Cambridge, 11 July 2006

GRANTA MI 1.2

New Software Means Materials Science Labs Need Never Lose a Test Result!

GRANTA MI release provides a complete solution for all materials property data

Granta Design has announced the latest release of GRANTA MI™, the leading system for managing, analyzing, and applying materials information in engineering enterprises. Version 1.2 extends GRANTA MI’s unique data management capabilities to any document format – ensuring that materials science labs need never lose a single item of test data!

GRANTA MI helps materials experts dealing with composites, alloys, ceramics, or plastics. These scientists and engineers can now use GRANTA MI to store, search, and view images, PDF and Word documents, spreadsheets, movies, and audio, along with numbers and text. Every item of materials data, from property values, through spreadsheets containing rolled-up test data, to photomicrographs of materials microstructures can now be captured and held in one place. This data is integrated with specialized analysis tools that study tensile, compression, creep, fatigue, fracture toughness, and other properties.

GRANTA MI 1.2 also offers new features to capture and explore the context of materials data. Any data can now be linked directly to any other data or document in the system. This allows users, for example, to connect a property value to the document from which it was sourced or to the test results and analysis from which it was derived.

Materials science laboratories can use GRANTA MI to eliminate the risk of lost data, to prevent unnecessary duplication of tests, and to ensure that material properties used in design are fully traceable. GRANTA MI helps them to better serve their stakeholders, customers, and collaborators by improving productivity, increasing reliability, and raising the quality of reports and analyses.

“This second of two releases during 2006 keeps up the pace of development that has seen GRANTA MI become the leading system for enterprise materials information management“ says Dr David Cebon, Managing Director at Granta. “We are already working with our partners and customers to deliver the next major release.”

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