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FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS is your software provider for innovative, safe, smart and green engineering solutions.

We are determined to develop and constantly drive further innovative solutions,  which improve your competitiveness and help you get ahead of your competition.

We respect the challenging economic environment you are in and strive to provide you with suitable strategies to meet these challenges. With the GL Group behind us, our software solutions are complemented by the full service provision of GL's maritime, offshore and renewables solutions.

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The FRIENDSHIP-Framework is a key enabler for design teams in shipyards, design offices, turbo machinery and component manufacturers to improve their competitiveness:

Higher design quality   Better hydro and aerodynamics; increased energy efficiency (typically 5 % for ship hulls*); improved seakeeping; higher robustness; lowered maintenance costs

*Calculate the savings for your own vessel type with the Fuel Savings Calculator of GL's FutureShip.

     
Higher output   Solutions for better resource management
(for instance distributed computing); c
onsolidated design cycle with minimum ballast workload: compare and assess 100s of design variants in overnight studies; Feature technology for safeguarding excellent designs and reduced workload in repetitive tasks
     
Budget control   Lower costs and less time spent in model testing; less physical prototypes
     
Integration platform   Includes commercial and in-house CFD codes and simulation programs in value-added chain; easy integration based on a variety of coupling interfaces
   

 

Advanced knowledge   Systematic data collection and performance
assessment of the design's quality in preliminary design; reduced risk of expensive late changes
     
Faster results   Holistic design environment for streamlined processes especially in the crucial phase of conceptual and initial design (modeling, variation and optimization); more designs and deeper insight with existing capacity from a very early stage

 

 

 

Round-off services   On-site pilot optimization; project assistance; tailored on-site training, implementation services; configuration assistance; process integration; technical consultancy
     
     
Investment security   FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS is part of the global network of the Germanischer Lloyd Group (GL SE). As our customer you benefit from the GL Group's trusted expertise and comprehensive problem solving ability across different industry segments. You get the highest investment security in the industry.

 

Read about the software's individual developments ...

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Pre-post comparison: Hydrodynamic performance assessment and optimization as well as visualization are easily conducted with the FRIENDSHIP-Framework.

Please see the Picture Gallery for more applications.

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