In the sense of an environmentally compatible economy, the development of products under consideration of the end of life from the beginning on is crucial. A research project called DiDe4Rec (=Digital Design for Recycling) was launched at the end of January.

This year’s ESAFORM conference was held from April 19 to 21 in Krakow, Poland. Our co-founder and managing director Dr. Dominik Dörr held an invited keynote presentation including case studies from recent projects with partners from the automotive and aerospace industries (Toyota, Airbus, Aerlyte) and research (Fraunhofer Innovation Platform (FIP) at Western University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fraunhofer ICT, and Fraunhofer IWM).

Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Composites Research at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada is inviting to a one-day workshop and open house aimed at connecting the composite industry internationally and showcasing state-of-the-art composite technologies. Our co-founder Dr. Martin Hohberg will contribute with a talk on “Virtual process chains for compression molding processes as a basis for digital product development”.

We are happy to share another short new video on advanced SMC modeling. The specificities of molding SMC materials are often oversimplified in digital engineering, resulting in unexploited structural potential. Our add-ons and approaches enable you to unlock this potential by providing easy-to-use and accurate simulation methods.

This year’s global lightweight summit focused on the dilemma that digitization in lightweight design can save, but also generates CO2. Our co-founder Dr. Dominik Dörr contributed to the session on digitization as a bridge between lightweight products and production and spoke about the potential and challenges of using a virtual process chain as a basis for the digitization of product development.