CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
4 December 2007
Implementation Investments
SENER Setup First China FORAN Technical Support Center
An opening ceremony for the first FORAN China Technical Support Center was held in September the 27th in Zhenjiang, China. At the same time a cooperation agreement was signed between Jiangsu University of Science and Technology ( JUST ), SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.A. (SENER) and United Force Corporation (UFC). Mr. Dong Shirun, Vice President of JUST, Mr. Luis Garcia, Executive Vice President of SENER Marine and Mr. Jeff Song, Vice President of UFC attended the ceremony. According to the agreement, 50 licenses of FORAN are installed in JUST for educational purposes and the execution of real projects.
"With a long history and a very large user group, FORAN is the best shipbuilding CAD/CAM system," Mr. Dong Shirun said in his speech, "and it is a great honour for JUST that the first FORAN China Technical Support Center has been setup in JUST. As an educational organization, we are willing to take advantage of our situation to give FORAN courses to our students and also to the people from shipyards". Mr. Dong also emphasized that in order to give strong support to Chinese users of FORAN, JUST will also develop necessary functions, such as localization and customization, based on FORAN.
Mr. Luis Garcia was very pleased with the set up of the first China FORAN Technical Support Center. He indicated that the Chinese shipbuilding industry is increasing rapidly and is expected to be No.1 in the world in the near future, so the requirement for more and more professional ship designers must be increased in the coming years. SENER sees that the implementation of FORAN in China can be a great asset in the education of the students in JUST, and can also help the growth of Chinese shipbuilding industry with the most advanced technology. "We are in China to stay in the long term", he concluded.
Mr. Luis Garcia also announced that SENER will grant a scholarship to a graduate from JUST to study in Europe for shipbuilding related Master Degree.
"To help Chinese shipyards in building up a Digital Shipbuilding System is the strategic step of UFC", said Mr. Jeff Song, "we will leverage our experience and best practices in CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM implementation into the shipbuilding area. Now our FORAN team is ready to provide high quality services to Chinese users. We hope to create a Win-Win result in the promotion of FORAN in China".
Already the training and a part of the localization of FORAN has been started in the School of Machinery and Power Engineering of JUST. And later on, the School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering of JUST will also use FORAN in their work.
About UFC
United Force Corporation is a high technology company headquartered in USA. UFC has provided consulting, implementation and technical services of CAD/CAM/CAE/PLM systems to more than 500 Chinese customers and has helped them in the building up of their Digital Manufacturing System and Digital Shipbuilding System. UFC is the only distributor of FORAN in the Chinese market.
Please visit: http://www.ufc.com.cn/ for more information
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