How has been the last year for your company?
We have seen a lot of enthusiasm in the adoption of simulation software across various manufacturing sectors in India. What is also encouraging to see is companies which have consistently been investing in integrating simulation technologies as part of the PLM process have now started seeing results. This has encouraged them to embed simulation deeper into the product design cycle right from the concept stage, a move which will yield even greater returns in the years to come.
Which sectors are driving your growth in India?
We see adoption of simulation tools across a spectrum of industries, since anyone involved in designing products, managing processes and providing engineering consulting can benefit from it. The automotive and aerospace industries are certainly at the forefront.
How do your clients benefit from your software?
COMSOL® has come up with an Application Builder that enables users to create customized user interfaces on top of their own simulation models. These user interfaces are easy to use & can be deployed to designers, who can then run highly accurate simulations without needing expertise to set up complex models, or even without the need to have access to the full software suite.
An automotive giant in India has successfully deployed engineering apps to its design team. This team which earlier did not have access to simulation tools & was reliant on another team to give them physical insights. With the apps, the designers can quickly play around with parameters at the concept stage, and get meaningful insights to help optimize the initial design without waiting for such insights from the CAE team. This also frees up the CAE team's time to focus on hitherto unaddressed problems instead of keeping on iterating on the same problems over and over again. This has helped the company reduce its time to market.
Can you tell us about your latest products?
We have recently launched two products. The first is the COMSOL Compiler™. This allows our users to create .exe file of the COMSOL Models, once they have created a user interface around it. These parametrized applications can then be shared & run by anyone without the need to have a license for the software. You can essentially share the power of a highly accurate multiphysics model at no cost! The second product is the COMSOL Server™ License, CSL, where one can host the above mentioned applications on a server. These applications can then be accessed over the web, without the need for any installation of the software. We also have an Android™ based COMSOL Client available on the Google Play™ store, so simulations can now be run on cell phone too! Apart from this, Multiphysics has always been our forte, and we have recently launched a Composites Module which lets our users perform Multiphysics analyses on composites right from the manufacturing phase to predictive maintenance, and everything in between.
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