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March 13, 2010
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| Dassault Systemes, a French firm that makes three-dimensional software, agreed yesterday to set up a research and development center in Korea that will focus on designing leisure ships. The deal with the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Free Economic Zone lays the groundwork for the R&D facility, which is to open in April and specialize in 3-D product life cycle (PLM) management solutions for shipbuilding, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said. The French company is expected to invest 36 billion won ($31.7 million) to the center over the next five years, officials said. “The new R&D facility can help Korea plot a course to develop cruise ships, yachts and small leisure boats that have been overlooked by local yards in the past,” a ministry official said. Dassault is the largest PLM solutions provider in the world with a 26 percent market share. The company has 22 R&D centers worldwide. Yonhap |
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