The Leading Technology Center for Major Chinese Automotive Manufacturers Selects MSC.Software's Integrated Simulation Solutions to Improve Virtual Product Development -- MSC.Software today announced that Shanghai Automotive Engineering Academy (SAEA), the leading technology center for the major Chinese automotive manufacturers, has selected MSC.Software's integrated enterprise software solutions to enable product lifecycle management (PLM). MSC.Software's simulation solution suite was chosen, in a very competitive environment, as the strategic partner to enable SAEA to achieve their ambitious VPD goals within durability, safety and NVH modeling and analysis methods. Through MSC's software solutions, SAEA will have access to the most comprehensive simulation portfolio in the world, featuring best-in-class integrated simulation solutions. "We chose MSC.Software because they provide best-in-class enterprise simulation solutions, rather than providing single tools," said Dr. Dai Yi, CAE Director of SAEA. "MSC's industry-leading enterprise software and services will enable our engineers to truly leverage the advantages of VPD." MSC.Software's solution suite is the industry's best-in-class VPD environment based upon scalable, interoperable products that help engineers in every industry solve complex product development challenges by testing integrated virtual prototypes within a single, unified framework. MSC's simulation solutions provide the world's most demanding organizations access to industry-leading integrated solutions including MD Nastran; Adams; and modeling systems such as Patran. "The People's Republic of China is one of the most important growth markets and we recognize that manufacturing companies must deal with intense global competition and continue to improve the product development processes," said Dr. Christopher St. John, senior vice president, Asia Pacific operations, MSC.Software. "MSC's solutions provide the engineering teams at SAEA with the industry's best and most well integrated suite of solutions to exceed their VPD goals." For more information on MSC.Software's integrated enterprise solutions visit its Web site.