Jul 8 - SENER Gets Prince Felipe Award for Business Excellence

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SENER Gets Prince Felipe Award for Business Excellence

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BILBAO, Spain, July 8, 2008 - SENER engineering Systems, S.A. has won Prince Felipe Award for Business Excellence in the 'Technological Innovation for Large Companies' thanks to its CAD/CAE/CAM FORAN software. The FORAN System, designed by the company in the 1960s, is currently one of the most used maritime construction programs in the world, present in 130 shipyards in more than 27 countries. With this award, the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce acknowledges this software as a relevant technological product with proven success in Spain and abroad.

SENER’s chairman, Jorge Sendagorta, picked up the award for Technological Innovation for Large Companies from His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias in the event that took place in the Madrid Municipal Conference Centre this morning, Thursday 19 June.

This award signifies the recognition of SENER’s track record, which in its 52 years experience has succeeded in establishing itself amongst the leading positions in International engineering in such different areas as Aerospace, Maritime, Energy and Processes engineering and Civil engineering and Architecture, and has cultivated a culture of excellence, recognized in all its projects.

In this 12th edition of the Prince Felipe Awards, SENER has also nominated in the ‘Business Competitiveness for Large Companies’ category.

SENER engineering Systems is now the leading multidisciplinary engineering firm in Spain, with a workforce of over 1,900 employees and a turnover of over 311 million euros. The company has offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, Seville, Algiers, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Mexico DF, Okayama (Japan), San Francisco and Warsaw.

SENER engineering Systems forms part of SENER Group of engineering, the largest Spanish engineering group, with more than 4,500 employees and a turnover of over 753 million euros.

Its excellence culture is based on the corporate values of commitment to quality, independence and innovation in which the company invests 10% of its resources, enabling it to take part in some of the most technologically groundbreaking projects in recent years in all its business areas.

For more information about SENER, 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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