PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ESI Group (ISIN FR0004110310), a pioneer and world-leading supplier of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, announced today its participation in the ‘Plasma Technology (PT) Grid’ project, a 3-year joint initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The main objective of the PT-Grid is to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the access to complex plasma technological simulations on the basis of the D-Grid computer infrastructure, which provides almost infinite computing and storage capacity; flexibility, adaptability and automation through dynamic and concerted interoperation of networked resources.