CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 August 2007
Implementation Investments
Leading Australian Defense Company, Tenix, Selects ANSYS as its Enterprise-Wide CAE Software Supplier
ANSYS, Inc . announced that Tenix Pty Limited has selected a comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) software suite from ANSYS, Inc. to meet the needs of its aerospace, land, marine and electronics systems divisions. Tenix, one of southeast Asia's largest independent defense and technology contractors with operations spread throughout Australia and New Zealand, will use the full suite of simulation capabilities from ANSYS for enterprise-wide engineering simulation and analysis.
"We standardized on software from ANSYS as our solution toolset because it uniquely provides us with a strong set of structural analysis tools as well as an impressive set of computational fluid dynamics capabilities," said Pat Lockley, general engineering manager at Tenix. The company is using the software from ANSYS to provide integrated, multiphysics solutions for customized aircraft, land vehicles and ships to meet the needs of its civil and military customers. "Having CAE solutions in a single, integrated software environment means that we can deploy the best-available computer-based design tools to our separate divisions; at the same time, we have a common enterprise-wide toolset for all our defense-related engineering systems integration projects."
With ANSYS, Inc. now as its sole supplier of CAE solutions, Tenix has the additional capability of carrying out fluid dynamics and blast simulations, which will allow its geographically dispersed divisions to collaborate closely and realize increased business synergies and efficiencies not possible before.
"The Tenix decision to go with the full product portfolio from ANSYS illustrates the benefits that can be gained by using a comprehensive integrated suite," said Jim Cashman, president and chief executive officer at ANSYS, Inc. "Only products from ANSYS can deliver the flexibility and accuracy that Tenix demands for their unique applications. In addition, the defense company now has headroom to grow their use of CAE to meet their evolving business needs. As ANSYS continues to lead the industry in developing integrated CAE solutions, Tenix will be able to take full advantage of our ongoing significant investment in research, development and innovation."
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From a naval shipbuilding business in 1997, Tenix has grown to service most areas of the defense industry, as well as establishing businesses working in aviation, parking and traffic infringement management, commercializing innovative technology and providing engineering services for utilities including water, sewerage, gas and electricity. The company is Australia's largest locally owned defense and technology contractor, employing some 4000 people and earning almost $1 billion annually. Based in Sydney, Australia, Tenix operates in all mainland Australian states and territories, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Tenix is also an active partner in high technology ventures with U.S. and European firms.
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