on part-time basis

LUND, Sweden, Mar 9, 2017 – Modelon, the premier provider of Modelica solutions for model based systems design, announced that Dr. Hilding Elmqvist, the father of the Modelica open standard and the creator of the simulation tool Dymola, is joining Modelon as a technical fellow on a part-time basis. Dr. Elmqvist has been part of Modelon’s success story since the start, as a co-founder of the company, and as a board member. With his retirement from other engagements Dr. Elmqvist is now takingan active leadership role in Modelon product R&D. In this role, he will further strengthen Modelon’s position as fore-runners of systems modeling and simulation software.

“It is a great honor to welcome a world authority like Dr. Elmqvist into our organization.,” says Magnus Gäfvert, CEO of Modelon, “Dr. Elmqvist’s deep expertise and experience will bring exciting innovations and capabilities to our customers.”

“I am very happy to now engage more actively at Modelon, a company that I have been involved with and seen grow so successfully for more than a decade.” says Dr. Elmqvist, “I now look forward to help accelerate the innovation and excellence of our solutions even further.”

About Modelon

Modelon are thought leaders in model-based systems engineering. They innovate and deliver computational model-based tools and services based on the Modelica and Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) open standards. Modelon products include industry-grade libraries, and related software technology for creation, simulation and deployment of systems models. They are proud to count several of the world’s most renowned technology companies as their clients, including independent software vendors and end users in the automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial equipment sectors. Headquartered in Lund Sweden, Modelon has offices in Gothenburg Sweden, Munich Germany, Hamburg Germany, Tokyo Japan, Hartford, CT USA and Ann Arbor, MI USA.

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