Flomerics celebrates its 20th anniversary as an independent company this year, placing it firmly into a rare and elite group of companies that have prospered for such a long period. According to Flomerics’ founder, Dr David Tatchell, this landmark is a testimony to the company’s high-integrity, people-oriented culture and its core concept of delivering engineering simulation software for use by designers and engineers rather than just full-time analysts and specialists. Flomerics has reached an age that puts it among the oldest companies involved in computer aided engineering, and has just completed a record-breaking fiscal year where it has achieved a new high in revenue and seen its worldwide customer base grow to over 2,500 sites and over 7,000 individuals.
The company’s first product, Flotherm, was launched in September 1989 for use in thermal design for electronic systems. Today, Flotherm remains the clear market leader in this area with a client list that includes virtually all the major electronics companies in the world. Flomerics’ second product, Flovent, was released in early 1990. This product simulates airflow in buildings and is used to optimize heating, ventilation and air conditioning in buildings. In 1995 Flomerics went public with a listing on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market.
In 2005, Flomerics acquired the Hungarian-based thermal test equipment company, MicReD. The addition of this world-leading technology to Flomerics’ portfolio represents an important step in providing a complete, integrated solution to customers in the electronics industry.
In 2006 Flomerics acquired the German-based company Nika GmbH together with a new breed of CFD software that is fully embedded in the mainstream mechanical design environment and enables mechanical design engineers to analyze and optimize complex fluid flow and heat transfer processes across a wide range of products and industries. Seven key technologies distinguish the EFD product family from traditional CFD software, making it quicker and easier to use, more robust, and more accurate. The EFD product family is tightly embedded with leading 3D mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) software such as SolidWorks, Pro/ENGINEER and CATIA V5.
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