Trends and developments in the manufacturing industry

Sustainability. It’s a word that’s on everyone’s lips and a goal at the heart of many businesses today. At Innoptus, we not only recognize the urgency of sustainability, but we also actively champion the integration of sustainable practices into product development.

The 10th solar car of the Innoptus Solar Team was presented on Friday 14 July. We are super proud that this new solar car gets to bear the name of our sister company: INFINITE!

Do you design in Creo? Don't miss out on these favourite tips & tricks of our support team!

The Innoptus Solar Team consists of Belgian Engineering students from KU Leuven who aim to build the most innovative and efficient solar car possible. This year they will be compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia with their 10th car.  But did you know these facts?

KeyShot is designed to make 3D rendering and animation easy. It allows you to quickly apply materials and lighting, offering the most accurate material renderings and lifelike lighting, all in a powerful interface that offers advanced capabilities and the ability to see all your changes in real time.

PTC is proud to introduce Creo 10 and Creo+, the latest versions of our award-winning, powerful, yet easy-to-use CAD system. Creo helps you deliver your best designs in less time, with new composite tools and enhancements for electrification and ergonomics design, MBD, simulation-driven design, and manufacturing. Creo+, available via SaaS, provides innovative cloud-based tools for real-time collaboration and streamlined license management and deployment.

Time to market introduction is one of the most important factors for product development success. The faster a product is introduced to the market, the more chance you have of gaining a competitive edge and dominating the market. A PLM solution helps speed up that time considerably.

Earlier this year, we announced that Innoptus will be the main partner of the Belgian Solar Team for the coming years. But also our sister company Infinite commits to support the team with Ansys solutions for the coming years. We elaborate on the use of Ansys within the design of the new solar car in conversation with Cedric Verlinden, Team manager of the Innoptus Solar Team, and Adrian Baiets, account manager at Infinite.

Service is a hot topic for manufacturing companies. But why is that the case? 

Nowadays, product development has become more global, and companies are changing their business models. PLM solutions are helping them to adapt and change gears quickly. It is the linchpin of digital transformation – establishing a digital foundation and giving shape to a company’s product dossier for an integrated product development and supply chain strategy. It helps improve the quality of your product, brings down production costs and shortens the time to market.

A lot of women, all over the world, excel in technical roles. Think of engineers, software developers, technicians, mechanics… A day like International Women’s Day creates the ideal opportunity to give them a well-deserved place in the spotlight. At Innoptus, 29% of our league of legends are women and we are quite proud of that. Els, Yuqian, Cathy, and Anique share how they experience their technical job.    

Product development is a complex process where a lot can go wrong despite the best intentions. What do you want to accomplish with your product? How will you handle information during the process? What tools and expertise are needed for this? How do you handle automation? In this blog article, we take a closer look at the pitfalls and how you can prevent them.

The Innoptus Solar Team is a group of Belgian engineering students building the most innovative and efficient solar car. Starting in 2023, Innoptus will be the main sponsor of that team. Ine Verhaeren was able to join Innoptus as an account manager via the Solar Team. She explains why this collaboration is such a strong match.

Entire companies are increasingly being brought down by hacking. It starts with a hacker installing a piece of software in the company's IT system. This software often remains idle for a long some time only to suddenly 'wake up' and corrupt or encrypt data.

The student team from Leuven that will compete in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in October will go on as Innoptus Solar Team. This marks the end of the Agoria Solar Team era. As Agoria Solar Team, the engineering students were able to achieve quite a few impressive performances in recent years. In addition to being world champions, they also became European champions twice and were able to break a world record.

Digital transformation changes how we work. Both corporations and SMEs must undergo this change. Some companies underestimate the importance of this transition and adhere to traditional work methods. In doing so, they risk immense losses when their competitor takes the digital plunge.