Competition in the leisure and home furniture market is fierce.

Today's manufacturers face growing pressure to differentiate their products, improve the performance of their industrial processes and increase market responsiveness.

Our customers are leading manufacturers who benefit from our Styled Plastic & Packaging Solution to:

  • Increase brand value by optimizing product design, style, performance and quality

  • Improve margins and gain market share by reducing development cycle time, rapidly incorporating the latest market trends in the product design and bringing innovative products to market

  • Minimize development costs by reusing company knowledge, eliminating the need for physical prototypes and increasing engineering and manufacturing productivity

 
20% reduction in product development times
Knowledge capture and reuse
Improved supply chain collaboration
  "Thanks to the Functional Molded Part (FM1) module, we can outline, design and modify plastic parts much faster and easier than before. This allows us to evaluate even more innovative technical solutions."
Emmanuel Bondier, Regis Martenat


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From concept to product faster, more consistently and cost effectively
Improved performance and innovation of Solo Golf's quality putter
Enhanced 2D/3D integration, supporting the production of 2D drawings while applying the benefits of 3D design to complex part creation.
  "With CATIA V5 - if we need to make modifications, we make them right on the digital model in a Windows environment, which is much easier to modify than some other software. This cuts down the design time since changes can be made quickly and simple."
Richard Mugica, President Solo Golf


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Improved collaboration with suppliers and among the company's three dispersed design teams
Elimination of costly manufacturing errors thanks to the ability to clearly communicate design intent and design motion
  "Without CATIA V5, our products would be less sophisticated. Our independent Bike Dealer product would take a major hit because we couldn't build what we conceptalize in our minds."
Forrest Yelverton, Director of Engineering


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Reduced cost of tooling and prototyping models
Increased consistency between digital models and actual design
Improved assembly precision
  "We've cut design time by more than 50 percent. And the networked integration of the factory's information using Lotus Notes has worked wonders."
Francisco Lorente, IT Manager




Time savings of 8 to 10% in the technical design stages
Savings of 20 to 35% in design change management processes
Greater level of surface modeling capability
  IT has allowed us to reduce product cycle times by 35-40% ... On a product cycle of 18 months, we have gained 5 or 6 months."
Gianni Grazlol, R&D Manager


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