MADRID, Spain, Apr 22, 2015 – The current most important FORAN user in China, Wuhan Ship Development and Design Institute (WSDDI), has extended the FORAN contract with SENER.
In the end of December 2014, WSDDI signed a contract with SENER’s partner in Beijing, United Force Corporation (UFC), about additional licenses of FORAN system and relevant services. The extended licenses include FORAN packages of hull structure, machinery & outfitting, electrical, drafting, import/export JT, FORAN-PLM Link and FORAN-FEM Link.
WSDDI is one of the most influenctial design offices in China with more than 50 years of experience in the design of all kind of vessels and other marine activities. Since FORAN was implemented in WSDDI five years ago, FORAN has been a main design tool in the company and has been used in important projects.
SENER’s marine unit is strengthening its presence in Asia, as China, Japan and South Korea are currently the worldwide leaders in shipbuilding.
About SENER
SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956, which seeks to offer its clients the most advanced technological solutions and which enjoys international recognition, thanks to its independence and its commitment to innovation and quality. SENER has more than 5,500 professionals at its centers in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Chile, China, Colombia, the United Arab Emirates, Spain, United States, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal and the UK. The group has an operating revenue of €1,218 billion (2013 figures).
SENER engages in the specific activities of Engineering and Construction, and also has industrial holdings in companies involved in energy and environment, as well as in aeronautics. SENER’s engineering and construction division has become one of the world’s benchmark companies in the aerospace, infrastructures and transport, power and process, and marine sectors.
About FORAN
FORAN is a totally integrated computer system specifically developed for the design, production and engineering of ships. It comprises several main packages (hull forms definition, naval architecture, hull structure, outfitting, electrical), 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.
About WSDDI
WSDDI is one of the most influential design offices of the China shipbuilding industry. WSDDI has more than 50 years of experience in the design and development of all kind of ships and other marine activities.
