The contributors of this award-winning research include Dr. David Hsu, Product President of Moldex3D, Dan Chang, Project Manager of Moldex3D, Masato Goto, General Manager of Moldex3D Simulation Center at Saeilo Japan Inc., Hisahiro Tanaka, Chief of Moldex3D Division at Saeilo Japan Inc., and Dr. Hideo Akimoto, President of Akimoto Consulting office. Moldex3D would like to give special thanks to Professor Masahiro Ohshima at Kyoto University and Professor Kentaro Taki at Kanazawa University, for providing very important theoretical basis for this research.

“Aoki Katashi Innovation Award has been regarded as the Nobel Prize in the polymer processing field. Moldex3D is very honored to receive this award as the first foreign company since 1990,” said Dr. David Hsu, “The Award acknowledges Moldex3D’s technology development and the effort of our partner, Saeilo Japan, who has been continuously promoting Moldex3D’s simulation technology across academia and industry sectors in Japan.

“Moldex3D’s research on incorporating bubble nucleation in foam injection molding simulation has combined theory, simulation and validation, and is the most advanced technology around the world,” said Dan Chang, “This award has encouraged us to continue advancing our simulation technology for polymer processing and helping industries solve the most complex molding problems and optimize product designs.