VISTAGY’s Dr. Olivier Guillermin to Present in Lucintel Webinar: “Emerging Technology Trends in Wind Energy Market”

Dr. Guillermin will discuss new design tools and manufacturing methods that enable the rapid development and production of large wind turbine blade designs

WALTHAM, Mass., (USA), May 21, 2009 — VISTAGY, Inc., a leading provider of industry-specific engineering software and services, today announced that Dr. Olivier Guillermin, VISTAGY director of product market and strategy, will present in Lucintel’s May 28 Webinar entitled, “Emerging Technology Trends in Wind Energy Market.” The Webinar commences at 9 AM EDT and Dr. Guillermin, whose talk is entitled, “Novel Design and Manufacturing Methods for Wind Blades,” will speak from 10:30-11:00. Registration information is available at http://www.lucintel.com/webinar-wind.pdf

As the size of wind turbine blades continues to grow (the longest blades now are 150 to 200 feet), current materials, design methodologies and manufacturing processes are reaching their limit. The wind industry will require new tools and innovative processes to rapidly develop and produce larger blade designs that are cost-effective and reliable.

VISTAGY supports a best-in-class vision for novel design and manufacturing of composite wind turbine blades. In his presentation, Dr. Guillermin will discuss how wind energy organizations can produce best-in-class products by:

• Using composites engineering software that is fully integrated into commercial 3D CAD environments, including CATIA V5, NX and Pro/ENGINEER
  


• Using design software that enables a concurrent design and analysis process that supports all finite element analysis systems, including those from MSC.Software and ANSYS
  


• Working with a company that has extensive experience partnering with manufacturing software and equipment vendors to support a comprehensive solution and seamless workflow from design to resin infusion simulation, automated cutting, laser projection and automated material deposition
  


• Working in an open and flexible engineering environment that enables faster innovation and response to customer objectives, including cost and weight reduction, improved aerodynamic and structural performance, improved processes for managing changes and risk mitigation
  

Other topics covered will be a molder’s view of composites in the U.S. wind energy market, new epoxy systems for industrial rotor blade production, emerging wind energy technology trends and applying rotorcraft design knowledge to the wind blade industry.

About FiberSIM^®

FiberSIM^® is a suite of software that turns commercial CAD systems into tools specialized for designing and manufacturing composite parts. The software enables engineers to create a complete virtual product definition of a composite part within their 3D modeling environment. FiberSIM supports the entire product development process as well as flexible design methodologies for a wide variety of materials and manufacturing methods. The software simulates how composite material deforms over complex curvature and generates manufacturing information including documentation, flat patterns and data to drive downstream manufacturing equipment. FiberSIM also uses XML technology to share composites data with people and applications throughout the enterprise.

About VISTAGY

VISTAGY, Inc. is a leading global provider of engineering software and consulting services that optimize product development processes by enhancing the functionality of commercial 3D CAD systems. For almost 20 years, VISTAGY has been a pioneer in providing industry-specific solutions that capture complete virtual product definitions and facilitate automatic reuse and efficient exchange of engineering information across the enterprise and supply chain. VISTAGY solutions help customers deliver robust products on time and on budget by increasing productivity, improving communication throughout the product lifecycle and enabling better-informed decision-making early in the design process. The company's customers include over 200 of the world's leading manufacturers in the aerospace, automotive, transportation interiors and wind energy industries. VISTAGY is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA and can be reached at +1.781.250.6800 or by visiting www.vistagy.com.