SOLIZE USA Corporation, engineering partner in the product development of the manufacturing industry, entered into an agreement with Vanderplaats Research & Development (Colorado, USA, hereafter VR&D) (http://www.vrand.com). Under this agreement, SOLIZE USA becomes a channel partner of VR&D to market their products in the USA. 

SOLIZE USA is a provider of engineering services solutions catering to multiple industry verticals and cross-section of functionalities. Combined with such expertise in the product development, SOLIZE USA will start selling VR&D products while supporting in the customization and the introduction, bringing more value to the customers. 

VR&D, founded in 1984, has been the premier engineering optimization software company, developing many industry-leading design optimization tools, while providing training and also engaging in advanced research. VR&D provides best-in-class software that is used by automotive, aerospace, energy companies and academic institutions around the world. 

Some of the flagship products offered by VR&D that are being widely used by customers around the globe are GENESIS – structural analysis & optimization S/W, GSAM/GTAM – Structural optimization extension for ANSYS, ESLDYNA – Large Scale Optimization for LS-DYNA® Analysis and VisualDOC –multidiscipline design optimization.