software actran adams digimat dytran easy5 marc materialcenter msc fatigue msc nastran patran simdesigner simmanager simxpert sinda founded 1963 headquarters newport beach california key people dominic gallello ceo ; kevin rubin cfo 1 number of employees 1200 website http www.mscsoftware.com msc software corporation is an american software company based in newport beach california that specializes in simulation software . contents 1 history 2 acquisitions 3 references 4 external links history edit msc software corporation was formed in 1963 under the name macneal schwendler corporation msc by dr richard h. macneal and robert schwendler . the company developed its first structural analysis software called sadsam structural analysis by digital simulation of analog methods at that time and was deeply involved in the early efforts of the aerospace industry to improve early finite element analysis technology . 2 a key milestone was responding to a 1965 request for proposal rfp from the national aeronautics and space administration nasa for a general purpose structural analysis program that would eventually become nastran nasa structural analysis . the company subsequently pioneered many of the technologies that are now relied upon by industry to analyze and predict stress and strain vibration and dynamics acoustics and thermal analysis . in 1971 the company released a commercial version of nastran named msc nastran . 3 two years after msc began marketing msc nastran the company established its first overseas office in munich germany . three years after entering europe msc moved eastward and opened an office in tokyo japan . in 1983 msc made its debut as a public company and a year later the stock migrated to the american stock exchange . the company expanded in 1992 by adding a subsidiary in moscow russia . in 1995 it further expanded its growth by adding an office in brazil . in june 1999 msc s stockholders voted to change the company s name to msc.software corporation . 4 in july 2009 msc software was acquired by the private equity firm symphony technology group . 5 the dot was dropped from the company s name in 2011 and the company s name is currently msc software corporation . now headquartered in newport beach california msc software currently employs approximately 1 200 people in 22 countries . 6 it has additional development centers in munich pune and ann arbor . acquisitions edit september 1994 pda engineering 7 may 1999 msc software acquired marc analysis research corporation to add software that tests complex designs and materials . 8 june 1999 universal analytics incorporation uai 9 november 1999 computerized structural analysis research corporation csar 9 may 2001 advanced enterprise solutions inc. aes . 10 march 2002 msc software acquired mechanical dynamics inc. to increase its client base to over 10 000 companies . 11 january 2008 msc software acquired thermal analysis company network analysis inc. to solidify its ability to serve the thermal management market . 12 september 2011 msc software acquired acoustic simulation company free field technologies s.a. to extend its solutions to acoustic simulation 13 september 2012 msc software acquired composite material simulation leader e xstream engineering company . 14 february 2015 msc software acquired simufact engineering leader in simulation of metal forming and joining processes . 15 references edit symphony technology group completes acquisition of msc.software engineering analysis and simulation fea finite element analysis cfd computational fluid dynamics and simulation . nafems.org . 2009 10 14 . retrieved 2013 02 06 . msc software company history . msc software corporation . retrieved 2013 02 06 . history of the macneal schwendler corporation . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved 2013 02 06 . the macneal schwendler corporation changes name to msc.software corporation . msc software corporation . 1999 06 23 . retrieved 2013 02 06 . steven m. davidoff 2009 07 13 . small deals big issues . the new york times . retrieved 2013 02 06 . ford racers seek speed through msc.software simulator . the orange county register . march 10 2008 . colin stewart . macneal schwendler names former pda executive thomas curry president . thefreelibrary.com . retrieved 2013 02 06 . published may 29 1999 1999 05 29 . company news ; macneal schwendler to buy marc analysis research new york times . the new york times . retrieved 2013 02 06 . a b msc.software corporation s proposed findings of fact retrieved october 13 2010 msc.software to acquire advanced enterprise solutions inc. . msc software corporation . 2001 05 02 . retrieved 2013 02 06 . published march 19 2002 2002 03 19 . msc will buy mechanical dynamics . the new york times . retrieved 2013 02 06 . milbourn mary ann 2008 01 14 . msc.software buys thermal simulation firm . orange county register . retrieved 2013 02 06 . msc acquires fft actran . schnitgercorp.com . 2011 09 06 . retrieved 2013 02 06 . msc software acquires composite material simulation leader e xstream . e xstream.com . 2012 09 27 . retrieved 2013 02 06 . msc software acquires welding and forming simulation leader simufact . finance.yahoo.com . 2015 02 18 . retrieved 2015 02 18 . notes competition defense industry cuts hurt price of macneal schwendler corp. stock los angeles business journal june 4 1990 p. 32 . deady tim revenge of the nerd los angeles business journal april 29 1996 p. 13 . macneal schwendler corp. machine design november 26 1992 p. 103 . teague paul e. pioneer in engineering analysis dick macneal conceived one of the most widely used finite element analysis codes in the world design news july 10 1995 p. 50 . external links edit msc software msc software s blog msc software s youtube channel msc software on twitter retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title msc software & oldid 710791718 categories business software3d graphics softwarecomputer aided design softwarecomputer aided manufacturing softwarecomputer aided engineering softwareproduct lifecycle managementhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 catal deutschespa olfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 19 march 2016 at 01 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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