Vattenfall’s Funkquist on connecting dots

September 15, 2014

Jonas Funkquist knows the value of connecting the dots.  In his case the dots are the various thermodynamic, mechanical and electrical systems involved in optimizing models and control systems for Vattenfall, a 33,000-employee Swedish power company. Open standards such as Modelica are really good for knowledge transfer, says Funkquist. “You don’t have to start with blank […]

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Modelon receives Gazelle award

October 25, 2011

For the second consecutive year, Modelon is proud to receive the Gazelle Company Award from the Swedish business magazine Dagens Industri. The American researcher David Birch invented the term “Gazelles” 20 years ago. He showed that new jobs are created in the small, fast-growing businesses, rather than in major and small companies that decide to […]

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