16th June 2004

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ABB Xiamen sparks quality improvement using SMARTEAM
As a leading producer of electronic switchgear for electrical applications, ABB was experiencing a rapid increase in demand for its product . The company's Xiamen switchgear plant was hampered by multiple, disconnected CAD and enterprise systems that forced employees to manually copy data from one to the other, wasting time and creating errors. Learn how implementing SMARTEAM improved their productivity, cutting development time by a third and improving accuracy by up to 70%.


Aesculap saves time, money in hip replacement design with CATIA
Delivery time cut from 5 to 2 weeks for half the costs with CATIA. CATIA is a key factor in Aesculap's successful production of surgical instruments.


Aesculap simplifies product development using CATIA - Video
Aesculap, a division of B. Braun of Melsungen, Germany, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of orthopedic medical devices such as knee orthopedics. With the innovations of CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM, Aesculap has achieved excellence in design methods and provided a common database which allows for strict Quality Control Management. The Aesculap team has saved time and reduced stress, which allows them to stay one step ahead of the competition.


Aircraft Engineering Corp. sees faster turn-around, clear skys with CATIA
At Aircraft Engineering Corporation (AEC), last-minute changes in producing tools for aircraft parts have moved from crisis to routine thanks to solid-modeling design in real time. AEC now does in hours with CATIA what used to take days or weeks.


Alenia Aerospazio using ENOVIA as foundation to reduce cost, roll-out time
Alenia Aerospazio uses ENOVIA to be competitive and to collaborate with their partners. Known for its participation in some of the world's most important aeronautic programs, Alenia Aerospazio is using IBM's Digital Enterprise Solutions as a foundation for reducing design costs and roll out time of its aircraft.


AlliedSignal designs safety restraint systems in hours not days with CATIA
Allied reduced time to design a part from three days to two hours using CATIA solid modeling capabilities.


Alusuisse, train maker, collaborates at all levels with CATIA
Alusuisse, based in Zurich, Switzerland, designs and builds road and rail components for many of the worlds largest mass transit projects. Large customers include the Paris and Hong Kong subways and the Berlin Tramway. Alusuisse uses CATIA V5 to develop and design 3D assemblies of rail components. CATIA V5 allows Alusuisse employees and customers to collaborate across all levels of the development process, saving time and rework. The ease of use of CATIA V5 reduces training time and enables employees to accomplish more, faster.


AMC Centurion AB wins business with SMARTEAM
AMC Centurion AB of Sweden (formerly Allgon) had built a successful business, supplying 20% of the world's mobile telephone antennas, but its success was generating so much product data it threatened to derail the company's growth. Thanks to SMARTEAM, AMC Centurion can now locate any document in minutes, which has reduced time to market by 30%, improved supply chain responsiveness and helped the company win new business while improving customer satisfaction.


APV, drying equipment maker, likes CATIA V5 ease of use
APV, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, is the world's leading supplier of Drying and Evaporation equipment. APV uses CATIA V5 to develop and design the components and assemblies that comprise these complex systems. Ease of use and integration with other systems were key factors in APV's decision to use CATIA V5. After using CATIA V5 for only a short time, AVP estimates that they are already getting an average reduction of 30% in engineering time for typical projects.


Arburg helped by CATIA and ENOVIA to finish injection machines work faster
Arburg, based in Lossburg, Germany, is a manufacturer of high quality injection machines and is a world leader in the design and manufacture of very small injection machines. Arburg has implemented ENOVIA VPM and CATIA as key components of their strategic development system. ENOVIA VPM enables Arburg to link their CAD, PPS, Drawings management, Plot management and e-business applications and make development and manufacturing information available throughout Arburg and its subsidiaries. This system has helped Arburg get projects in production sooner and with higher quality.


ARC International shines bright in the glass and tableware market with PLM
Brilliant, sparking, fragile -” the beauty of glass has fascinated humans for thousands of years. Today, leading glass and crystal manufacturer ARC International has developed an aggressive industrial and marketing strategy using Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to enhance the quality and originality of its products and to reduce costs. By boosting design productivity by 20%, ARC International is securing its future in an age-old industry undergoing 21st century change. And this is how they are doing it.


Atkins Rail standardizes on CATIA Version 5
'Atkins Rail, does the "civils" work for rail infrastructure, and track signalling as well as rolling stock design. As a full 'turnkey' service company they can build or co-ordinate track laying, depots, signalling and rolling stock. They bought CATIA because they recognize that "all the new rail vehicles are being designed and built using CATIA". Since they get design information from many other companies in native CATIA format, it's valuable for them to be using the same tools.

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Black & Decker links design centers on three continents with CATIA
Black & Decker links design centers on three continents with CATIA. The ability to fit as many parts, and usually the most powerful motor possible, into the most compact space is essential for us so that we can design a product that fits into the user's hand with optimum ergonomics. CATIA allows us to satisfy this objective.


BMW integrates CAD and FEA within chassis development with CATIA
BMW realizes considerable time savings in development and testing of a vehicle with CATIA by first creating a purely digital form on the computer. Hard prototypes are increasingly built only after each individual component is checked and analyzed by BMW engineers with the help of computer-aided simulation.


Brose Group gains competitive edge with CATIA
CATIA workstations are installed at customer sites in France, UK, Spain and North America and linked to the headquarters at Coburg via ISDN lines. This enables up-to-date 3D models to be accessed at all times, and allows Brose to effectively service its customers.


Brunvoll propels ships using CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM
The 3D capabilities of CATIA V5 allow Brunvoll to ensure a perfect fit between its thrusters and the design of the ship itself. The company's 3D capabilities have been instrumental in detecting and correcting errors in 2D documents supplied by design consultants and shipyards before fabrication begins. And SMARTEAM is helping the small company keep up with the big demands of many clients for quick turnaround of highly customised documentation.


Business takes off thanks to IBM business partner using CATIA
Tool Design Services takes off thanks to an IBM Business Partner and CATIA.

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Cam-Tech gains a competitive edge with CATIA V5
Cam-Tech Inc., based in the Dallas, Texas area, is a worldwide supplier of machined parts for both the commercial and military aerospace industries. Needing to upgrade their CAD/CAM systems with one that would provide faster modeling time and the ability to quickly make changes required after trial part runs, Cam-Tech selected CATIA V5. With little training, modeling time has been reduced 25%, programming reduced an additional 15-20% and they have realized a 33% gain in their CAD/CAM Workforce Productivity.


CATIA and ENOVIA help accelerate machinery design
Companies whose industries range from railway rolling stock, to automated manufacturing and assembly systems for automobiles to creating dumpsters have found CATIA and ENOVIA to be highly beneficial when it comes to saving time and money.


CATIA and ENOVIA speed consumer products to market
The design and development of consumer products can be one on the most arduous tasks an engineer can face. Because every consumer is unique and competition is fierce, consumer products need to be innovative, durable and inexpensive to succeed. With that in mind, consumer product engineers have turned to IBM PLM computer-aided-design (CAD) 3D software to help them achieve these development standards.


Chrysler - Virtual Manufacturing CATIA
Testimony of Daniel J. VandenBossche, Chrysler Corporation Commerce Subcommittee at Manufacturing and Competitiveness Hearing on Virtual Manufacturing.


Claas Group projects 30% savings using CATIA for prototypes
The Claas Group is a leading manufacturer of agricultural machines.Claas has about 120 IBM workstations. They previously just used IBM Professional CADAM, but have now switched to IBM's 3D CAD/CAM solution: CATIA. The CATIA/CADAM coupler made it relatively painless to interface between the 2D and 3D systems, ensuring no data is loss as a result of the switch.


Coca Cola tames bottle design for 237 brands in 210 countries with CATIA
Coca Cola, the world's leading soft drink bottler, currently offers 237 brands in 210 countries. Coke chose CATIA V5 as the primary design tool for their packaging design requirements. CATIA provided the surfacing capabilities to design the complex sculptured surfaces of their containers.


Coca-Cola selects CATIA V5 to meet new bottle design challenges
Coca-Cola was able to reduce design time by being able to quickly develop multiple variations for review and testing.

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Daimler-Benz Truck Division performs analysis with CATIA
Daimler-Benz Truck Division needed to leverage the use of computer simulation to better handle critical design parameters, such as vehicle weight and deformation of the trucks under static, dynamic and crash situations. Daimler-Benz TD standardized on CATIA as their main CAD/CAM system for the design of all truck systems and components. More than 2,500 CATIA workstations are installed today.


DaimlerChrysler and UTA eliminate paper with help from CATIA
CATIA helps eliminate paper for DaimlerChrysler and UTA.


DASA builds space station without physical prototypes, pushing frontier of digital modeling
Daimler-Benz builds space stations without physical prototypes. The head of engineering design said, " I believe that we could not actually do our job here with any other software package."


DBM Reflex taillight business really shines with help from CATIA
Canada-based DBM Reflex manufactures plastic reflectors for car taillights, and the optics of street and traffic lights. To reduce operating, training and data exchange costs, DBM moved from multiple CAD systems to just CATIA V5 as their single, integrated, enterprise-wide system. CATIA helped reduce project cycle time by 40-45% and design project management time by 30%. This enabled DBM to be more flexible and dynamic in responding to customer needs, while meeting productivity objectives.


Dimensional Control Systems says CATIA's easy to use and integrate
DCS, based in Detroit, Michigan, is a leader in dimensional engineering and tolerance analysis. Dimensional engineering is the process of designing products for better assembleability. Their key customers include many of the worlds automobile manufacturers. DCS chose CATIA V5 for its ease of use and for its ability to easily integrate with other systems. 3DCS is a module developed by DCS that integrates with CATIA V5 to help designers and engineers provide greater assemble-ability into the products they design.


Dodge high performance sports car on the road with help from CATIA
The 1996 high-performance Dodge Viper RT/10 -- which started as a concept car designed the old-fashioned way -- will be the first Viper model to be designed in cyberspace.


Dover cuts automotive die design time by up to 60% with CATIA V5
As a leading European producer of automotive stamping dies, Grupo Dover Sistema de Troqueles works on more than 100 dies simultaneously. Dover was seeking a system that would allow it to share CAD data across the organisation, eliminating the multiple design versions being used by its different departments. See how CATIA V5 helped Dover reduce design time by up to 60%, eliminate errors and improve quality.


Dresden church to rise from ashes of World War II
IBM worked with the government of Germany and the state of Saxony to create a virtual reconstruction of the die Frauenkirche using CATIA and other 3D IBM visualization tools. Already under actual construction, the cathedral has become a symbol for hope and peace.


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Electroimpact flies smoothly with CATIA
Electroimpact chose CATIA based on its ability to do fixtures, and handle large files, large assemblies, and lots of details and because of its wide industry acceptance. They experienced a lot of time savings.

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Farnham & Pfile and CONSOL Energy adopt CATIA IES
Farnham & Pfile and CONSOL Energy adopt the CATIA IES approach for improving the fundamentals of the plant business from concept to operations and maintenance.


Feber finds CATIA itegration to be mere child's play
Feber has developed a highly integrated, focused approach to the design and manufacture of large molded plastic components. Feber cut design time in half using CATIA, and became much more flexible.


Flymo rakes in the benefits of cutting edge 3D design
Flymo has a robust platform based on a variety of IBM RS/6000 servers and Power PC workstations. It has upgraded to the latest CATIA release and has added assembly and generative shape modeling, plus CATweb Navigator which allows for on-site viewing of models well as suppliers access via the web.


Fokker-Elmo harnesses CATIA's capabilities for aircraft electrical systems
The integrity of an aircraft's wire harnesses-lifelines that connect all electrical components-is essential to the plane's safe operation. One of the world's leading specialists in aviation electrical systems turned to CATIA Solutions to help assure the soundness of its wire harness design and manufacturing processes.


Fontana Group close to totally integrated factory with help from CATIA, IBM
Italy's Fontana Group makes dies for sheet metal forming and does engineering work. They have 160 employees and operate in the auto industry, exporting production globally. They started using CATIA in 1988. Car makers supply a model of the parts they need and Fontana defines and simulates the stamping die in CATIA. This lets Fontana test a range of production possibilities and define the best stamping conditions.


Frank O. Gehry architect uses CATIA to bring dreams to life
Thanks to CATIA, craftsmen understand architect's elaborate designs precisely. Costs were reduced by as much as a third.


Frigidaire Greenville turns to 3D images to design refrigerators
Frigidaire is committed to using 3-D modeling and CATIA in all new products, and are implementing new CATIA applications, such as finite element analysis, to help assure the quality of those designs.

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Gentex reduces time to final tooling for fire safety design thanks to CATIA
Gentex typically took three months from development to final tooling. With CATIA they were finished in about a month. The resulting design has been described as the most attractive low current-draw signal on the market.


GKN Westland aims for tech first with enterprise-wide PDM implementation
GKN Westland Aerospace (GKN WAe) is aiming for an information technology first with its plan to implement enterprise-wide PDM software.


Gnatus revolutionizes dental equipment with PLM Solutions
Gnatus of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, manufactures dental equipment, such as dentist chairs, x-ray machines, and other dentology components. The company has become the largest exporter in Latin America and the largest manufacturer in Brazil. Since the introduction of CATIA and SMARTEAM software, Gnatus is able to complete projects more quickly, and achieve higher quality. SMARTEAM manages the development of every product at Gnatus, providing added value to the design, technical specifications and quality.


Goninan working to be first choice in railway rolling stock with CATIA
Goninan recognized the need for integrated mechanical, structural, interior and electrical 2D and 3D design and drafting capabilities. The company installed Dassault CATIA software on an IBM RS/6000 platform. This configuration has proved to be an invaluable tool in the design of railway vehicles.


Grand Soleil produces multiple products using Product Lifecycle Management
Grand Soleil is a leading Italian toy and garden furniture manufacturer. Thanks to CATIA V5, they have created an entire new product range of 12 new products in only 8 months. CATIA's Object Surface Management capabilities allowed for precise handling of complex, highly designed surfaces. Grand Soleil is now able to save both time and money because product modifications can be made quickly and easily with CATIA V5.


Grupo FICOSA couples security and reliability
Grupo FICOSA couples security and reliability while reducing lead time and costs with CATIA.


Gulfstream designs first global business jet with CATIA digital mock-up.
Gulfstream designs world's first global business jet with CATIA. The computerized mockups enabled them to check shape, size and fit of the parts as if they had already been built.


Guzzini uses CATIA for exploring more options in household plastics design
Italy's Guzzini is a world leader in the development and manufacture of plastic household objects. Guzzini chose CATIA V5 as their design tool for the function and flexibility it offers their designers. CATIA V5 allows Guzzini to explore various design options and control and certify product quality prior to manufacture. Guzzini feels that CATIA V5 gives them a competitive edge by enabling them to get quality products to market faster.

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Haden puts CATIA and CCPlant to work for Chrysler
With CATIA, Haden reduced interferences by 90 percent and saved 1% of cost overruns on the first project.


Hamilton Standard cuts time for chopper A/C design a cool 50% with CATIA
Hamilton Standard shortens cycle time by about 50%. They created the air conditioning system for the Comanche helicoptor. They design and manufacture engine control systems, environmental control systems, propeller systems, and flight systems for commercial, military, general aviation and space markets.


Honeywell-Garrett, turbocharger maker, says CATIA eases supplier interface
Honeywell - Garrett of Los Angeles is a leader in the development and manufacture of turbochargers and turbogenerators. They chose CATIA V5 bacause of its ease of use, functionality and avaliability on the NT platform. These factors make it easier for Honeywell - Garret to interact with their suppliers and helps reduce training time. They estimate that their CATIA V5 installation has helped them cut design process cycle time in half.

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IBM adopts CATIA and Product Manager
IBM on track for productivity gains using CATIA and Product Manager. IBM Adopts CATIA and ProductManager to Support its re-engineered hardwaredevelopment process"


IBM knowledge and technology helps architecture merge past and present
IBM is helping historians to better understand the past, and integrate the power of innovation and technology in a domain where computer aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) were not previously used. By providing experts with powerful technology that can be used to provide complex visual representations of three-dimensional forms, IBM is helping to link art, architecture, history and the 21st century.


IBM: Popular notebook computer owes success of keyboard design to CATIA
IBM ThinkPad 701C's rave press reviews, customer acceptance, and keyboard design success is owed to CATIA.


IMP, Ltd. Uses CATIA Version 5 to facilitate collaboration, saving time and improving response to customers
IMP was seeking more efficient ways to improve response times by sharing data with customers and suppliers. See how deploying CATIA Version 5 in their existing Microsoft Windows environment is helping IMP grow their business.

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Jomico Metal Fabricators: CATIA good at handling sheetmetal design variety
Jomico Metal Fabricators designs and manufactures precision sheet metal parts for the aerospace, automotive, military, medical, computer, agricultural and other industries. They selected CATIA Version 5 as their key design tool for its ability to address the diverse design requirements they face with the variety of customers and industries they serve. CATIA enables them to be more productive, competitive and responsive.

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Korean Air makes parts Boeing and Airbus rely on. So KAL relies on CATIA.
In the manufacturing division of Korean Air (KAL), aircraft components that appear today on computer screens as 3-D models will be in the air tomorrow as key parts of airliners all over the world. The world's three leading manufacturers of civilian aircraft, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Airbus, all rely on parts made by the KAL Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD), which, in turn, relies on IBM's state-of-the-art 3-D modeling software, CATIA.


Krebs Engineers beating competitors to the punch with CATIA, SMARTEAM.
Krebs Engineers has no doubt its products are better than the competition's, and it has the documentation to prove it. But being the best doesn't always win the job unless you can also respond in a timely manner to customer requests for information. See how CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM are helping Krebs be first as well as best and win a larger share of the jobs on which it bids.


Krebs engineers pick CATIA for ERP integration
Krebs evaluated several popular software solutions. In the end, CATIA with SmartTeam was chosen as the right ERP integration path.

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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics finds F-22 fighter efficiency starts on the plant floor
The mission is to develop and build the world?s most advanced fighter jet, the F/A-22 Raptor, with greater accuracy, in less time and with greater cost efficiencies than ever before.

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MDS Sciex: health/science company feels good with CATIA choice
MDS Sciex is a division of Canada's largest health and science company. They are a leading developer and manufacturer of Analytical Instrumentation and Mass Spectrometers. Realizing that they had outgrown the capabilities of their former system, MDS Sciex "Test Drove" several systems to see how well each could address their requirements. After careful evaluation, CATIA V5 was selected as their primary development platform.


Meyer Werft cruises to success with IBM RS/6000 and CATIA
Meyer Werft explored IBM RS/6000 and CATIA, an integrated combination that could offer a complete solution. Meyer Werft found this solution was not only revolutionary for design, but also extremely flexible and cost efficient for its IT infrastructure.


Meyer Werft uses CATIA to create shipbuilding precision
Meyer Werft uses CATIA to make sure that shipbuilding remains an interactive process, that changes are consistent, and that the individually prefabricated segments fit together right down to their details.


Midrex seizes international iron markets with the collaborative power of SMARTEAM
A process technology, engineering and procurement company and global leader in high-purity direct reduced iron used in steelmaking, Midrex Technologies Inc. has engineered and built 53 plants in 19 countries. Leadership status has been achieved through on-line, real-time collaboration with partners and customers around the world. See how Midrex conquered the boundaries of size, time and distance using SMARTEAM to develop a tightly integrated supply chain, from quotation and bidding management to project execution.


Motoman, robot maker, goes 3D with CATIA. Saves time and money
Motoman, based in Sweden, develops and manufactures a wide variety of robotics, positioners, paint and welding equipment for a diverse set of industries. They found that they could go from 2D design to 3D design with minimum downtime for their designers, using CATIA V5. They also found they were saving time and money using CATIA V5. They plan to use CATIA V5 Knowledgeware to further reduce costs and time, while improving quality.

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Next Generation Shipbuilding with CATIA and ENOVIA
This story describes how companies are finding that by using CATIA Solutions or ENOVIA e-business solutions, they are significantly shortening and economizing the once arduous process of developing massive 300-ton ships.

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Oakland Community College features the CATIA dimension in its offerings
Oakland Community College prepares students to work in the automotive industry and upgrades those who are already working with CATIA training at the college's Advanced Technology Center.

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Per Udsen, aerospace prime, reduces design time thanks to CATIA analysis
CATIA Analysis reduces design cycle time for Per Udsen. Per Udsen is a prime contractor to the Royal Danish Air Force, USAF and other NATO air forces.


Peugeot-Citroen, Europe's #2 automaker, automating forging with CATIA V5
Peugeot - Citroen, Europe's second largest auto maker, chose CATIA V5 to automate their forging and foundry processes. CATIA V5 was able to satisfy their four primary objectives: capturing and reusing the knowlege of experts, creating knowlege manuals, ensuring smooth flow of information across the digital enterprise and reducing the production cycle. Peugeot - Citroen estimates a 50% time reduction in the tooling design process using CATIA V5.


Pico-Wisne finds auto tubing design and production faster with CATIA
Pico-Wisne now uses CATIA. Instead of relying on manual hit-and-miss shop floor operations, the design and shaping of bent tubing and placement of controls equipment and fittings are now all done electronically ahead of time


Plastimo saves up to 50% in development time with CATIA V5
As a leading European producer of high-quality parts for pleasure boats, Plastimo needed to speed development and improve customer satisfaction. But its decade-old CAD tools were sluggish and complicated and limited integration with boat builders. Learn how CATIA V5 has helped Plastimo streamline development, drive innovation and improve collaboration with its customers.

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Raufoss Automotive - Just in time, thanks to CATIA analysis
The use of CATIA Analysis & Simulation products coupled with complementary solvers such as LS-DYNA3D for crash and C-MOLD for plastic injection, enables Raufoss to perform complex simulations enabling efficient, flexible and fast product development.


Raytheon sees new jet design take flight with help from CATIA and ENOVIA
Digital design helps new Raytheon jet take flight.


Resplendent Abbey raised from ruins using CATIA: 'La Maior Ecclesia'
Engineering students used CATIA and excavation plans and drawings to complete a computerized reconstruction of Cluny Abbey in just three months.


Rietschle, vaccuum tech leader, using CATIA for it's strong links to PDM
Rietschle LTD of Schopfheim, Germany, is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of vacuum and pressure technology. Rietschle chose CATIA V5 as their strategic CAD system because it satisfied their key objectives of: Integration with their PDM system, Ability to create a knowlege database, provide a smooth transition from 2D to 3D modeling and provide quality aftersale hotline support. Reitschle states that CATIA V5 has helped them reduce development time, improve communication with customers and enhance concurrent engineering.

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Samsonite luggage arrives two years early thanks to IBM PLM technology
Travelers carrying the latest Samsonite product will pack their belongings in sleek, streamlined lightweight luggage that's arriving on the market two years early thanks to state-of-the-art 3-D design used by the Denver-based corporation.


Samsung Heavy Industry finds CATIA links design of heavy machinery and cars
Site visitation was part of Samsung's benchmarking and comparisons with other design solutions. In the case of CATIA, SHI engineers cited its use as a single platform for entire processes in car manufacturing. CATIA's leading competitor was used only for limited applications such as parts and assembly modeling.


Scania optimizes truck components with CATIA
Scania optimizes truck components with CATIA. The CATIA ELFINI solver enables dynamic simulations to be performed to assess modal frequencies and to determine acceptable frequencies of the valve. The total number of iterations they are able to perform on a component has increased from 10 to 20. Over the last five years they have been able to reduce the time needed to mesh an engine block from six months to two days.


Scania's 'King of the Road' gets new V8 engine with CATIA power
Scania reduced the time taken to model a cylinder block by 75 percent and used the time saved to explore twice as many design alternatives than were previously possible. Similarly, they reduced the time needed to mesh an engine block from six months to two days, thanks to the new meshing techniques and better design preparation.


Serra gains competitive edge with PLM
Serra Welding of Barcelona, Spain, has been producing welding systems since 1934 and today claims the world's leading automotive manufacturers among its customers. But as competition intensified, Serra needed a competitive edge that would reduce cycle times and costs while maintaining or improving quality. Learn how CATIA Version 5 helped Serra rise to the competitive challenge.


Sikorsky Aircraft sees virtual aircraft take off, thanks to CATIA
Sikorsky efficiently designed and integrated components from suppliers in six different countries with CATIA. The components were delivered on schedule at a cost savings. Manufacturing proceeded much faster than they anticipated.


Smith Meter's 3D imaging develops 'revolutionary' product
With CATIA, Smith Meter developed a revolutionary new positive displacement meter for measuring petroleum product tank loading. CATIA improved communications and productivity and reduced the number of engineering changes which reduced the costs of design and production.


Solo Golf cuts development time 75% (and cost by 60%) for new putter design
For Solo Golf -- one of the world's leading edge golf equipment manufacturers -- the use of CATIA V5 for their ground-breaking SOLO GOLF C2 putter brought some remarkable benefits. Though their new product featured revolutionary performance technologies and the industry's highest tolerances, CATIA Solutions enabled engineers to reduce product development time by 75% while cutting design costs by as much as 60%.


Solo Golf tops manufacturing leader board with CATIA
Solo applies aerospace and metallurgical knowledge to building a better golf club. CATIA allows them to reduce development time by 75% and production costs by as much as 60%. Some prototypes were so good they required zero modification and went straight into production.


Stadco develops aerospace tools in 3D with CATIA
CATIA greatly increases accuracy and is vital in compressing Stadco's delivery cycle. A tolerance of .005 inches was achieved for a width of 60 inches and a length of 216 inches.

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Tenix has designs on speed and precision of CATIA and RS/6000
Tenix uses CATIA to do automatic interference checking to ensure that no pipes or other fittings clash, and instantly review numerous other details related to the functionality and operability of the part of the ship being designed. Dr. Wright explains, "Previously, these checks would have been conducted manually with significantly less accuracy and speed than they are now."


The Mägerle Company manufactures precision machinery around-the-clock with PLM - Video
Mägerle of Switzerland produces precision cutting machinery. Teaming with IBM to implement a full PLM system, Mägerle converted thousands of 2D drawings to 3D. CATIA V5 and SMARTEAM's ease-of-use and quality of data administration allowed Maegerle to implement rapidly and Maegerle now uses CATIA 3D Visualization capabilities to involve its customers in the entire design process of their machines.


TMS-Aritex Cading is using CATIA V5 and ENOVIA 3Dcom to deliver high quality results...the first time.
As a supplier of assembly and lines for automotive and aerospace customers, TMS-Aritex Cading has evolved from designing to an OEM's precise specifications to concepting the entire line to suit the product the line will build. Learn how CATIA V5 is helping TMS shoulder the additional responsibility and deliver lines that work right the first time, creating delighted customers.

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Unior cuts design time with CATIA V5
UNIOR Strojna oprema, an automotive tool manufacturer based in Slovenia, wanted a CAD tool that would allow it to work in native data supplied by a wide range of OEMs and Tier 1 partners. Since implementing CATIA V5, Unior has eliminated data re-modeling and lost geometry, reduced process times by 30-40 percent and added five-axis machining to its manufacturing capabilities.


Unior Stojna operma shortens automotive die design with CATIA V5
Unior Strojna oprema, an automotive tool manufacturer based in Slovenia, wanted a CAD tool that would allow it to work in native data supplied by a wide range of OEMs and Tier 1 partners. Since implementing CATIA V5, Unior has eliminated data re-modeling and lost geometry, reduced process times by 30-40 percent and added five-axis machining to its manufacturing capabilities.

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Valmet finds that CATIA helps makes all the parts fit
Engineers who design paper manufacturing equipment at Valmet Inc. are making sure the parts fit precisely, without leaving their workstations.


Vanderlande industries, material handling products analyzed with CATIA
Vanderlande Industries used CATIA to reduce weight by 30% while keeping the required stiffness and strength. It took them two weeks for prototype and three days for optimized design.


Volvo standardises entire development process using PLM solutions
Volvo is one of the leading manufacturers of buses, lorries, motor drive systems for marine and industrial applications, and aircraft engine components. To support its new 3P (Purchase, Planning, Product Development) global organisation, Volvo was looking to standardise its entire development process by using PLM solutions. With its 50 manufacturing sites worldwide, Volvo also needed a software platform that would allow easy sharing of the data both internally and externally.

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Weidmuller Interface reduces time to market with CATIA
Weidmuller brings products to market more quickly because design and production times are much shorter with CATIA. They've halved time on typical tool design and tool making.


Windfall Products cuts auto parts development time almost 50% with CATIA 3D
While significantly improving quality and lowering costs, CATIA cut development lead time by almost 50%. Windfall used CATIA to design and modify the tools that compact powdered metal into its proper shape for automotive parts.

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Yantai Raffles Shipyard (YRS) competes on a global scale with PLM collaboration solutions.
Yantai Raffles Shipyard needed a way to created a complete, 3D digital mockups of vessels before the start of construction to eliminate errors and expensive re-work. Learn how IBM PLM, incorporating CATIA V5 and ENOVIA, has helped YRS improve its competitiveness by streamlining the design process, lowering material costs and improving quality.


Zagato - marque of success
The Centro Stile Zagato uses the CATIA integrated design system in every development stage of the product: styling, creating the model and virtual prototyping. New contracts were signed to double the number of existing CATIA seats.