Brüel & Kjær Magazine 2007 No. 1.

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Editorial

By Karl Kristian Hvidt Nielsen (President of Brüel & Kjær)

More than a company producing noise and vibration measurement instruments, Brüel & Kjær has evolved into a company that is increasingly involved early on in our customers’ decision-making and design process. Our tools, for example, the NVH Simulator, help engineers and managers improve the decision-making process and ensure that the correct decisions are made as early on as possible. In fact, Brüel & Kjær’s sound engineering portfolio (see the article on page 10) consists of more than our NVH Simulators – it also includes tools such as Sound Quality, Jury Evaluation and Source Path Contribution, covering all stages of the NVH process – from brand definition to detailed design. Simulation and modelling tools save our customers both time and money and allow them to meet their targets. Within environmental noise management, our noise calculation system – Lima – is a practical and often preferable method where future noise levels need to be predicted or alternative scenarios need to be compared. It is one of the most powerful and flexible calculation software packages on the market – and the fastest, according to UK research (see page 17). And we’re proud of the fact that the seamless integration between software modelling and the physical test world is unique to Brüel & Kjær.

Improved effectivity is synonymous with improved productivity and, at Brüel & Kjær, we prioritise progressive research and development, for example within our state-of-the-art data and acquisition analysis platform PULSE, our 2250 Hand-held analyzer platform, and our transducer range, with the goal of achieving the ultimate in precise and accurate measurements.