New Cadfem Journal Shows Scope of Engineering Simulation
The new issue of the Cadfem Journal highlights that simulation and digital engineering are at home everywhere. The magazine is available free of charge in German and English.
“Innovation requires change” – with these words in his editorial, Marco Oswald welcomes readers to the new Cadfem Journal. As Head of Solution Adoption & Expansion at Cadfem, he is responsible across Europe for supporting companies seeking to transform their product development through simulation and digital engineering – in order to remain sustainably competitive and innovative.
Welcome to the Omniverse
An example comes from Krones AG, which has revolutionized beverage production with Nvidia Omniverse and was awarded the Microsoft Intelligent Manufacturing Award 2026. The cover story describes how Nvidia Omniverse is used as an end-to-end, open, and networked engineering environment that brings together simulation, AI, visualization, automation, and real-world data sources in a shared digital space. For example, simulating filling and sloshing processes, which previously took 3–4 hours, can now be done in minutes.
Interview: Simulation with Passion
Krones can look back on decades of using simulation – as can Barmag, a globally active solution provider for chemical fiber manufacturing based in Remscheid. In a major Cadfem Journal interview, Dr.-Ing. Heinz Waltermann, the engineer who introduced simulation at Barmag and continues to drive it forward today, explains how simulations help drive innovation and quality.
Blackest Black, Green Process Heat, Less Space Debris
Many startups are founded to initiate change through innovation. Examples from Surrey Nano Systems with its extremely low-reflection coating material Vantablack®, Kraftblock with its high-temperature energy storage system for green process heat, and ClearSpace, which works on solutions to reduce space debris, show the role that simulation and digital engineering play in this process.
Other articles cover Cadfem's activities in India and Southeast Asia, offer an outlook on the Cadfem World Conference, or present the specialized expertise of a Weimar engineering firm in the simulation-based assessment of the structural condition of bridges and historic buildings. Published in August 2026 in German and English, the magazine can be ordered free of charge and without obligation as an ePaper or printed issue from Cadfem.
