PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s (Paris:ESI) Chairman and CEO, comments: "The solid performance in the first half-year shows the widening adoption of ESI Group's Virtual Prototyping solutions and reflects the transformation of leading industrial firms to the smart digital factory. This structural trend drives strong growth of Licenses, particularly in the installed base, and is indicative of the strength of ESI's industry standard solutions and the Group's