DEVELOPER TOOLS

ANSYS, a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that AREVA, worldwide leader in energy, has signed a worldwide corporate agreement with the company for three years. This new global agreement expands the long- term relationship between these two companies and allows for more efficient access to simulation technology and better coordination of the use of this technology across the AREVA enterprise. "AREVA has chosen ANSYS as a preferred supplier of simulation software. ANSYS simulation software provides design optimization solutions for a wide variety of equipment used in AREVA's nuclear projects and is used to perform multi-field analyses, such as seismic calculations of concrete buildings, thermo-mechanical fatigue of pressure vessels, and cask transport calculations," said Pierrick Brehier, Structural Calculation Manager at SGN (AREVA companies). "ANSYS simulation software is used by AREVA teams all over the world and appreciated by its customers." "In the upcoming months, we will continue to work closely with AREVA to see how ANSYS can further reduce their product development costs and help AREVA achieve their very important business objectives," said Joe Fairbanks, vice president of global sales and support at ANSYS. "We are very pleased to have been selected as the simulation technology of choice at AREVA, which further demonstrates our commitment and capabilities to help companies in the nuclear power industry."