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Meeting customers unique needsThe ability to manage and combine legacy and current CAD data permits efficientdevelopment of custom products

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Merging competencies to become

a unique partner

Bolzoni Auramo Group was established in

2001 when Bolzoni acquired the Finnish

company, Auramo OY. Bolzonis history

dates back to 1945 with the inventive

transformation of USA jeeps into vehicles

for farm use. Later it entered the world

of lift truck attachments. Founded in

1947, Auramo was originally involved in

the production of industrial cylinders and

paving solutions. Later it focused on

applications for handling paper products.

The combined company, Bolzoni Auramo

Group, is a leading producer of

attachments for lift trucks. Its history of

such rich experience in different fieldsenables it to function as a partner to

leading lift truck manufacturers. This

partnership role is supported by the use

of advanced design software that allows the group to be part of the product development process

from the early stages.

Providing custom solutions

In addition to a wide range of attachments for handling paper and other products, Bolzoni

develops solutions to satisfy the specific needs of customers special applications.

Our catalog includes more than 1,700 attachments designed to offer the maximum flexibility

and versatility to the lift truck, explains Pietro Foroni, technical manager at Bolzoni. When you

add the customized attachments that we develop daily, our total number of products is much

higher. The Research and Development department is highly committed to innovation in our

three main product lines: attachments for lift trucks, lift tables and hand pallet trucks.

Bolzoni decided to upgrade from 2D drafting to an advanced CAD/CAM system in 1994, before

the formation of the new group. After a thorough evaluation and analysis, we selected the

Business initiatives

New product development

Value chain synchronization

Commonization and re-use

Business challenges

Be an efficient and versatilepartner for leading lift truckmanufacturers

Offer customized products thataddress manufacturers uniqueneeds

Keys to success

Advanced design software withintegrated finite element

analysisUsing analysis to optimizecomplete products

A single data managementsystem that handles legacy andnew data

Results

Time saved through moreefficient information sharingthroughout the value chain

Enhanced collaboration in thedesign phase

Faster product development

Very reliable and easy-to-maintain products

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Solutions/Services

NX I-deas

Teamcenter

Clients primary business

Bolzoni Auramo designs andproduces attachments for lift

trucks and for general handling.www.bolzoni-auramo.it

Client location

Casoni di Podenzano (PC)Italy

Our Teamcenter implemen-tation opens us to a different

and more advanced approach

in the management of digital

data.

Pietro ForoniTechnical ManagerBolzoni Auramo

NX I-deas design solution software,

says Foroni. Between the ease of learning

the program and its versatility, we werequickly convinced that this CAD system

was totally able to satisfy our needs.

NX I-deas greatly improved the efficiency

of sharing product information inside the

technical office and also with suppliers,

resulting in significant time savings.

Additional benefits resulted from the use

of finite element analysis (FEA). Having

analysis integrated with CAD has been

very beneficial, Foroni says. In the past,

we analyzed and optimized single components. Now entire new products are analyzed. And in

situations where analysis results are indispensable in a cooperative design, the data management

functionality of NX I-deas (Team Data Manager), coupled with 3D models, allows more people to

collaborate on the same project.

Because of these advantages, Auramo adopted NX I-deas, as well as FEA licenses, as soon as it was

acquired by Bolzoni. This has given to the Finnish organization the ability to work in 3D and to evaluate

multiple product iterations to arrive at optimized designs. Today Bolzoni Auramo Group uses

NX I-deas. Importantly, it was able to make the transition to the advanced product development

solution while keeping all of its legacy data.

More data, better data management

Every year our technical office develops one thousand new products, Foroni says. We use NX I-deas

Team Data Manager to manage the historical archive, and while it has many advantages in terms of

saving time, the data is available only for the technical office. For this reason, we have begun a migration

to the Teamcenter product lifecycle management system.

Teamcenter manages the entire lifecycle of new products, from concept to production, integrating

idea management, requirements planning, product development and production information in a digital

lifecycle management process. Data that Teamcenter manages includes tables, drawings, CAD models,

FEA models, spreadsheets and production drawings. We anticipate that this will have benefits

throughout the company, including a reduction in the product development cycle, Foroni says. It will

also improve communications with suppliers by allowing us to give them only the information that is

relevant for them.

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