CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
23 April 2007
Product News
Invention Machine Announces Master Distribution; Partnership with Cybernet Systems
Invention Machine Corporation announced a master distribution agreement with Cybernet Systems Co ., Ltd., a leading supplier of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software to manufacturing organizations in Japan.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Cybernet Systems distributes an array of CAE software, covering a comprehensive range of fields such as control and DSP/communication system design, electronic design automation, optical design, structural analysis, fluid dynamic analysis, and design optimization, to the Japanese market. Under the new agreement, Cybernet Systems will market, resell and support Invention Machine's Goldfire InnovatorT and Goldfire ResearcherT software to Japan's leading appliance, high-tech, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences and industrial manufacturers. A leading provider of solutions that accelerate product innovation, Invention Machine's software is already in use by more than 1200 customers worldwide including leading Japanese manufacturers SONY, Omron Corporation, Konica Minolta Holdings, NEC, Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., JFE Steel, Sanyo Electric Co., Hitachi and Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation. .
"Manufacturing organizations around the world are placing a greater emphasis on innovation, fueling strong demand for Invention Machine's unique knowledge-enabled innovation solutions," said Mark E. Atkins, Chairman, President and CEO of Invention Machine. "The Japanese market represents a tremendous growth opportunity, and having a strategic and experienced partner like Cybernet Systems - with a proven distributor model, rich customer base and deep roots in the manufacturing and engineering communities - will extend our reach in Japan and help to ensure that we capitalize on that potential."
With Invention Machine's Goldfire solutions, Cybernet Systems can now provide Japanese manufacturers - including Cybernet Systems' own customer base of more than 2,500 companies - with the ability to accelerate product innovation by speeding ideation, facilitating inventive problem solving and capturing and leveraging technical knowledge and expertise. Accelerated knowledge discovery and ideation empowers companies to continuously fuel product pipelines with better-performing, more competitive and more cost-effective products, while improving product quality, performance, and time to market.
"We are excited about our relationship with Invention Machine and the ability to offer its market-leading Goldfire Innovator and Goldfire Researcher solutions to our customers," said Kuniaki Tanaka, President, Cybernet Systems. "Our enterprise customers have expressed a need for greater return on their Research and Development investments and a greater ability to more quickly and predictably bring new and improved products to market that keep pace with competition, changing technologies and customer demands. This is exactly what Invention Machine's solutions deliver."
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