EoW July 2008

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Stand proves a draw at wire 2008

Industry analysts, Ovum RHK, estimate that global FTTx deployments grew 11% in 4Q07 over 3Q07. “According to our estimates, 1.6 million FTTx subscribers were added globally in 4Q07, up 11% from the previous quarter. We estimate the leading FTTx vendors for 4Q07 globally to be Mitsubishi and Sumitomo,” says Lynn Hutcheson, vice president at Ovum RHK. Verizon is said to lead North American FTTx deployments as it shifts to GPON. Asia-Pacific continues with 84% of all global installations, while North America had 14% of all global deployments. Europe continues to lag behind with only 2% of all installations. FTTx shows 11% growth in 4Q07

Simufact Engineering GmbH, provider of software and services to the bulk metal forming sector, announced that its booth at wire 2008 drew engineers from a range of industries. At its first Düsseldorf show under the new name – changed from Femutec GmbH in February 2008 – the company is building up its brand recognition and focusing on its core business “Simulating Manufacturing”.

The busy Simufact stand at wire 2008 ▲ ▲

Simufact introduced the new version of Simufact.forming at the show, before its official release in May this year. Simufact.forming 8.1 offers significant improvements of the graphical user interface, a superior solver technology, a more efficient data exchange with CAD tools, plus the implementation of parallel computing methods, to guarantee short calculation times. Simufact’s latest activities include the foundation of Simufact-Americas LLC in the USA and a new office at the technology centre METAKUS in Baunatal. Simufact Engineering GmbH – Germany Fax : +40 790 16 222

Ovum RHK – USA Email : skn@ovum.com Website : www.ovum.com

Email : office@femutec.de Website : www.simufact.de

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EuroWire – July 2008