Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has selected Persistence PowerTier from Persistence Software (USA) to facilitate the rapid deployment of a new Java application that provides information services to ship owners. The objective of the site is to allow ship-owners and marine architects to access and evaluate the vast range of components and options involved in shipbuilding. It will also allow customers to ascertain progress reports on their projects being carried out by HHI.

The Web page will interface with HHI's main computer systems, Hi-CIM APP, a comprehensive suite or applications for heavy industrial design, manufacture and project management. Steven Lau, Managing Director of Asia Pacific Operations for Persistence Software, explained that Persistence Software recently entered the Korean market by appointing Infron Technologies as their distributor. "Gaining a highly prestigious customer like Hyundai Heavy Industries in the space of a few months is obviously most gratifying. We are particularly pleased to see the world's largest ship builder using our system to enhance the level of service it provides for its customers.