May 25 2007
Delcam has scored a double first in the latest NC Software and Related Services Market Assessment from renowned US consulting and market research firm, CIMdata. The report has confirmed the company’s position as the world’s leading specialist supplier of CAM software and also ranks it as the worldwide leader in supplying CAM systems to the mould, tool and die sector.
Delcam’s Managing Director, Hugh Humphreys, was delighted with the results and claimed that they represented a clear validation of the company’s aggressive growth strategy. "For several years, we have aimed to build our company’s sales by diversifying outside our traditional market in the mould, tool and die sector and increasing our business in other areas, in particular in the automotive and aerospace sectors,” he commented. "During the last year, we have both consolidated our position as the world’s leading supplier of CAM software and services to our core market, and have also moved up the list of suppliers to the automotive and aerospace industries.”
The increased popularity of Delcam software in both industries has resulted from the new emphasis on efficiency and productivity in the sectors according to Mr. Humphreys. "Traditionally, both automotive and aerospace companies have simply used the CAM system that came with their choice of CAD software,” he claimed. "With the level of global competition now increasing, those companies are looking at their choice of CAM system much more carefully. This closer examination often shows that Delcam’s software can give significant savings, both in programming times and in machining times, as well as improving the quality of machining.”
Mr. Humphreys also emphasised the breadth of the Delcam software range as a key part of the company’s success. "Together, our complete set of CAM programs, PowerMILL, FeatureCAM, PartMaker and ArtCAM, comprises the world’s most comprehensive collection of machining software, giving us an unrivalled ability to provide solutions to all of a company’s programming needs,” he claimed. "This benefits larger companies, which can meet all of their CAM needs from a single supplier. At the same time, smaller companies can choose exactly the system they need for their particular combination of products and machine tools, rather than having to accept a compromise solution from a CAM supplier with a more limited range of software.”