1978 founder colin austin 1 headquarters san rafael ca usa products moldflow adviser moldflow insight owner autodesk inc. website 1 moldflow simulation software owned by autodesk inc. that produces high end plastic injection molding computer aided engineering software . moldflow was founded in melbourne australia as moldflow pty. ltd. in 1978 by colin austin . in 2008 moldflow was acquired by autodesk for 297m . 2 3 4 products edit moldflow plastics advisers software screenshot moldflow has two core products moldflow adviser providing manufacturability guidance and directional feedback for standard part and mold design and moldflow insight which provides definitive results for flow cooling and warpage along with support for specialized molding processes . in addition autodesk produces moldflow design moldflow cad doctor moldflow magics stl expert and moldflow structural alliance that serve as connectivity tools for other cad and cae software . they also have a free results viewer moldflow communicator . references edit this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message blanch desley . colin austin moldflow and after . http www.radioaustralia.net.au . radio australia . retrieved 19 december 2014 . external link in website help moldflow to be acquired by autodesk for 297m . boston business journal . 2 may 2008 . autodesk completes acquisition of moldflow corporation . machinist.in . 26 june 2008 . autodesk acquires moldflow . works management . 2 july 2008 . external links edit official autodesk wiki help official moldflow page on autodesk website official moldflow website corporate history up to 2004 at answers.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title moldflow & oldid 739141247 categories information technology companies of australiaautodesk acquisitionshidden categories cs1 errors external linksuse dmy dates from september 2016use australian english from september 2016all wikipedia articles written in australian englisharticles lacking reliable references from september 2008all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa olpolski edit links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 00 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view