On the afternoon of July 4, 2023, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) and Open Mind Technologies Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at Meeting Room I of HCMUTE. The content of the cooperation is related to CAD/CAM/CNC technology and the application of hyperMILL CAM software as training software at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

 
MOU signing ceremony between HCMUTE and Open Mind

Attending the signing ceremony, from HCMUTE's side, there were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Hieu Giang – Vice President - Acting President;  leaders of Enterprises Relation Office including MA. Pham Huu Thai – Head of Office, MA. Le Phan Nhat Hang - Deputy Head of Office;  leaders of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, including Assoc. Prof. Dr. Truong Nguyen Luan Vu – Vice Dean, in charge of the Faculty, along with the lecturers from the faculties.

From Open Mind Technologies Asia Pacific Co., Ltd, there was the attendance of Mr. Kok - Fu Chan - Regional Sales Manager; Hoang Van Consulting Services Co., Ltd. is an authorized agent of hyperMILL software in Vietnam, with Mr. Hoang Bao Khuong - Deputy Director, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tram - Sales Engineer, Mr. Le Ba Trung - Engineer applications, Mr. Tran Ngoc Vinh – Application Engineer.

HCMUTE and Open Mind exchanged the Memorandum of Understanding

The parties will collaboratively develop training programs related to CAD/CAM/CNC technology and implement hyper MILL CAM as the official training software in Ho Chi Minh City.  In addition, Open Mind Technologies Asia Pacific Co., Ltd. will also sponsor 50 sets of hyperMILL educational licenses for Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education to serve the teaching and training activities of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.

To prepare for the implementation of hyperMILL software in the classroom, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering collaborated with Hoang Van Consulting Services Co., Ltd. to host a hyperMILL course for lecturers. After the signing ceremony, the company representatives gave the HCMUTE lecturers with certificates of completion for the hyperMILL course.

The company representatives awarded the certificate of completion of the hyperMILL course

The representatives from the company visited the laboratories of the University after the signing ceremony

Open Mind Technologies Asia Pacific Co., Ltd is the company that controls and develops the hyperMILL software, a solution for programming CNC milling and turning machining centers. Founded in 1994 in the Federal Republic of Germany, after nearly 30 years of establishment and development, more than 20,000 licenses for hyperMILL have been used by major customers in the fields of aerospace, automobile, motorcycle, semiconductor, and medicine. Open Mind has 17 branches worldwide, and Open Mind Technology Asia Pacific (located in Singapore) is presently in charge of distribution and support for markets in Southeast Asia and Australia. In addition to serving corporate clients, Open-Mind places a premium on assisting universities and colleges in the development of high-quality human resources to meet societal requirements.