Through simulation and optimization, advanced engineering software tools help German white goods manufacturer bring innovative new products to market. Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of technology and services that strengthen client innovation and decision-making, today announced that BSH, Germany, Western Europe's number one domestic appliance manufacturer, has introduced the HyperWorks suite into its product development process. Today's domestic appliance industry has become truly high-tech, with product innovations and development supported by advanced CAE software. BSH develops its products in various company competency centers, including a site in Traunreut, Germany, where primarily stoves, modular cooking panel systems and ovens are developed and manufactured. The Traunreut Product Development Simulation Department uses Altair HyperMesh, HyperView and HyperGraph for their pre- and post-processing tasks and employs Altair OptiStruct for optimizing their designs. "We are very pleased with the Altair products," said Bastian Grass, development engineer, Product Development Simulation, at BSH, Germany. "The main reasons for choosing HyperWorks were good experiences with HyperWorks during my previous work experience and the vast number of simulation tools contained in the HyperWorks suite, all available under a single licensing agreement. We need to make reliable decisions earlier in the development process. HyperWorks allows us to rapidly generate simulation models, evaluate multiple variants and optimize the design. We will be able to reduce the number of hardware prototypes and develop new, innovative products." Altair HyperWorks is an integrated CAE framework containing best-in-class solutions for complete virtual product development. It delivers an open, programmable platform that is easy to integrate into existing processes. OptiStruct is a highly advanced finite-element-based software for both structural analysis and design optimization, and is used to design, evaluate and improve performance of mechanical structures. HyperMesh is a high- performance finite-element pre- and post-processor that allows engineers to analyze product design performance in a highly interactive and visual environment. HyperView is a complete post-processing and visualization environment for finite-element analysis (FEA), multi-body system simulation, and video and engineering data. HyperView enables engineers to visualize data interactively as well as capture, standardize and automate post-processing activities. "BSH is a well-known global manufacturer of leading-edge domestic devices. We are pleased that they have chosen HyperWorks as their engineering framework," said Dr. Detlef Schneider, managing director at Altair Engineering GmbH, Germany. "There is a tremendous industry need to address the growing demand for product quality improvements and development time savings with reliable simulation tools. With simulation, companies are able to make sound decisions earlier in their product development processes and to decrease prototype dependence. HyperWorks, with its broad suite of simulation tools for different applications, enables BSH to be more innovative, reduce development costs and allows them to focus on optimizing simulation quality."