Company profile

SWANTEC (Scientific Welding And Numerical TEChnology) was founded on 1 June 1999 as a spin-off private limited company resulted from many years research and development in resistance welding and metal forming at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) .

The core business of SWANTEC is to develop and commercialize professional welding software for simulation and optimization of resistance welding and related processes, as well as to provide consulting service to manufacturing industry. SWANTEC is always in the front line of technology with a unique competence in welding expertise and an innovative approach to resistance welding.

The company is located at the Science Park Scion-DTU in Lyngby, 10 km north of Copenhagen (find us on map).

Mission:

To advance technology and ensure weld quality for industrial applications of resistance welding.

Vision:

To be the world leader in professional welding software for resistance welding.
To be the well-known and competent experts in the field of resistance welding.

History:

1988: With many years background in metal forming and upon requests of industry, the research in resistance projection welding started at the Technical University of Denmark with the first PhD project.

1994-1997: National Materials Research Program MUP2 financed by the Danish Technical Research Council with a consortium of four partners: Danfoss A/S, Grundfos A/S, FORCE Institute (the Danish Welding Institute) and the Technical University of Denmark. This initiated systematic research on resistance projection welding with four sub-projects including: Complex geometry and material combinations; Electrode degradation and lifetime; Welding machine characteristics; and Numerical modeling.

1997-2000: TALENT Project financed by the Danish Technical Research Council on numerical modeling of resistance welding. The numerical models were further developed and systematically verified, which were packed into a new software system named SORPAS®.

1999: Spin-off private company SWANTEC Software and Engineering ApS established for development and commercialization of simulation software for resistance welding.
¤ SORPAS® registered as trademark of SWANTEC.

2000: First license of SORPAS® sold to Danfoss A/S.
¤ The 1st International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and JOM Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark.
¤ SORPAS® exhibited for the 1st time at the EURO-BLECH fair in Hannover, Germany.

2001: First license of SORPAS® sold to Germany followed by France and other EU countries.
¤ SORPAS® exhibited for the 1st time at the Essen Welding Exhibition in Essen, Germany.

2002: SORPAS® exhibited for the 2nd time at the EURO-BLECH fair in Hannover, Germany.
¤ The 2nd International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and ISF-RWTH in Aachen, Germany.

2003: ARO S.A. appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in France.

2004: First license of SORPAS® exported to North America and Asia.
¤ Huys Industries Ltd. appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in North America.
¤ SORPAS® exhibited for the 3rd time at the EUROBLECH fair in Hannover, Germany.
¤ The 3rd International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and BAM in Berlin, Germany.

2005: SORPAS® exhibited for the 2nd time at the Essen Welding Exhibition in Essen, Germany.
¤ I S Korea Ltd. appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in Korea.

2006: Sumisho Computer Systems Corp. (SCS) appointed as distributor of SORPAS® in Japan.
¤ National research project INNOJOINT on numerical modeling of resistance and friction stir welding financed for 4 years (2006-2010) by the Danish Technical Research Council with a consortium of five departments from DTU and SWANTEC as the sole industrial partner.
¤ The 4th International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and Fronius in Wels, Austria.

2007: EU research project XPRESS financed by the European Commission for 4 years (2007-2010) involving 17 partners from 9 European countries aiming at developing flexible production experts for reconfigurable assembly technology in 3 representative industrial sectors (automotive, aeronautics and electrical). SWANTEC is participating as industrial partner responsible for welding simulations. Further information can be found at the website: www.xpress-project.eu.

2008: The 5th International Seminar on Advances in Resistance Welding organized by SWANTEC and Huys in Toronto, Canada.

2009: Shanghai Infomass Information Technology Co., Ltd. (上海信聚信息技术有限公司) has been appointed as the representative of SWANTEC for distribution of SORPAS® in China.

Board:

John Heebøll Managing Director of Danish Product Development Ltd., Snekkersten, Denmark
Niels Bay Professor at Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Wenqi Zhang Founder of SWANTEC Software and Engineering ApS, Lyngby, Denmark

Management:

Wenqi Zhang President