A North West start-up says its "revolutionary" cloud-based app is allowing manufacturers to use supercomputer technology to make faster, cheaper and more innovative products.
Formeric Ltd's innovation is helping chemical firms manufacturing products from eco-friendly cleaning to crop protection to personal care, meaning they have access to such technology - but without the need for a "supercomputer specialist".
The Cheshire business is based at the Hartree Centre at the Daresbury Laboratory in, and is a part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Formeric’s platform enables manufacturers and materials scientists to use the latest high performance and cloud computing technologies to accurately predict the behaviour and structure of different concentrations of liquid compounds.
According to the firm, it also shows how they will interact with each other, both in the packaging, throughout shelf-life and in use, helping meet manufacturers' "need for speed".
It means that a single simulation can be requested in seconds, helping researchers to plan fewer and more focussed experiments, reducing time to market.
STFC’s Dr Rick Anderson, a founder of Formeric, said: “STFC, through its Scientific Computing Department and Hartree Centre, is well known for its expertise in modelling and simulation that can be used to benefit 海角视频 companies competing on an international scale.
"Formeric has been a few years in the planning since concept, so I’m thrilled that our cloud-based app is now ready to speed up design processes and reduce manufacturing costs. The resulting advances in materials chemistry will bring significant benefits to consumers, the environment and the wider economy.”
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Dr Elizabeth Kirby, director of innovation at STFC, said: “Manufacturing companies are seeking to embrace digital technologies more and more in their efforts to deliver increasingly efficient and profitable products in a global market.
"Formeric can now provide these companies with valuable access to supercomputing capabilities, without the need for the specialist skills, in their efforts to embrace digital transformation. I’m excited that we have harnessed the commercial potential for digital transformation from our innovative research by creating this new business.”
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