LARAMIE, Wyo. — November 19, 2008 — Firehole Technologies Inc. (www.fireholetech.com),
a developer of innovative simulation technologies for composite materials and structures,
and IDES Inc. (www.ides.com), home of The Plastics
Web™ and the fastest growing search destination for the plastics industry,
announced today that both companies have developed and launched a searchable database
of composite material datasheets called Prospector:Composites. The online tool is
designed to help engineers quickly locate technical property information about composite
materials.
"Prospector:Composites is really a product driven by customer demand,"
said Jerad Stack, CEO of Firehole Technologies Inc. "Everyone we talk to in
the composites community tells us that finding reliable material data for their
designs is a significant issue. This is especially true in industries where the
use of composites is just emerging, like the automotive sector."
Prospector:Composites delivers to the engineering design community a single location
to quickly locate, compare and evaluate candidate composites. A key feature of the
tool is that, in addition to manufactures’ supplied data, Prospector:Composites
is populated with quality data from some of the world’s foremost testing labs and
research institutions, giving users access to data they can trust. Once Firehole
Technologies gathers composite materials data from these various sources, they provide
it to IDES who manages the information with their industry-leading materials management
system and publishes the data to Prospector:Composites, a publicly available web-based
search interface.
"Our Prospector plastics search engine is trusted by more than 230,000 thousand
users worldwide as their source for property and processing data for 77,000 plastic
materials," said Mike Kmetz, President of IDES. "With the launch of Prospector:Composites,
we are excited to deliver the same quality and functionality to the composites community."
More information about Prospector:Composites is available at
http://www.fireholetech.com/product/composites.html.
About Firehole Technologies Inc.
Firehole Technologies supplies innovative computer-aided simulation software and
services for composite materials to the aerospace, defense, automotive and energy
industries. Firehole’s Helius:MCT™ software enables the design of composite
structures without the numerous expensive testing cycles traditionally deployed,
allowing for a faster time-to-market and more reliable designs. The company’s mission
is to enable wide-spread use of composite materials leading to lighter, stronger
and more fuel efficient applications. For more information, visit
www.fireholetech.com.
Contact:
Jason Gies
Firehole Technologies Inc.
+1-307-460-4763
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