Dassault Systemes holds grand opening for Johnston facility

DASSAULT SYSTEMES held a grand opening of its new facility in Johnston on Dec. 9. / COURTESY DASSAULT SYSTEMES
DASSAULT SYSTEMES held a grand opening of its new facility in Johnston on Dec. 9. / COURTESY DASSAULT SYSTEMES

JOHNSTON – Dassault Systèmes held a grand opening of its new facility on Dec. 9.
The nearly 24-acre campus, at 1301 Atwood Ave., Suite 101W, will be the new headquarters for its Simulia brand.
A press release from the company said that the new facility will enable Dassault Systèmes to continue to bring its customers the best of simulation solutions, by bringing virtual universes together.

The Johnston campus will initially house 345 employees and contractors, and is expected to receive a LEED gold certification for its green building design, the same certification the company’s North American headquarters in Waltham, Mass. received upon its opening.
The facility also will feature a customer visiting area and training center with interactive 3-D demonstrations of simulation software.
Dassault Systèmes executives, including President and CEO Bernard Charles, joined government officials in celebrating the facility’s grand opening.
Also in attendance were Philippe Bouyoux, minister advisor of economic affairs, French Embassy; Frederic Doret, minister advisor political affairs, French Embassy; Fabien Fieschi, French counsel, French American Chamber of Commerce; and Laurie White, president, Providence Chamber of Commerce.
Dassault is a French software company that provides consulting services.
Dassault Systèmes Simulia earlier this year unveiled its Living Heart Project at a conference in Providence, where it previously was located.
The project features a 3-D model that captures the electrical and mechanical behavior of the heart more accurately and completely than anything some researchers say they have seen before.
Using the model in an immersive, virtual-reality environment, doctors, researchers, regulatory bodies and medical-device manufacturers can place themselves inside the heart to speed innovation and improve treatment, according to the company.

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