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Fluent Deutschland opened its doors in 1991, with a central location near Frankfurt. In addition to Germany, it serves Austria and the German speaking parts of Switzerland. Today, Fluent Deutschland is the largest CFD company in Germany with a staff of more than 50 people. Its strength and rapid growth during the last ten years are due to a number of factors. First, it is the only major CFD company to provide a full range of CFD services in the German language by locally-based engineers who are focused on industry specific CFD applications. Second, it offers the widest range of CFD codes in the German marketplace: FLUENT, FIDAP, POLYFLOW, Icepak, MixSim, and Airpak, making it the most industrially diversified CFD supplier in the country. Third, Fluent Deutschland supplies a full range of CFD services including application consulting, training, a web-based remote simulation facility, and funded development.

According to Dipl.-Ing. Udo Weinmann, the General Manager of Fluent Deutschland, "Our growth has come about because of our ongoing commitment to provide the best products and services in Germany, especially with Fluent's easy-to-use, fully unstructured software tools. In addition, our dedicated, industrially-focused technical support teams work to make sure that our users succeed with CFD. Our company has a highly motivated workforce, and we have had a healthy financial position throughout our existence. Most importantly, we are striving to provide better software and services, tailored to the particular needs of the German CFD community."

During the last three years Fluent Deutschland has made major inroads into the German automotive industry because of the versatility, robustness, accuracy, and reliability of FLUENT. Fluent Deutschland leads the CFD market in Germany due to the fact that unstructured CFD simulations are now the benchmark for commercial codes. Today, all of the major German companies use CFD in one way or another. The degree of use depends on the benefit that can be derived from CFD within the company or industry, and the level of awareness of CFD and its potential. German engineers want accurate, easy-to-use CFD software from geometry creation to grid generation to CFD solution to postprocessing. Many German customers have seen significant cost savings, process improvements, and product enhancements through the use of CFD. In some German industries, suppliers to major companies are now being asked to include CFD simulations with their product offerings, and in others, such as the built environment and power generation industries, governmental legislation is making CFD simulations compulsory.

" At Boysen, we have been using FLUENT for years for the numerical simulation of unsteady and highly turbulent flow patterns. These computations build the basis for evaluation and optimization of components regarding durability and emissions. We value Fluent Deutschland as a competent partner in support and as a reliable provider of solutions to complex problems."

-Florian Lüderitz
Friedrich Boysen GmbH & Co KG

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