After more than 15 years of successful co-operation, BETA has acquired TOP CAE. Since February 1, 2017, the company is operating as BETA CAE Systems Japan Inc. Maintaining the same values and commitment to its customers, this entity is now empowered by the vision and principles of the greater family of BETA CAE Systems.

Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of information technologies driving productivity and quality across geospatial and industrial enterprise applications, announced an agreement to acquire MSC Software (MSC), a leading provider of CAE solutions, including simulation software for virtual product and manufacturing process development, for 834 MUSD.

The CAE experts of the international automotive industry helped us identifying the 7 most critical, current challenges of automotive CAE. These form the topics of the sessions of the 9th Automotive CAE Grand Challenge, held April 5-6, 2017 in Hanau, Germany. In their lectures, speakers from industry, research and software development will explain the challenges and report on their work to solve the challenges.

The Würzburger Institut für Verkehrswissenschaften (WIVW) and VI-grade have announced that the WIVW, a Bavaria-based company providing services in the field of human factors, has developed an advanced motorcycle riding simulator, relying on VI-grade technology. The development of this dynamic motorcycle riding simulator was part of the ZIM funded project DESMORI, supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.