CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
26 July 2007
Company News
AVEVA Marine Technology & Service Centre opens in Busan
AVEVA recently celebrated the opening of the AVEVA Marine Technology & Service Centre (MTSC) in Busan, Korea. The opening was attended by guests from Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction, Korea's first shipbuilding company.
As a global industry, shipbuilding is facing rapid changes. Today, Asia Pacific has become the leading region in shipbuilding, with more than 80% of the world's shipbuilding activities carried out in Korea, China and Japan. Korea and China now have the ability to design and build more and more complex ships, and the total dead weight tonnage (DWT) of Korea, currently the world's largest shipbuilding country, accounts for more than 40% of the world's output.
AVEVA's considerable investment in this area demonstrates the company's commitment to shipbuilding in the Asia Pacific region. According to Peter Finch, President, AVEVA Asia Pacific, Busan is the ideal place in which to open an MTSC, the city is strategically located for the shipbuilding industry and the Mayor of Busan has been instrumental in helping AVEVA to get established in Busan.
In local terms, it is situated between the primary shipbuilding centres of Ulsan and Koje Island and, further afield, between China and Japan. By opening the MTSC, AVEVA has increased its ability to understand the latest industry trends and requirements from world-leading organisations such as Hyundai, Daewoo, Kawasaki and the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.
'The combination of Busan's location, the dominance of AVEVA's marine design solutions, the strength of shipbuilding in East Asia, and our customers' need to improve throughput and design efficiency facilitated AVEVA's decision to place the MTSC in Busan,' said Peter.
AVEVA has not only invested in the Centre, but also in R&D to continuously support and provide the latest technology and products to meet the needs of the industry.
Peter added: 'We have a unique track record of protecting our clients' investments. The Service Centre brings R&D closer to our customers as we continuously seek and provide new opportunities to support their industry.'
'AVEVA has a long history of working in partnership with it's customers to deliver new technologies to the industry and the MTSC will help to bring AVEVA's R&D team closer to the users of our applications, and will foster a closer working relationship, enabling even greater levels of cooperation and understanding.'
The MTSC's strategic location in Busan enables it to host and organise events, and to provide training in marine-related industries. Key roles include customer support and the development of applications. The Centre is also committed to enhancing industry relationships with universities and other academic institutions, by providing support to some of their academic programmes.
Within its customer support role, the MTSC will facilitate product training and support for trainers and users. AVEVA staff will also provide project execution and consulting services, project management and support in benchmarking and demonstrating products.
Ok-Jae Huh, General Manager for the Development Department / Shipbuilding Division in Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd commented, 'AVEVA's decision to establish the MTSC further underpins our decision to both implement AVEVA Marine as our 3D CAD design tool, and to cooperate on the direction of this product. We have been successfully working with AVEVA on joint developments so far. Placing the MTSC in Busan will foster a closer working relationship, enabling greater levels of quick support and cooperation with regard to meeting industry requirements in the future.'
The Centre will assist in the development of specifications for identifying requirements and classification, and in the development of applications based on specific requirements. The Centre will also be involved in supporting and testing for industry validation, and in research into market trends and evaluation.
The MTSC operation is currently headed by SangKyu Park, with his team of technical consultants and engineers. SangKyu Park has a strong history and background in marine industry solutions.
For more information on the AVEVA Marine Technology Support Centre, telephone +82 (0)51 730 8300 or fax +82 (0)51 730 8390. info.mtsc@aveva.com
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