Visteon Partnership With Fujitsu Will Drive Development Of World-Class CAE Technologies

DEARBORN, Mich. (PROTEXT) - Visteon Automotive Systems hasenlisted the expertise of a new partner in developing the world'smost advanced computer-aided engineering (CAE) technology. Visteon has partnered with Fujitsu Ltd., a leading informationtechnology corporation in Kawasaki, Japan, to develop and deployleading-edge automotive CAE applications. The agreement pairs Visteon's technical expertise in thedesign, simulation and manufacturing of automotive climatecontrol systems with Fujitsu's world-class computational analysiscapabilities. It will help Visteon improve its productdevelopment cycle times by increasing the use and accuracy ofadvanced CAE modeling in the design process. "Once again, Visteon has partnered with a world-classorganization to insure that it can meet the demands of customersaround the world," said Craig Muhlhauser, president, VisteonAutomotive Systems. "The technical collaboration that thisagreement will generate has the potential to push the entireautomotive industry to a new level of vehicle design anddevelopment. This is exactly the kind of leading-edge resultVisteon expects to drive for its customers." Fujitsu will develop exclusive hardware and softwareapplications for Visteon that will allow the organization tooptimize its use of CAE modeling technologies. Visteon will serveas a beta site for new hardware and software applicationsrelating to vehicle level modeling tools. Visteon, in return,will provide Fujitsu with detailed evaluations of the stability,effectiveness and usefulness of these applications and willassist the Japanese corporation in the development of simulation-based design systems for non-related automotive programs. Visteon will use Fujitsu hardware and software to power two ofits key simulation technologies -- the Unified Parametric VehicleSystem (UPV) and the Interior Climate Comfort Engineering System(ICCE). UPV is used to optimize front-end airflow and performvehicle exterior aerodynamics analysis. UPV data is critical toestablish the amount of heat loss or gain from a vehicle body. ICCE allows engineers to design automotive interior climatecontrol systems that optimize passenger comfort and climatecontrol system performance. ICCE includes CAE methodologies suchas parametric solid models, solar load models, warm-up andrefrigeration cycle models, and analysis of the vehicle interior,airflow and temperature. In addition, ICCE includes thecapability to correlate airflow and temperature to passengercomfort. The ICCE system is used to reduce the amount of climatecontrol wind tunnel and "down the road" testing required forvehicle development. "The agreement we have reached with Fujitsu will allow us toreally push the development and use of some key simulationtechnologies," said Frank Croskey, vice president, VisteonClimate Control Systems. "This offers us a critical competitiveadvantage -- we are developing vehicle solutions based onremarkably accurate virtual simulation rather than field testing.This takes a great deal of time and cost out of the process whilebuilding in a new level of quality and predictability." With a global delivery system of more than 125 technical,manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 21countries, Visteon Automotive Systems is leveraging the talentsof its 77,000 employees to deliver innovative, consumer-drivensystems solutions to its customers. ots Original Text Service:Visteon Automotive Systems Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.deContact: Media Inquiries: Cheryl Eberwein, 313-248-6321,ceberwei@visteon.com, or Analyst Inquiries: Kent Niederhofer,313-390-1467, kniederh@visteon.com, both of Visteon AutomotiveSystems Web site: http://www.visteon.com

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