History

Founded the company in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, following the retirement of Professor Emeritus Yoshiaki Yamada from the Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo, who was an expert in the Finite Element Method (FEM).

Started development of "ASTEA," a non-linear structural analysis program.

Capital: 5 million yen.

Welcomed Professor Emeritus Tsuyoshi Hayashi from the University of Tokyo, a leading expert in new materials research, as an advisor.

Started sales of the ASTEA series.

Relocated and expanded the headquarters and office from Minato-ku to Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku

Started introducing and importing excellent overseas technologies, including the overseas software "C-FLOW" (now Moldflow).

Started sales as an agency for "FIDAP," a general-purpose fluid analysis software.

Actively worked on CAD, GUI, and system development, and introduced networks.

Developed simulation codes for natural disasters (river flooding and fire spreading).

Started development of the in-house specialized software "ASTEA MACS" with support from the Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA).

Started development of in-house specialized software: "Quick Therm" (welding process simulator) and "EPPS" (plating process simulator).

Relocated the headquarters and office from Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku to Hiratsuka, Shinagawa-ku, and expanded computer facilities.

Welcomed Professor Emeritus Megumi Sunakawa from the University of Tokyo as an advisor.

Started sales and support for "ICEM CFD" (now ANSYS ICEM CFD).

Started technical support for "Polyflow," a viscoelastic fluid analysis software.

Started sales as an agency for Moldflow Corporation's "Moldflow."

Released the UNIX version of "MECHANICAL FINDER," a bone strength diagnosis software.

Dispatched engineers to ICEM CFD Japan to start support services for ICEM CFD (now ANSYS ICEM CFD) agencies in Japan.

Relocated the headquarters from Hiratsuka, Shinagawa-ku to Togoshi, Shinagawa-ku due to business expansion..

Participated in the structural design of next-generation aircraft at the request of the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (now JAXA).

Released the Windows version of "MECHANICAL FINDER," a bone strength diagnosis software.

Started sales of "FactSage," a thermodynamic equilibrium calculation software and thermodynamic database.

Jointly developed "New-SASS," an analysis code for flooding, inundation, and sediment disasters, as a joint work with the Sabo and Landslide Technical Center (2D riverbed deformation analysis, 2D debris flow analysis, New-SASS lava flow, and New-SASS pyroclastic flow).

Started sales of "NX Nastran," a general-purpose structural analysis software.

Signed an agency contract for "ACTRAN," an acoustic analysis software by FFT.

Launched the Biological Mechanism Control Research Group.

Started sales of FFT's acoustic analysis software "ACTRAN."

Started standardization of the bone strength diagnosis software "MECHANICAL FINDER."

Became an agency for Autodesk's "Moldflow."

Started development of "MECHANICAL FINDER Clinic," a clinical version of the bone strength diagnosis software.

Increased capital to 7300 million yen.

Expanded large deformation and dynamic analysis functions of the bone strength diagnosis software "MECHANICAL FINDER."

Started sales of "EduS/FrontISTR/Tecton," a crustal deformation analysis software.

Started sales of "EduS/FrontISTR/Quake," a seismic motion analysis software.

Relocated the Osaka Branch to Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka City.