ESI signs a Strategic Agreement with the Russian Center for Digital Technologies based in Kazan, Tatarstan

ESI Group, leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services for manufacturing industries, and PLM Ural, its local agent in the Russian Federation, recently took part in AKTO 2016.  The regional trade show dedicated to Aviation Technology and New Materials took place on 10-12 August 2016, in Kazan, Tatarstan.

During AKTO, the Center of Digital Technologies of Tatarstan welcomed demonstrations from ESI’s unique Virtual Reality (VR) solution IC.IDO: an exceedingly powerful industrial design solution combining high-end visualization and real-time simulation of product behavior in real size. IC.IDO allows users to experience product operation as in real life. Based on the most advanced Virtual Reality technologies and expertise, ESI IC.IDO facilitates the decision-making process of globally operating interdisciplinary teams, by replacing the need for physical prototypes.

The solution stands out from the traditional VR offering thanks to its reliable and proven real-time physics simulation that delivers realistic behavior of virtual objects. Its best-in-class immersive user interface lets users intuitively engage with their virtual product, be they engineers or non-technical stakeholders such as investors, which is not possible with traditional PLM solutions. IC.IDO’s collaborative capabilities enable cooperation of teams on site or remotely, around the same virtual model. Its compatibility with various Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Product Data Management (PDM) solutions enables quick process integration, and its massive data visualization fluently displays the largest data sets.

The trade show gathered a lot of interest from the many OEMs based in Tatarstan – the second industrial power of the Russian Federation. Important visitors included Rustam Minnikhanov, current President of Tatarstan; Ildar Khalikov, Prime Minister of Tatarstan; and Mikhail Pogosyan, Head of the Moscow Aviation Institute. They visited the booth of the Center for Digital Technologies and could experience the capabilities of ESI’s Virtual Reality Solution IC.IDO. They then attended the signing ceremony, formalizing a strategic collaboration agreement between MECAS ESI, ESI’s Eastern European subsidiary, and the Center for Digital Technologies of Tatarstan.

The agreement signed between Center for Digital Technologies and MECAS ESI will support our development on new markets serving highly competitive innovative products. The production of high-end technological products is strongly growing across the Russian Federation, a trend encouraged by the national program for imports substitution. 

says Kirill Kolganov, General Manager of the Center for Digital Technologies.

Using ESI solutions, we are now able to shorten significantly the time to market by virtually producing and testing the future product and avoiding iterations and redesign in physical prototypes. And, collaborating with ESI, we are absolutely confident that virtual results will be as close as possible to the real tests. 

For more information on ESI IC.IDO, visit www.esi-group.com/products/ic-ido