EDINBURGH, Scotland and LEBANON, New Hampshire, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --

- Shorter Run Times, Faster Data Analysis, Rapid Visualization

DEM Solutions today announce the latest release of EDEM that will set a
new benchmark in particle simulation modeling software. Already offering the
most advanced graphic user interface, EDEM 2.0 is now the fastest and most
highly parallelized Discrete Element Modeling software on the market,
providing users with increased scope and scale of particle simulation
applications.

EDEM is already established in the design and analysis of particulate
handling, processing, and manufacturing operations in almost every industry
sector and engineering discipline. Now, with EDEM 2.0, DEM Solutions offers
the best possible return on investment in DEM with the most versatile
software available.

EDEM 2.0 is easy-to-use, offers an extensive set of features enabling a
wide range of particulate processes to be simulated, and is customizable for
user applications. It is also the first commercial DEM software able to
simulate more than one million particles on a desktop computer.

Overview of new EDEM 2.0 features

*Faster solver with new multi-core parallel can compute on up to 8 CPU

*New compact file format provides a significant reduction in file size

*Tenfold increase in visualization speed

*Built-in video generation capabilities in all major video codecs

Upgrading to EDEM 2.0 will enhance the DEM user experience in numerous
ways. It will allow the use of the latest technology in desktop
multi-processor computers on the market. EDEM models containing very large
number of particles can now be visualized and videos can be now be generated
within EDEM as well as images using all major codecs.

Now, with EDEM 2.0, users can experience increased productivity, faster
turn-around of projects, larger-scale simulations, and a greater range of
applications, without requiring a substantial addition of data storage
capacity (due to new compact file sizes).

"EDEM 2.0 is another milestone in the development of DEM as a key tool to
help engineers solve critical particle handling and processing problems",
says John Favier, CEO of DEM Solutions. "It is highly parallelized and is
capable of simulating systems containing over a million particles using
standard desktop multi-processor hardware. This release will enable our
customers to increase their productivity and the scale of applications they
can address using EDEM."

About DEM Solutions

DEM Solutions partners with their customers to improve their products and
processes by simulating and analyzing operations at the particle scale. First
released in 2005, EDEM software is now used in the design and analysis of
particulate handling, processing, and manufacturing operations in almost
every industry sector and engineering discipline.

EDEM provides companies with a tool to substantially reduce the number of
physical prototypes and tests required to get a product to market or a
process on-stream. It is used to help trouble-shoot difficult particulate
processes and, because it is physics-based, it can greatly improve
understanding of system fundamentals leading to better product and process
design and innovation.

DEM Solutions' corporate headquarters are located in Edinburgh, Scotland
with offices in Lebanon, New Hampshire and Frankfurt, Germany and Distributor
representation worldwide.

For more information visit: http://www.dem-solutions.com

Contact Information

    Europe & Asia Pacific
    Alison Hope
    Tel: +44(0)131-558-2681
    Fax: +44(0)131-558-2672
    a.hope@dem-solutions.com

    Americas
    Dolores C. Struckhoff
    Tel: +1-603-448-1141
    Fax: +1-866-806-7957
    dstruckhoff@dem-solutions.com

    gth media relations
    Christian Pickel / Toby Hall
    +44(0)207-153-8036/8039