Toyota Unveils Standardized Digital Manufacturing Software

3 August 1998

Toyota Unveils Standardized Digital Manufacturing Software From Deneb Robotics, Inc. at its New Supplier's Center

    TOYOTA CITY, Japan--Aug. 3, 1998--Deneb Robotics, Inc., recently selected by Toyota Motor Corporation as its main-source supplier of Digital Manufacturing software, will have its software featured at the new Toyota Supplier's Center in Toyota City, Japan.
    "The main purpose of this center is to enable Toyota to purchase the latest, most state-of-the-art goods and technology," stated Toyota's headquarters.
    Few software vendors are invited to be reviewed by Toyota's manufacturing team. Deneb became the simulation supplier at the Center only after years of partnership and collaboration with the auto maker.
    "Toyota demands the high manufacturing standards required to be a world leader in the automotive industry, and we are pleased and honored to have our simulation software installed at the new Toyota Supplier's Center," said Rakesh Mahajan, CEO, Deneb Robotics, Inc. "Now all of Toyota's suppliers can come to this facility and show their new products and technology, as well as review the approved products accepted through Toyota research."
    Toyota has stated that the Supplier Center will at times be used for current and future engineering plans for all of Toyota manufacturing. Deneb products have the ability to translate every major CAD language, and will enable all suppliers to collaborate on projects regardless of the CAD program used.
    Deneb Robotics, Inc., a Dassault Systemes S.A. company, is a worldwide recognized leader of multi-CAD digital manufacturing software. Deneb offers an integrated suite of tools that begin at the conceptual phase of product and process design enabling design for assembly, design for manufacturability and design for maintainability.
    Deneb's suite includes products for: discrete event simulation for factory layout and throughput analysis; workcell tooling design and validation; assembly planning and analysis; human motion and task analysis; robotic off-line programming; CNC program validation; CMM program verification; and simulation based training. All products can be viewed in a Virtual Reality environment, shared around the world using Deneb's Virtual Collaborative Engineering environment, and run on both UNIX and NT computers. The PC solution makes the technology affordable on the shop floor or in the field for operator instructions.
    Deneb Robotics' software is widely used in the aerospace, automotive, defense, environmental, nuclear and research communities. With offices in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, India and the United States, Deneb Robotics has earned an international reputation for physics-based simulation products that combine ease of use with state-of-the-art digital manufacturing technologies and methodologies. Deneb is located in Troy, Michigan, and can be visited via the Internet at http://www.deneb.com.