January 29, 2007
Shanghai Electric
Group awards top honors in SolidWorks design competition
$3.7 billion Chinese
manufacturer standardizes on SolidWorks software to accelerate product development,
reduce costs with 3D CAD
CONCORD, Mass., Jan. 29, 2007 — A seven-month
competition between 270 product designers and 42 subsidiaries of $3.7 billion
Chinese electrical equipment company Shanghai Electric Group has concluded with
the company awarding top honors to one of its subsidiaries that used SolidWorks®
software to design a complicated steam turbine component, SolidWorks Corporation
announced today. The contest concluded a year that saw Shanghai Electric adopt
SolidWorks software as its standard 3D CAD solution.
The Shanghai Electric subsidiary won
the competition for its design of a 600 megawatt supercritical steam turbine
reheat valve series. The company organized the contest to give its technical
staff an opportunity to hone their skills on SolidWorks software.
“The SolidWorks 3D Design Contest helped
Shanghai Electric Group create an environment that encourages innovation,” said
Shanghai Electric CEO Huang Dinan. “It took us to a higher level by giving our
employees realistic challenges, which in the end enhanced their ability to use
the software to its greatest potential.”
In addition to improving employee skills,
the contest’s goals were to study and improve existing production processes
to promote innovation, and to raise the company’s overall design technology
proficiency.
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