Announcements
East Lansing, MI (May 7, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today that Joe Feord has joined the company as Director of Business Development. In this role, he will be responsible for expanding the company’s presence in the aerospace and defense industries in North America. “Joe is an experienced professional with a proven track record of success. We’re delighted to welcome him to our team,” said Bob Ryan, CEO of Red Cedar Technology, “Global manufacturers feel increasing pressure to drive innovation through their product line, and our HEEDS design optimization software provides a clear means to achieve success in this challenge. Joe will be invaluable in helping us implement our solutions throughout the aerospace and defense industries.”
HEEDS MDO Optimization with VI-Motorsport Simulation Produces Early Success for Triple Eight Racing Team
East Lansing, MI (April 24, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology and its UK distributor, Zouch Dynamics Ltd., announced today that their technology partnership has helped Triple Eight Race Engineering and the MG KX Momentum Racing team achieve a first place race finish during the inaugural weekend of the 2012 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season.“Our priorities were reliability and finishing races; however the performance we were able to extract from the car, on what was essentially day two of testing, was beyond all expectations and is due in no small part to the effort and direction that Zouch Dynamics and Red Cedar Technology have provided. The first validations we received on Saturday allowed us to make some changes overnight that we had confidence in, and they proved right from the start we were in the game.” - Carl Faux, Chief Designer at Triple Eight Race Engineering
EinNel Technologies Will Distribute Red Cedar Technology Software in India
East Lansing, MI (April 16, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today that EinNel Technologies has agreed to distribute the HEEDS family of design optimization software throughout India. Albert George of EinNel Technologies said, “Having surveyed the Indian market from the perspective of technology in use, we find that HEEDS, offered by Red Cedar Technology, performs better and faster in the design optimization process. We are excited to represent this industry-leading solution.” Zouch Dynamics Will Distribute Red Cedar Technology Software in the UK
Zouch Dynamics will work with CAE Value AB to sell HEEDS in Europe
East Lansing, MI (March 14, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today that Zouch Dynamics Ltd. (ZDL) has agreed to distribute HEEDS® software in the United Kingdom. ZDL will be working closely with CAE Value AB, an established distributor of HEEDS software based in Sweden. About this announcement, David Ewbank of ZDL stated, “We are very excited about the partnership with Red Cedar Technology and CAE Value to promote and sell HEEDS MDO in the UK. HEEDS MDO is a powerful software tool that enables engineers to automate their design optimization processes."Red Cedar Technology Forms Strategic Partnership with TotalCAE
HEEDS MDO software and TotalCAE IT solutions integrate for a complete innovation platform
East Lansing, MI (February 29, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today the formation of a strategic partnership with the Ann Arbor-based IT company, TotalCAE. Red Cedar Technology recently contracted TotalCAE's services to install a High Performance Computing cluster and batch system at the East Lansing Headquarters location. TotalCAE was chosen based on their extensive experience with both with the queuing codes and the CAE software tools that Red Cedar Technology uses regularly. TotalCAE also had prior experience installing HEEDS MDO design optimization software on compute clusters owned by Red Cedar Technology customers.Red Cedar Technology Forms Strategic Partnership with MSC Software
HEEDS MDO software integrates easily with MSC Adams, Nastran, Marc
East Lansing, MI (February 17, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today a strategic partnership with the California-based MSC Software Corporation. MSC Software's engineering simulation technology is used by leading manufacturers for linear and nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA), acoustics, CFD, multi-physics, optimization, fatigue and durability, multi-body dynamics, and control systems simulation. The company's products accurately and reliably predict how products will behave in the real world to help engineers design more innovative products - quickly and cost effectively. Red Cedar Technology’s HEEDS MDO design optimization software easily integrates with many of MSC’s tools, including Adams, Actran, Easy5, Marc, XFlow and Nastran.Red Cedar Technology Welcomes Robert R. Ryan as President and CEO
Former Board Chairman transitions into new role on company's leadership team
East Lansing, MI (January 23, 2012) – Red Cedar Technology announced today that the company’s Chairman of the Board, Robert R. Ryan, has accepted the position of President and CEO. Mr. Ryan has more than 25 years of experience in the high-tech software industry. He previously served as President of Mechanical Dynamics, Inc. (MDI). In 2002, he oversaw the sale of MDI to MSC.Software and served as Executive Vice President of the newly combined firm. Most recently, he served as Chairman of the Board for Red Cedar Technology and About Golf, Ltd.
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 10th 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.
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