see that FORAN has
been implemented in China, as this is in line with SENER’s strategic plans
for China. Since the Chinese shipbuilding industry will be No.1 in the world
in coming years, we are committed to take advantage of our experience in
ship design to support UFC, in the promotion of FORAN in more and more
shipyards and design offices. We will do our best to help them improve the
process of ship design and construction in the Chinese shipbuilding
industry, and thus to enhance the competitiveness”
Now that FORAN has been installed in AKRON Design Department in Shanghai,
and the personnel have received the necessary training, the next step is to
use FORAN in the whole design process of a real project. At the same time
discussions between AKRON and UFC are ongoing for the Digital Shipbuilding
system based on FORAN.
About AKRON (China) Group
The main businesses of AKRON (China) Group are ship design and
construction, related trading and management. It’s headquartered in
Shanghai, and has a design company and a shipyard in China.
About UFC
United Force Corporation is a high technology company headquartered in
USA. UFC has provided consulting, implementation and technical services for
CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM systems to more than 500 Chinese customers and has helped
them in the building up of their Digital Manufacturing Systems and Digital
Shipbuilding Systems. UFC is the only distributor of FORAN in the Chinese
market.
For more information, visit
http://www.ufc.com.cn/.
About SENER
Sener engineering Systems S.A. is a private engineering and consultancy
company set up in 1956. It employs some 1,800 people and is a multi-branch
engineering concern covering a broad range of technologies including
aerospace, civil engineering, communications, control & actuation,
environment, power, transportation and marine engineering. Sener activity is
characterized by the adoption of state-of-the-art technology to provide
customers with innovative solutions.
In the marine field, Sener has provided professional services to
shipbuilders, designers, owners, operators and regulatory bodies for 50
years. The company has never abandoned its original marine vocation, and it
is in this area that it has made its most internationally acclaimed
contribution: the FORAN System.
For more information visit at
http://www.sener.es.
About FORAN
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for
design and construction of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull
form definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical,
accommodation), a number of common modules (build strategy, drafting,
walk-through design review, collaborative engineering), links with
production equipment (cutting machines, bending machines, robotic systems,
etc.), interfaces to management systems and its own integrated development
environment.
Running on Windows workstations connected through LAN or WAN, FORAN
permits a fully interactive and concurrent definition of the ship 3D product
model. The most recent design information is available in Oracle database
for designers of a wide range of complementary disciplines. When designing
each ship part or each sub-assembly, their production processes are defined
too, thus enabling the generation of custom-made, accurate and
well-organized information for workshops (drawings, material lists and
direct input to production systems), with the highest level of automation.
The current user base of the FORAN System consists of over 130 shipyards
and design offices located in 27 countries.
For more information, visit at www.foran.es.
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