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Simufact Engineering and Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam
in Malaysia agree on cooperation in research and training
Hamburg based software company and Malaysian university found Research and Training
Center in Shah Alam
Hamburg/Shah Alam, Malaysia, February 28, 2013 – The Hamburg based software
company Simufact Engineering and the Malaysian university UiTM (Universiti Teknologi
MARA) in Shah Alam have started to cooperate in research and education of students and
software users from the industry. The focus of the cooperation is on modern software-aided
simulation methods that are employed in the production of metal-based industrial goods
such as automobiles and engines.
Last Wednesday, representatives of the university and of Simufact signed a cooperation
paper and a certificate of incorporation for the ‘Research & Training Centre for Virtual
Manufacturing Technology and Process’. Industry representatives from Malaysia and
Indonesia attended also the signing of the contract.
In terms of organization, the newly established ‘Research & Training Centre for Virtual
Manufacturing Technology and Process’ is affiliated with the Advance Manufacturing
Technology Excellence Center (AMTEx). AMTEx is a research and development centre at
the UiTM faculty of Mechanical Engineering, which is supposed to deepen the cooperation
of research, production and industrial practice concerning the development of new
manufacturing technologies. Computer-based production processes play a major role in this
context.
‘We are pleased to be the first research and training center in South East Asia,’ says
Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Yupiter HP Manurung, Director of AMTEx. ‘I am very optimistic with this
cooperation since we position ourselves as a resource centre for solving industrial problems,
for producing technical publications and for educating engineering students as well as
practitioners using this sophisticated simulation software. Simufact software is not only very
user-friendly which is very important for industrial applications to achieve fast and precise
results; the software also provides an open structure for conducting high level research
investigation which is very essential for academician use.’
Professor Manurung, widely renowned in the field of production and welding technology in
South East Asia, has frequently been asked by Malaysian and Indonesian companies for
advice on a high-performance software solution for the simulation of industrial forming and
welding processes. Professor Manurung highly recommended the industry to use Simufact’s
simulation software.
Strong arguments in favor of the location of Malaysia – according to Professor Manurung –
are not only its centrality in the region, but also the continuing growth of the steel
manufacturing industry in South East Asia after the global economic crisis. An object of the
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Malaysian government would be to establish the country as a prominent education hub in
South East Asia.
Dr. Hendrik Schafstall, Managing Director and CTO: ‘The cooperation with UiTM is a
significant component of our ‘Scientific Initiative’, with which we promote the knowledge
transfer between industry and science. Cooperations of this kind, on the one hand,
strengthen the competitiveness of companies; on the other hand, they ensure the practical
relevance of research and education as well as the profitable application of research results.’
‘The new training center is supposed to serve as a training center for our resellers in the
region of South East Asia; for us, its importance exceeds the borders of Malaysia by far,’
says Stefan Zimmer, Director Channel Operations at Simufact.
Press photo available: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Yupiter HP Manurung, Director of AMTEx, and Dr.
Hendrik Schafstall,Managing Director/ CTO simufact engineering gmbh seal the foundation
of the Research and Training Center in Shah Alam.
About Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
UiTM is Malaysia's largest institution of higher learning in terms of size and population. It has
experienced phenomenal growth since its inception in 1956 and it is still growing. The
university has expanded nationwide with 15 branch campuses, three satellite campuses, 9
city campuses and 21 affiliated colleges. With this vast network and a workforce of 17,000,
the university offers more than 300 academic programs in a conducive and vibrant
environment. It is also home to some 172,000 students.
About Simufact Engineering GmbH
Simufact Engineering GmbH is a global operating software and service company for process
simulation in the manufacturing industry. With its software solution, Simufact aims itself
mainly at metalworking and -processing companies, among these the automotive and
aerospace industry, but also at plant and mechanical engineering companies and sectorrelated suppliers. Typical applications of the simulation software are forging, bulk metal
forming, rolling, sheet metal forming, heat treatment and welding. The software helps
companies to design and optimize their production processes quicker. By virtual testing
companies save valuable production resources and simultaneously reduce the time needed
to release innovative production processes for serial production.
Additional services like consulting, training and technical support complete Simufact’s
performance. Simufact customers come from all areas of manufacturing technology: forging,
cold massive forming, rolling, sheet metal forming, mechanical joining, heat treatment, and
welding. In the headquarters in Hamburg, in the German offices in Aachen, Kassel, and
Marburg, as well as in the company’s subsidiaries Simufact-Americas in Plymouth, Michigan,
and Simufact India in Bangalore, Simufact employs more than 50 people.
For more information, please visit www.simufact.com.
Simufact is a registered trademark of Simufact Engineering GmbH. All other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Press Contact:
Volker Mensing
Director Marketing & Communications
simufact engineering gmbh
Tel.: +49 (0)40 790162-160
volker.mensing@simufact.de
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