PI_Beitritt_TU-Poznan_english - ProSTEP iViP

Press Release

June 2006








ProSTEP iViP e.V.
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Dolivostraße 11
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D
-
64293 Darmstadt

Contact:


Ingrid Markrab



06151 /
9287 443

FAX 06151 / 9287 326

in
g
rid.markrab@prostep.com


VR in Product Development
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VIDA B
e-
comes Ass
o
c
i
ation Member





Darmstadt, June 2006
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VIDA
–

the Virtual Design and Automation
Center of Excellence
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was founded in 2002 at the Faculty of M
e-
chanical Engineering and Management at the University of Tec
h-
nol
ogy in Poznan (Poland). The center was made possible by the
5th Framework Program of the European Union and the support of
international partners. The focus of the center lies in the application
of information technology (IT) in the areas of product design

and
pr
o
duction processes and, in particular, in the use of virtual reality
in product d
e
velopment.

Membership of the VIDA Center of Excellence in the ProSTEP iViP
Association is intended improve communication within the intern
a-
tional research team in the

field of virtual product development and
pr
o
vide the staff at the center with access to the latest standards
and technol
o
gies.























ProSTEP iViP Association


Dolivostraße 11


D
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64293 Darmstadt

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About the VIDA Center


VIDA
–

Virtual Design and Automation Center of Exce
l
lence
–

was founded in 2002 at the
faculty of Mech
anical Engineering and Management at the Poznan University of Techno
l-
ogy. Development of the center was made possible by the 5
th

Framework Program of the
European Union and the support of international partners.


The research conducted at the center focuse
s on the application of information techno
l
o-
gy (IT) in the area of product design and production processes and, in particular, in the
use of virtual reality in product development. The research groups at VIDA are working in
the following fields: 3D modelin
g, VR (virtual reality), design for manufacturing, design for
assembly and disassembly, reverse engineering, design for recycling, rapid prototy
p
ing
and rapid tooling, production planning and simulation, virtual engineering, d
e
sign of drive
and control sys
tems and quality engineering.


VIDA has been a member of the “Virtual R
e
search Lab for a Knowledge Community in
Production“ Network of Exce
l
lence (VRL
-

KCiP) since June 2004.


Further information at:
http://ww
w.vida.put.poznan.pl/





About the ProSTEP iViP Association


The ProSTEP iViP Association is an international branch
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specific community comprising
leading companies in the automotive and aerospace industries, system vendors and r
e-
search institutes. The a
im of the ProSTEP iViP Association is to find solutions for the cha
l-
lenges facing the manufacturing industry as a result of networked collaboration in a
worldwide development network.


A concept based on a coherent, cross
-
organizational and cross
-
domain vi
ew of data, pr
o-
cesses and systems provides a solid foundation for meeting these challenges. The Ass
o-
ciation’s five main areas of focus reflect this approach: process management, sy
s
tem
integration, product data standardization, engineering collaboration an
d knowledge tran
s-
fer.


The ProSTEP iViP Association is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and was founded in
October 1993 by 38 industrial companies and a number of system vendors as part of the German
STEP initiative. Members of the ProSTEP iViP Associa
tion currently include almost 200 comp
a-
nies and organizations from 17 nations.


Further information at
www.prostep.org
.





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