Method Park and Mecel team up for AUTOSAR Take Off

Erlangen based Method Park Software AG, a principal systems provider for process management, and Mecel AB, a Swedish leading developer of software solutions and services for the automotive market, team up to address the AUTOSAR challenge.
The two software companies combine their competencies with the objective to better support customers in the automotive and related industries in the total process development using AUTOSAR technology.

An important building block for the partnership is the integration of Method Park’s process and AUTOSAR experience with Mecel’s AUTOSAR application expertise and products. Mecel’s development tool “Mecel Picea Workbench” provides for the configuration and generation of AUTOSAR-compliant software. Method Park’s extensive engineering knowledge supplies customers with methods and processes – supported by the product “Stages™” – which facilitates a safe and efficient switch to AUTOSAR technology.  In this way both companies are equipped to deliver comprehensive, best-in-class products and services.

“AUTOSAR is rapidly changing the automotive supplier landscape. It’s an exciting time”, says Kent Eric Lång, Managing Director at Mecel. “The partnership strengthens both companies’ positions and opens new doors. We make our product available for more clients by teaming up with a strong German supplier of quality software, enabling them to provide AUTOSAR solutions with Mecel Picea“, Kent Eric Lång continues.

“The combined competencies of Mecel and Method Park ensure proven and commercially ready AUTOSAR software and solutions that customers will benefit from”, says Bernhard Sechser, Head of Automotive Business Development at Method Park Software AG. “We have joined forces to improve our service offering by supporting our clients in total process development using AUTOSAR technology and Stages™”, he continues.

Both partners see the future in the flexible use of automotive-specific functions and functionalities, and this is made possible by Mecel’s AUTOSAR-compliant development tool. This is based on standard compliant development processes which take functional safety into consideration – such as those which Method Park has been successfully providing to its customers for many years.

In addition to offering the AUTOSAR products, Method Park and Mecel will also jointly offer consultation and training services. This includes a wide range of seminars on AUTOSAR, functional safety and safety related development, process and project management, requirements engineering and architecture, testing, as well as SPICE and CMMI. Mecel and Method Park have not exhausted all of their collaborative options, yet. In the future these will be expanded to additional technologies, applications and markets.

About Mecel AB

Mecel is a systems and software development company with more than 25 years of experience in developing solutions for the automotive industry. We specialize in in-car communication technologies, user interface development and consumer device interaction.

Our products and solutions are designed to make driving a comfortable, media-rich experience. Not only do they increase usability and user comfort, for manufacturers they reduce software development time, reduce costs and improve time to market. In a world that only spins faster you get a competitive edge by introducing new technology faster in a dependable and cost-effective way.

As engineering consultants, we are pioneering state-of-the-art technology to produce innovative and efficient solutions. Mecel also offers a wide range of training in the scope of automotive system and software development. Our instructors have several years of experience working as software architects and system engineers within the automotive domain.

Mecel is a subsidiary of Delphi Corporation.

About Method Park

Method Park’s engineers and consultants are experts in the field of software development for automotive and medical systems, especially where high demands on quality and safety are made. We are your experienced partner for engineering services, coaching, training and consulting in software development processes and process maturity models.

Our web-based process management portal "Stages" allows you to model your process. It assures the compliance of processes to standards (e.g. CMMI, SPICE) and communicates process descriptions to teams. Stages can be integrated with your configuration management system to manage project documents in accordance with the defined process.

Method Park, which was founded in 2001 in Erlangen, Germany, currently has about 100 employees. Method Park has subsidiaries in Erlangen and Munich in Germany, as well as Detroit and Miami/USA.


For further information please contact:

Kent Eric Lång, Managing Director
Mecel AB , Box 14044, SE-400 20 Gothenburg, Sweden
Phone    +46 (0)31 720 44 00  Fax +46 (0)31 720 44 90
Kent-Eric.Lang@mecel.se
www.mecel.se

Ines Torka, Public Relations
Method Park Software AG, Wetterkreuz 19a, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Tel. +49 (0) 9131 9 72 06-3361, Fax +49 (0) 9131 9 72 06-280
Ines.Torka@methodpark.com
www.methodpark.com

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