CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
24 August 2007
Implementation Investments
IST METZ Deploys CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager
CoCreate Software GmbH announced that IST METZ GmbH has purchased nearly 100 CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager licenses in support of its global 3D product development and product lifecycle management processes.
IST METZ is one of the world's most innovative and well-known developers, manufacturers, and distributors of UV solutions and equipment for the environmentally friendly curing of solvent-free inks, varnishes, silicones, and adhesives. IST METZ drying systems are used by world leaders in the graphic arts and automotive industries. These systems are respected and sought after for their unprecedented speed-drying capabilities that allow customers utmost efficiency in production.
IST METZ is an international group comprising 13 companies with more than 570 employees worldwide and total group revenues of almost Euro 90 Million. The enterprise's operations span across 70 countries including England, the United States, China, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.
"More than 30 years' experience, continuous technological developments, and close working relationships with our customers and business partners are the foundation of our global success," said Dr. Hans-Werner Dax, Head of Information Technology at IST METZ. "Our design goals are to significantly lower on-going data management costs while benefiting from up-to-the-minute functionality. We are achieving this with the CoCreate OneSpace Suite. With it we have lowered our costs, but have the design flexibility and speed necessary to steadily bring innovative new products to our customers."
IST METZ uses the CoCreate OneSpace Suite to ensure the successful development of its high-tech customer-specific solutions such as the coveted MBS®-5 UV System, winner of the FlexoTech "Award for Innovation" - category Environmental.
IST METZ engineers experienced that history-based software hindered innovation because working with models with a history tree lengthens the development cycle and increases complexity while decreasing productivity. History-based models couldn't be modified quickly enough because the history-tree must be considered when making any change or addition. This process was simply too complicated and inflexible in daily practice. However, the unique Dynamic Modeling-based approach in CoCreate's 3D CAD tool, OneSpace Modeling, lets designers quickly make changes to a model without considering the sequence of steps within a history tree.
With the CoCreate OneSpace Suite IST METZ enjoys seamless and instant benefits from extensive new design functionality such as generating and loading lightweight assemblies. These quick-to-load graphical representations of the model enable designers to work with massive models using only a fraction of the system resources needed by a rich model. The user can then download only those rich models or components that are needed on the fly.
CoCreate's out-of-the box Model Manager solution completes the equation allowing IST METZ to achieve its cost reduction goal. Using this standard solution as opposed to its previously highly-customized PDM system, updates to new versions are smooth and low cost. CoCreate OneSpace Model Manager fully supports the complete design process, including documentation, with its modern features and tight integration to CoCreate OneSpace Modeling. No one within the extended team can lose or write over existing models or parts. All IST METZ models are easily managed so that any designer can easily find and call up parts to re-use or adapt for new products.
A streamlined, standardized design environment for the highest level of productivity and cost efficiency keeps IST METZ ahead of the competition. "CoCreate's history-free approach to CAD software with its tightly integrated OneSpace Model Manager is the most cost-efficient, modern technology available to the high-tech industry," Dr. Dax said.
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