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Pratt & Miller Engineering Enters Sales Agent Agreement with Red Cedar Technology

East Lansing, MI (January 17, 2012) – Pratt & Miller Engineering, a respected leader in the automotive, commercial, military, and aerospace industries is actively promoting Red Cedar Technology’s HEEDS^® MDO optimization and process automation software.

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Red Cedar Technology Positions Itself for Rapid Growth

East Lansing, MI (June 29, 2011) – Red Cedar Technology’s recent growth has prompted the company to implement some changes to its organizational structure, as well as recognize the many contributions of key team members this year. The company announced today that in order to sustain this growth, several promotions have been made.

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Red Cedar Technology Releases New HEEDS Post-Processing Software

East Lansing, MI (June 20, 2011) – Red Cedar Technology announced today the release of a new product, HEEDS^® POST 1.0 Preview, which is data processing, visualization and discovery software. HEEDS POST 1.0 Preview allows users to import results from HEEDS MDO design optimization studies to better understand the design space, explore design sensitivities, visualize correlations, and investigate trade-offs among designs.

With HEEDS POST, users can very quickly analyze large amounts of study data to make informed design decisions. HEEDS POST 1.0 Preview offers greatly enhanced post-processing capabilities compared to those currently available in HEEDS MDO. Customers with an active license of HEEDS MDO 5.3 or later are eligible to receive one copy of HEEDS POST 1.0 Preview for each license of HEEDS MDO, at no additional cost.

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Red Cedar Technology Enters into Strategic Partnership with Applied Technology Integration

East Lansing, MI (June 1, 2011) – Red Cedar Technology (RCT) has entered into a strategic partnership with Applied Technology Integration (ATI) to expand RCT’s in-demand process automation services centered around HEEDS optimization software. 

“ATI, under the guidance of Craig Winn, a known leader in product design, understands the direction in which industry is being driven. We believe this partnership will assist Red Cedar Technology in meeting its growing product development automation services,” said Angelo Flemings, Director of Business Development for RCT.

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Red Cedar Technology Releases HEEDS MDO 5.4 and HEEDS NP 1.0

East Lansing, MI (March 2, 2011) – Red Cedar Technology announced today the release of HEEDS^® MDO 5.4 (formerly HEEDS Professional), which introduces new features that streamline the design optimization process for engineers:

• Output portals for ANSYS Workbench and Nastran
• Input portals for Abaqus, ANSYS Workbench, LS-DYNA and Nastran
  
• Fast, efficient parallel design evaluations with HEEDS PARALLEL
  
• Direct integration with external queuing systems, including MSHPC
  
• Automatic checks for analysis completion and success
  
• Forming limit diagram (FLD) criteria
  

HEEDS MDO is a powerful software package that automates the design optimization process.

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Red Cedar Technology Elects New Board Chairman
Robert R. Ryan Joins Red Cedar Technology's Leadership Team

East Lansing, MI (June 30, 2010) – Robert R. Ryan was recently elected chairman of the board of Red Cedar Technology. He has over 25 years of experience in the high tech software industry and also currently serves as Chairman and CEO of AboutGolf, Limited. Mr. Ryan previously served as President of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. (MDI). He led MDI from start-up to over $50M in annual revenues, took the company public, completed seven international acquisitions, and positioned MDI as the leader in its market sector. In 2002, Mr. Ryan oversaw the sale of the company to MSC.Software and served as Executive Vice President of the newly combined firm.

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Red Cedar Technology Expands Business Development Team
Angelo Flemings joins Red Cedar Technology as Director of Business Development

East Lansing, MI (June 30, 2010) – Angelo Flemings has joined the Red Cedar Technology team as Director of Business Development. Mr. Flemings has over 25 years of experience in high-tech software, concept design, product design, engineering, manufacturing, testing and computer hardware. He has applied his knowledge in a variety of industries, including academic, aerospace, automotive, biomechanics, boating, general machinery, manufacturing, and railways. Prior to joining Red Cedar Technology, Mr. Flemings held senior executive, sales, and marketing positions at companies such as MSC Software, Mechanical Dynamics, Megatek, Hewlett-Packard, General Motors and Perkin-Elmer.

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ETA Collaborates with Red Cedar Technology on Industry Research for Reducing Vehicle Weight
ACP design process uses Red Cedar’s SHERPA search strategy

Troy, MI (May 21, 2010) — Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA) has announced that its Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) process, an advanced product development process that uses design optimization technologies to provide solutions to design problems, was successful in achieving significant weight reductions as part of the Future Generation Passenger Compartment (FGPC) project and the Future Steel Vehicle (FSV) initiative. FGPC and FSV are high-profile steel industry initiatives seeking to reduce next generation vehicle weight by 30 percent or more.

FGPC ImageETA’s ACP process uses innovative, holistic product development process with multi-disciplinary (MD) loading based on topology and 3G (geometry, grade, and gage) optimization. It incorporates Red Cedar Technology's HEEDS® Professional, a powerful software package that automates the design optimization process. HEEDS contains a unique search strategy called SHERPA, a proprietary hybrid adaptive strategy for parameter optimization.

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Red Cedar Technology to Help Reengineer Cold-Chain Containers

East Lansing, MI (March 29, 2010) — Atlanta-based firm, SEEDR L3C, recently received funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve reverse cold-chain vaccine transport containers. SEEDR, in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has selected Red Cedar Technology’s design process and optimization software to reengineer the potentially life-saving containers.

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Denton ATD Selects HEEDS Professional to Optimize Virtual Crash Test Dummy Models

East Lansing, MI (October 1, 2009) — Red Cedar Technology, a leading provider of engineering optimization software and services, today announced that Denton ATD has selected the company’s HEEDS^® Professional software to optimize virtual finite element models of crash test dummies (anthropomorphic test devices). Denton ATD, a global leader in the development and manufacture of advanced crash dummies and safety measurement devices, produces physical and virtual dummies that are used to more efficiently design safer vehicles to meet the highest safety standards.

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HEEDS Professional 5.3 Selected as DE Editor's Pick of the Week

Dublin, New Hampshire, USA (June 24, 2009) — Desktop Engineering magazine today announced that Red Cedar Technology's (East Lansing, MI) HEEDS Professional version 5.3 software for automating design optimization has been chosen as the Editor’s Pick of the Week for June 24, 2009.

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Red Cedar Technology Recognized as a Local Community Builder

East Lansing, MI (June 11, 2009) —  Red Cedar Technology is among twenty-one local companies and community organizations recognized today for their collaborations with Michigan State University that are working to advance economic development and quality of life in mid-Michigan.

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Red Cedar Technology Releases HEEDS Professional 5.3
New interfaces for LS-DYNA and Abaqus streamline the optimization process for engineers

East Lansing, MI (May 13, 2009) — Red Cedar Technology announced today the release of HEEDS Professional 5.3, which introduces new features that will streamline the design optimization process for engineers, including direct interfaces to LS-DYNA, Abaqus 6.8, and Windows HPC Server 2008.

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Red Cedar Technology Marks Its 10^th Anniversary
This year, Red Cedar Technology proudly celebrates 10 years of providing engineering design optimization software, services and technology.  As we reflect on where we have been and look toward our goals for the future, we would like to express our sincere appreciation to our customers and partners.  Your support makes possible our continued growth and makes enjoyable our continued pursuit of excellence.