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Using PTC Creo Parametric and Flexible Modeling we were able to more efficiently reuse our existing

design data to reduce new project design time by 75%.”

- Matthew Moore, Mechanical Engineer, VULKAN

Industry: Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing

Region: USA

Products: PTC Creo

Company Description: Established in 1971, American

VULKAN Corporation (AVC) manufactures COUPLINGS, DRIVE TECH

and LOKRING products of the highest industrial quality standards.

Company Showcase − American Vulkan

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Business Challenges & Initiatives Sales Win Overview PTC Product Use

Located in Taiwan, AmTRAN Technology is a

leading company in the LCD display manufacture

industry.

• AmTRAN needed to address product

development Concept and Design

challenges.

• AmTRAN only had a small number of

licenses for PTC Creo Engineer I

package. They needed PTC Creo

Advanced Assembly Extension (AAX)

for copy geometry and engineering

change functionality.

• The positive business outcomes they

were looking to achieve included

shorter mechanical design time,

improved large assembly design

process, and flexible design

methodology.

Congratulations to the team that contributed to this win:

Sales: Daniel Hsiao

Technical Sales: Charlie Cho

Compliance: Judy Chen

• AmTRAN had not allocated budget for

CAD software in last two years, but we

were able to show AmTRAN that their

engineers would greatly improve their

design productivity by using PTC Creo

3.0.

• The $650K order included an upgrade

from PTC Creo 2.0 to PTC Creo 3.0.

They also purchased licenses of PTC

Creo Advanced Assembly Extension

(AAX) and PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension (FMX).

• Key stakeholders at AmTRAN in the

buying process included the RD

Director (Technical Buyer) and IT

Manager (Coach).

PTC Creo 3.0 Win at AmTRAN Technology

• AmTRAN plans to use PTC Creo to

accommodate late stage design

changes, improve large assembly

design processes, and improve the

creation of highly engineered geometry.

• 80 individuals will use PTC Creo 3.0.

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Bandai uses direct modeling in a parametric environment to

solve design challenges

Bandai established its business in 1950 as a wholesaler of metal toys and other products. With

its major success in marketing “Kamen Rider Henshin Belt (Masked Rider Series

transformation belt)”, Bandai entered into full-scale character business, and now designs,

manufactures and markets toys as well as many other products, including plastic models, toy

snacks and sweets, toys in capsule, character cards, apparel, and household goods.

“The Boys Toy Department has never been afraid of

change and aggressively pursued 3D CAD systems

initiatives.” “PTC Creo has enabled us to make last-

minute changes quickly through the integration of

parametric and direct modeling approaches, leading

to reduced time to production and improved efficiency.

As a result, we are now able to spend more time on

engineering and improve the quality of our products.”

Takahiro Mizuno General Manager, Boys Toy Department, Bandai

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Bandai uses direct modeling in a parametric environment to

solve design challenges

S o l u t i o n• PTC Creo upgrade from previous

Pro/ENGINEER implementation

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

(FMX) for enabling late stage changes

• FMX for enabling a MultiCAD

environment with legacy and imported

designs

• Freestyle modeling for rapid concepting

of advanced 3D shapes

I n i t i a t i v e s• Take advantage of both direct and

parametric design approaches

• Create 3D concepts directly in CAD tool

• Improve collaboration with overseas

factories and within group companies

.

R e s u l t s• Increased design agility in development

process enabling last minute changes to

be recorded in parametric model

• Improved efficiency in product

development

• Reduced time to production

• More time available for engineering the

product

• Higher product quality

Bandai established its business in 1950 as a wholesaler of metal toys and other products. With

its major success in marketing “Kamen Rider Henshin Belt (Masked Rider Series

transformation belt)”, Bandai entered into full-scale character business, and now designs,

manufactures and markets toys as well as many other products, including plastic models, toy

snacks and sweets, toys in capsule, character cards, apparel, and household goods

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“PTC Creo allows me to quickly and easily make

variations on a part. When I have used other CAD

systems, similar design tasks have taken 2 1/2 times

as long. The ability to reuse that initial data is

priceless. It's a huge advantage.”

Nate RollinsOwner

BearsFeat increased development of design options 2 ½

faster using PTC Creo

BearsFeat, Inc. is a independent mechanical engineering and design firm

utilizing the latest in product development and mechanical design technologies.

With over 20 years, their experience base spans many facets of the

mechanical design industry including machine design, tooling design, injection

molded plastics, product development, industrial design and analysis.

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BearsFeat increased development of design options 2 ½

faster using PTC Creo

I n i t i a t i v e s• Create robust models for more

economical production

• Reduce revision cycles

• Accommodate customer needs

• Explore more design options

S o l u t i o n s• Upgraded from Pro/ENGINEER

Wildfire 5.0 to PTC Creo

• PTC Creo offers tools that ensure

design quality and optimization

• Engineers that use PTC Creo tools can

make practical changes to native files

which speeds up development

• PTC Creo provides options for

modifying and reusing data

R e s u l t s• Using PTC Creo reduced rework by

25% as more robust models move

downstream

• PTC Creo provides visibility within the

tool to identify missing references and

fix them

• Working with clients’ native files design

is easier and faster

• Created design options 2 ½ times

faster compared to similar work in other

CAD systems

BearsFeat, Inc. is a independent mechanical engineering and design firm

utilizing the latest in product development and mechanical design

technologies. With over 20 years, their experience base spans many facets of

the mechanical design industry including machine design, tooling design,

injection molded plastics, product development, industrial design and

analysis.

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Bowles Fluidics tests component designs years before first

physical prototypes using PTC Solutions

At Bowles Fluidics Corporation, the primary mission is to be a world-class

developer and manufacturer of fluid distribution products. For more than 50

years, the company has offered innovative products at low cost in both

automotive and non-automotive markets.

“Our automotive customers have development

cycles that last 4-5 years. But we can run digital

simulations with PTC Creo to evaluate our

windshield sprayers years before the first physical

prototype of a vehicle is available.”

Praveen Pai,

Lead designer

“Using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension, we

anticipate a 35% drop in design iterations as we

work with customers.”

Austin Baird

Engineering Systems Administrator

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Bowles Fluidics tests component designs years before first

physical prototypes using PTC Solutions

S o l u t i o n s• With PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, teams share new designs

and ideas in 3D, cutting

misunderstandings

• PTC Creo simulation tools support

digital “spray studies,” reducing the

number of late changes needed

• PTC Windchill manages &

synchronizes data for all locations,

connecting processes and geographies

• PTC Creo modules added as needed,

keeping costs down while scaling as

company grows

I n i t i a t i v e s• Reduce design iterations when working

with customers

• Create accurate, testable digital

prototypes

• Streamline engineering change

notification process

• Accommodate growing business

R e s u l t s• Using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, Bowles anticipates 35% fewer

design iterations, both saving time and

inspiring customer confidence

• Engineers evaluate performance of

windshield sprayers, even at speeds of 60

mph, years before OEMs build physical

automobiles

• Plans to base Engineer Change Notice

process on PTC Windchill

• Bowles buys just the software it needs,

spending only ¼ the price of competing

vendors’ products for the same capabilities

At Bowles Fluidics Corporation, the primary mission is to be a world-class

developer and manufacturer of fluid distribution products. For more than 50

years, the company has offered innovative products at low cost in both

automotive and non-automotive markets.

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BRITAX has been a leader in mobile safety for more than 70 years, with a legacy

of leadership in developing innovations that enhance the safety of child car seats

and improve their ease of installation and use. BRITAX’s uncompromising focus

has made it the best-selling child car seat in Europe and one of the brands most

trusted by American parents and caregivers since entering the U.S. market in

1996.

“BRITAX recently made a strategic decision to

standardize on PTC Creo.

Our stroller line was previously designed using

SolidWorks, but after evaluating PTC Creo, it was a

‘no brainer’ to make the switch.

We are now leveraging PTC Creo for double-digit

performance gains in some areas of design.”

BRITAX Product Development Group

PTC Creo lets BRITAX speed concept development by

15%

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“Bringing a new medical device to market requires a great

deal of adjustments. Feedback from focus groups help us to

make the right design choices for the people that will use our

device. By using PTC Creo and PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, we can quickly and easily make changes that

save us days of design work as we develop new prototypes

that we then can test with the intended user or our product.

It’s rewarding when you’re designing devices that make a

difference in people’s lives. ”

Patrick McDermott, Senior Product Design Engineer

CeQur quickly responds to user feedback and saves days of design work

using PTC Creo

CeQur® is dedicated to helping people with type 2 diabetes manage their

disease by developing and commercializing simple drug delivery devices that can

be easily integrated into daily life. The company’s lead product, PaQ ®, is a

wearable insulin delivery device that delivers both basal and bolus insulin for 3

days at a time.

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CeQur quickly responds to user feedback and saves days of design work

using PTC Creo

I n i t i a t i v e s

• Ensure robust surfacing on designs for

reliable manufacturing

• Speed up prototyping

• Respond quickly to tester feedback to

create highly usable product

• Maximize performance of teams

working on PaQ product

• Spend less time preparing for design

reviews

S o l u t i o n s

• Migrated from Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire

4.0 to PTC Creo

• PTC Creo’s surfacing features prevent

errors downstream

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

supports quick changes of last-minute

design work

• Lightweight graphic versions of parts

and assemblies can be selected for

faster download

• Cross-sectioning features eliminate

need for preparing 2D slides of key

areas

R e s u l t s

• Productivity improved 40% in surfacing

activities

• Exploring new designs by modifying

existing models and “pulling and

stretching” concepts into new geometry

save days of work

• Downloading and working with models

is 25% faster

• 40% of time saved preparing for design

reviews

CeQur® is dedicated to helping people with type 2 diabetes manage their

disease by developing and commercializing simple drug delivery devices that can

be easily integrated into daily life. The company’s lead product, PaQ ®, is a

wearable insulin delivery device that delivers both basal and bolus insulin for 3

days at a time.

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“Time is of the essence when putting

together a design: by using PTC Creo

software we have achieved a time-gain of

25% already in cutting back lost time.”

Nico Marini,

Managing Director, Certum Engineering

Certum Engineering replaces Inventor and standardizes

fully on PTC products for automotive design.

Certum Engineering has its field of expertise

within the automotive industry. Designing

and engineering engine rooms, chassis,

integral structures, axle fixation structures,

steering systems, fuel systems, exhaust

systems,…’complete’ vehicles.

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I n i t i a t i v e s R e s u l t s

• Improved working with large

assemblies and its performance

by 25%

• Improved working with Steel and

Aluminum frames by 50%

• Data can flow seamlessly within

the company

• Less failures and errors within

the design process through data

management

S o l u t i o n

A fully integrated package of PTC

Creo and PTC Windchill products:

• PTC Creo Essentials Package

which contains PTC Creo

Parametric and the Flexible

Modeling Extension

• Extensions: Advanced

Assembly Design, Advanced

Framework Design,

Mechanism Dynamics Option.

• Data Management:

PDMEssentials

• While working with PTC

Creo Parametric, Certum got

convinced of the PTC Creo

solution

• Reduce product

development cost,

production cost and improve

product quality

When working with a lot of different suppliers

CAD data is not always native. There are no

struggles with PTC software when dealing

with large assemblies. Even with imported

CAD data.

Certum Engineering replaces Inventor and standardizes

fully on PTC products for automotive design.

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We get a lot of IGES and STEP files from our customers. With the PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, we are now able to make design changes even faster.”

- Daniel Wang, R&D Vice General Manager, CHIH KANG

Industry: Manufacturing

Region: Taiwan

Products: PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

Company Description: Chih Kang Material

Company is an OEM sheet metal fabricator based in Taiwan.

Established in 1995, Chih Kang specializes in sheet metal

fabrication. A strong competitor in the international market,

Chih Kang focuses on advanced sheet metal work.

Company Showcase − CHIH KANG

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Implementing PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension reduced late stage design changes by 15%.”

- Bart Aerens, Managing Director, IMA

Industry: Machinery Design

Region: Belgium

Products: PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

Company Description: IMA is a partner in machinery

design & engineering, construction, automation and maintenance,

where safety, sustainability and cost saving are the main goals for the

customers.

Company Showcase − IMA

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INFOPIA reduces manufacturing time by 30% using PTC

Creo

Infopia was founded in Korea in 1996 developing biosensor technology products including auto

chemical analyzers, blood glucose monitoring systems and HBA1C measuring systems. Infopia

has grown into a publically traded corporation exporting to over 60 countries worldwide. Infopia

continues to expand its technology and product line to include heart disease diagnostic kits,

cancer diagnosing, liver analyzers, and remote treatment systems.

“Using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension we

reduced design times by 30% when working with

IGES and STEP files from other companies.”

Kim Min su

Senior researcher engineer

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S o l u t i o n

Infopia adopted the PTC Creo Essentials Package, which supports the design process from the beginning

I n i t i a t i v e s

Increase collaboration with other

companies using 2D CAD to reduce

problems with changing designs

R e s u l t s

Reduced the development time due to collaborative design

Reduced time-to-design by 30%

Reduced errors resulting from changing of designs

Increased customer’s satisfaction by using 3D models

INFOPIA reduces manufacturing time by 30% using PTC

Creo

Infopia was initially founded in Korea in 1996 developing biosensor technology products

including auto chemical analyzers, blood glucose monitoring systems and HBA1C measuring

systems. Infopia has grown into a publically traded corporation exporting to over 60 countries

worldwide. Infopia continues to expand its technology and product line to include heart disease

diagnostic kits, cancer diagnosing, liver analyzers, and remote treatment systems.

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“PTC Creo helps us to deliver high quality, complex

products in a shorter time frame. Thanks to PTC

Creo we increased revenue by 50.000 € in 2013.

In the past, we used CATIA V5 but later have

moved to PTC Creo. We now have the capability

to easily collaborate with more customers and

deliver work 20% faster than ever before.”

Dirk SeibertzBusiness Owner

Ingenieurdienste Seibertz

Ingenieurdienste Seibertz is an independent partner in the automotive

environment and engineers barrel heads and tooling equipment. Main customers

can be found amongst the suppliers of VW and other OEMs.

Ingenieurdienste Seibertz increased revenue by 50.000 €

using

PTC Creo

Ingenieurdienste Seibertz

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S o l u t i o nI n i t i a t i v e s R e s u l t s

Ingenieurdienste Seibertz increased revenue by 50.000 €

using

PTC Creo

• Expand the company‘s footprint in the

automotive industry

• Eliminate difficulty in recognizing and

changing patterns automatically

• Engineer complex products for the target

market

• Address collaboration needs with

customers

• PTC Creo helps Ingenieurdienste

Seibertz to meet customer expectations

regarding quality

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

helps to solve the challenge of changes

of patterns

• PTC Creo is efficiently used for concept

design and development of products

using parametric models

• High customer satisfaction through

increased quality

• Using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, Seibertz can now make

faster changes to geometry and avoid

reverse engineering the model resulting

in 20% time savings

• Increased revenue by 50.000 € in 2013

compared to 2012

Ingenieurdienste SeibertzIngenieurdienste Seibertz is an independent partner in the automotive

environment and engineers barrel heads and tooling equipment. Main customers

can be found amongst the suppliers of VW and other OEMs.

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“As we work with multiple groups, we have to

incorporate CAD data from multiple CAD systems.

With PTC Creo, we can read and modify those files

directly in our system, and it’s definitely a quicker

approach.

Many of the features that come with PTC Creo save

Intel time and money.

For example, use of lightweight graphics reduce the

time it takes to work with large assemblies from

minutes to seconds.”

Glen Hanna, System Platform Architect, Intel

Intel Cuts Task Time Up To 17x With PTC Creo

Intel is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds

the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s computing

devices.

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Jandia Engineering Reduced New Product Lead Time by

30% Using PTC Creo

Jandia Engineering is a subsidiary of Fein Power tool. They are an offshore CAD

drawing, drafting, designing and conversion BPO service provider from India. They

specialize in providing Mechanical Engineering CAD outsourcing services.

“Jandia is able to support new product

development with increased quality and

reduced cost by 30% using PTC Creo.”

B.T. Vijayakumar,

Managing Director

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Solution• Jandia Engineering upgraded from

Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 to PTC

Creo

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension is used to manage late

stage design changes and reduce

errors

Initiatives• Jandia needed a design software to help

the team develop and deliver new

products with less lead time and higher

quality

• Reduce manufacturing cost by digital

prototyping

• Standardize CAD platform across global

design groups

Results• New product development lead time

has been reduced by 30%

• Manufacturing cost have been

reduced by 30% through use of digital

mock ups

• Improved communication across the

global design groups

• Large assembly management time

reduced by 15%

Jandia Engineering is a subsidiary of Fein Power tool. They are an offshore CAD

drawing, drafting, designing and conversion BPO service provider from India. They

specialize in providing Mechanical Engineering CAD outsourcing services.

Jandia Engineering Reduced New Product Lead Time by

30% Using PTC Creo

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JB-Konstruktion supports customers in all stages throughout the

entire development chain in tool making. With years of experience

and industry knowledge, use of modern development tools and

innovative solution concepts the design specialist is a partner of

choice for the plastics processing industry. JB-Konstruktion

specializes in plastic-compatible (re)design of injection molded parts

to developing and optimizing complete mold assemblies.

“Using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension (FMX)

allows us to easily relocate a dome, remove radii or

add drafts. The ability of directly modeling 3rd party or

parametric parts has really improved our work.

Sometimes we're up to 90% faster; just a few parts

and FMX has paid off.“

“We are still exploring the full potential of parametric

design within an associative development chain from

part to tool assembly with PTC Creo: replace or

modify the reference part, regenerate and done!“

Jürgen Brichta CEO, JB-Konstruktion

JB-Konstruktion benefits from a 90% time savings in tool and mold

design using PTC Creo

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S o l u t i o n• Upgraded from Pro/ENGINEER

Wildfire 5.0 to PTC Creo

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension is used for direct

modeling of parametric geometry

and easily opens 3rd party data

• PTC Creo Complete Mold Design

Extension is used for specialized

mold assemblies

• Easy to use interface

I n i t i a t i v e s• Include direct modeling for

redesigning, quick geometry

modification for tool design, change

management, and variant design

• Need bidirectional data interchange

with customer CAD systems without

rework

• Take advantage of a parametric

development environment with

integrated, fully associative mold

features especially for multiple usage

of tools/molds and variants

• Increase CAD user productivity

through faster handling via the new

interface

R e s u l t s• Up to 90% time savings when

redesigning products through direct

modeling using PTC Creo Flexible

Modeling Extension

• 50% faster at modification and

variant design in mold construction

with PTC Creo Complete Mold

Design Extension

• Tools and molds designed with PTC

Creo are 100% accurate

• Significantly less mouse interaction

and faster access via the new user

interface

JB-Konstruktion benefits from a 90% time savings in tool and mold

design using PTC Creo

JB-Konstruktion supports customers in all stages throughout the entire

development chain in tool making. With years of experience and

industry knowledge, use of modern development tools and innovative

solution concepts the design specialist is a partner of choice for the

plastics processing industry. JB-Konstruktion specializes in plastic-

compatible (re)design of injection molded parts to developing and

optimizing complete mold assemblies.

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K’NEX reduces concept development time by 50% with PTC

Creo

K'NEX Brands, L.P. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Hatfield,

Pennsylvania. K'NEX Brands, the world’s most innovative construction toy

company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world’s

leading integrated construction systems for children, and is America’s STEM

building solution.

“With PTC Creo we can rapidly model and prototype

pieces that were critical to constructing the Atomic

Coaster. Functions that took 6 hours now take 3

hours. PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension (FMX)

allows engineers to easily select and edit a range of

geometry and features.

PTC Creo features made creating instructions for the

1000+ piece K’NEX Atomic Coaster a snap, and the

new user interface is great.”

Michael Klitsch, Senior Designer

Lincoln Logs®*

*Licensed by Hasbro

K’NEX Atomic Coaster

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K’NEX reduces concept development time by 50% with PTC

Creo

S o l u t i o n

• PTC Creo enables engineers to create

multiple design iterations before

prototyping

• The Freestyle capability allows us to

freeform shapes and surfaces quickly

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

(FMX) allows engineers to easily select

and edit a range of geometry and

features

• Functionality in PTC Creo allows us to

create instructions for toys

I n i t i a t i v e s

• Reduce product design time and

increase productivity to improve time to

market

• Maintain development of high quality

toys and reduce errors

• Select and standardize on a single

product solution across the company for

designing and managing projects

R e s u l t s

• Eliminated two design iterations and

reduced concept development time by

50%

• PTC Creo helps to develop 1,000 parts

in the Atomic Coaster accurately to

maintain surface quality and product

safety

• Evaluated SolidWorks and determined

PTC was the best solution and easy for

new engineers to learn. All Design

Engineers are using PTC Creo

K'NEX Brands, L.P. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Hatfield,

Pennsylvania. K'NEX Brands, the world’s most innovative construction toy

company, was established to make and sell what has become one of the world’s

leading integrated construction systems for children, and is America’s STEM

building solution.

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“PTC Creo helped us speed up the

product development process with its

variant design functions.

The Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

helps us to handle IGES and STEP file

that we receive from our customers

models.

We’ve been able to cut our development

time by 20%.”

Chadwick Lai, Section Manager, Optic

Technology Department

PixArt Accelerates Product Development by 20%

with PTC Creo

Founded in 1998, PixArt Technologies is a

leading global provider of CMOS image

sensors. PixArt has extensive experience in

analog IC, image sensor IC designing, and

image-processing algorithm IC design.

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S o l u t i o n• PTC Creo enables concurrent

engineering which speed up the

product development process

• Engineers can easily modify

IGES/STEP files with PTC Creo

Flexible Modeling Extension (FMX)

I n i t i a t i v e s• Integrated optical design with

mechanical engineering

• Improve editing of IGES/STEP files

R e s u l t s• Accelerated the entire product

development process by 20%

• PixArt is able to quickly respond to

customer requests

• Mechanical Engineers get involved

in the product development process

earlier, saving time and rework

Founded in 1998, PixArt Technologies is a leading

global provider of CMOS image sensors. PixArt

has extensive experience in analog IC, image

sensor IC designing, and image-processing

algorithm IC design.

PixArt Accelerates Product Development by 20%

with PTC Creo

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Playmobil Creates Assembly Instructions 50% Faster

with PTC Creo

geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co.KG is the producer of PLAYMOBIL® and

Germany´s largest toy manufacturer. Since its inception in 1974,

PLAYMOBIL® has produced over 2.7 billion PLAYMOBIL® figures for children

worldwide.

“With PTC Creo we have a streamlined solution for

the product development process, from concept

design to manufacturing.

Plus, PTC Creo enables us to create assembly

instructions for the online catalogue 50% faster.”

Christian WinterPlaymobil – R&D

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S o l u t i o n• Use PTC Creo for the entire product

development process

• Use PTC Creo’s concept design tools

such as PTC Creo Freestyle for concept

design

• Easily share concept design details

with manufacturing for prototypes using

PTC Creo

• Use PTC Creo Flexible modeling for

late state direct and parametric

modeling changes

• Use PTC Creo for assembly

instructions

I n i t i a t i v e s• Use one solution for the product

development process instead of

disparate systems

• Design product concepts in 3D CAD

software instead of by hand

• Integrate prototype and manufacturing

details in concept designs for 3rd party

manufacturers

• Integrate technical documentations and

illustrations

R e s u l t s• Streamlined the overall product

development process from concept

design to manufacturing with PTC Creo

• Reduced the overall process time 25%

by integrating manufacturing details in

the product concept designs

• Created assembly instructions for the

online catalogue 50% faster

Playmobil Creates Assembly Instructions 50% Faster

with PTC Creo

geobra Brandstätter GmbH & Co.KG is the producer of PLAYMOBIL® and

Germany´s largest toy manufacturer. Since its inception in 1974,

PLAYMOBIL® has produced over 2.7 billion PLAYMOBIL® figures for children

worldwide.

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PTC Creo Parametric has enabled us to reduce our design time by approximately 20 – 30 %. We can make

radical design changes much faster.”

- Mr. Girish Kathuria , Chief Operating Officer & Head Engg.

Company Showcase − Sanrok

Industry: Railway Component Manufacturer

Region: India

Products: PTC Creo Parametric, PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Extension, PTC Creo Intelligent Fastener Extension

Company Description: Sanrok, an ISO 9001-2000 certified

firm, is a leader in providing rail freight operators and car builders

with innovative engineering products, services and solutions.

Trackwork products include long life rail pads and rail fastening

systems, rail anchors, air brake hose couplings, brake cylinders and

other track accessories.

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PTC Creo improved our design process. Not only is PTC Creo Flexible Modeling invaluable for working

with late stage changes, but it ultimately reduced our design time by almost 30%. Plus, it has helped us

to design more efficiently and share data faster between different processes and departments.”

- Michael Lee, CIO, SANYO

Industry: Consumer Electronics

Region: Taiwan

Products: PTC Creo Flexible Modeling

Company Description: Sanyo Electric (Taiwan)

Co., Ltd. primarily manufactures and distributes household

electrical appliances in addition to wireless products and

small household electrical appliances.

Company Showcase − SANYO

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“PTC Creo gives me the ability to create libraries

and, as they grow, the tools within PTC Creo

scalesand make creating new assemblies easier

I model my customers files and increase their

libraries. The best feature of PTC Creo is the ability

to upload and streamline models from other CAD

systems without errors. This saves me a

tremendous amount of time.”

Robert Antonelli

CEO and Founder

SEPCON Solutions

SEPCON saves over 10 hours a week using PTC Creo

SEPCON provides engineering solutions and strategies which deliver long term benefits, based

upon our clients key business requirements. The strategies involved are economical, efficient,

durable, flexible and allow the organization to respond rapidly to both market and customer needs.

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S o l u t i o n

• PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

is used to manage changes and

reduce errors

• Multi-CAD functionality and PTC Creo’s

ease of use make it simple to upload

CAD files and STEP files with no re-

work or errors, including 2D files

• PTC Creo provides the ability to view a

part in 3D and easily confirm design

intent

I n i t i a t i v e s

• Supply a high quality on-call systems

engineering process solution to

develop highly technical products

• Easily import data and modify imported

files from other CAD systems including

STEP files

• Increase the part libraries of our

customers files and create new

assembly configurations

R e s u l t s

• PTC Creo delivers a time savings of a

minimum of 10 hours per week

• SEPCON has more time to service

customers quickly and accurately resulting

from the 40% savings in overall time

• PTC Creo provides the ability to upload

and streamline models from other CAD

systems without errors

• SEPCON eliminated the need to remodel

parts/files from 2D into 3D saving the team

80 hours in total per project

SEPCON provides engineering solutions and strategies which deliver long term

benefits, based upon our clients key business requirements. The strategies

involved are economical, efficient, durable, flexible and allow the organization to

respond rapidly to both market and customer needs.

SEPCON saves over 10 hours a week using PTC Creo

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Specialized Bicycle Components is the global leader in the designing and

manufacturing of high performing technologically advanced bicycles, components

and cycling apparel for world champion riders and cycling enthusiasts. Founded

in 1974 and headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA. Specialized is a global company

with offices throughout the world.

“We leverage a team of engineers and industrial

designers to bring a much more complex bike to

market.

PTC Creo has allowed us to boost productivity by

about 20 - 30% and foster more creativity.

Late stage design changes allow model changes in

2-3 hours, compared to a process that previously

took 2-3 days.”

Ross GalsonCAD Administrator

Specialized Boosts Productivity by 20-30% with PTC

Creo

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“PTC Creo Parametric is our main CAD tool for

designing and engineering from concept to end

product. Not only does it have excellent modelling and

visualization performance, it also has a good interface

to other CAD products.

Its fast and accurate performance allows us to turn our

customers’ dreams into a reality.”

Dirk Van de Weyer, Managing Director, SpinCED

SpinCED Cuts Time Spent on Design Changes by 30% with

PTC Creo Parametric

SpinCED is a product and engineering design company that

specializes in vehicle and equipment design. Their services include

industrial design, detailed engineering, prototyping and

manufacturing as well as engineering services.

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I n i t i a t i v e s R e s u l t s• With PTC Flexible Modeling Extension,

changes that used to take hours took a

fraction of the time

- Design changes were completed

30% faster using Flexible Modeling

Extension

• Faster design changes enabled greater

collaboration with customers

• Engineers spent more time on optimizing

concepts and less time on detailed design

work

S o l u t i o n• Upgrade to PTC Creo

• Implement PTC Flexible Modeling

Extension (FMX) to:

- Make fast, easy changes to

parametric geometry regardless of

design intent

- Eliminate wasted time spent

rebuilding geometry to implement

change

• Reduce product development cost

• Reduce production cost

• Improve product quality

SpinCED Cuts Time Spent on Design Changes by 30% with PTC Creo

Parametric

SpinCED provides engineering design services including industrial

design, detailed engineering and prototyping as well as special CAD

services. They have a strong focus on vehicle and equipment

design.

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We needed to integrate the ideas from multiple disciplines into one digital design. PTC Creo’s

Unite Technology allowed us to seamlessly incorporate CAD files from numerous sources, which

made it possible for us to accept changes from suppliers or re-purpose the data ourselves.”

- John Margicin, Associate Member Technical Staff, SRI International

Industry: High Technology

Region: Princeton, NJ

Products: PTC Creo 3.0 Unite and Flexible Modeling

Company Description: SRI International is a nonprofit, independent

research center serving government and industry. SRI moves R&D from the

laboratory to the marketplace to create high value and real innovation. Our

research and innovations have led to new industries and products that impact

people’s lives every day—from the computer mouse and interactive

computing to medical ultrasound, cancer drugs, and much more.

Company Showcase − SRI International

IOM RapID-Cam™ II

Handheld Biometric System

IOM PassPort™ SL

Walk-Through Biometric System

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Stettler Improves Design Collaboration with PTC Creo

Stettler Kunststofftechnik specializes in the manufacturing of complex high-tolerance, high-

quality polymer components. Stettler has 90 employees and has world-class clients including

Bosch, Delphi, ZF, and Cherry

“Our customers send us CATIA or Unigraphics models. With

the flexible modeling capabilities, we can modify those models

for our needs when creating the molds. There’s lots of

changes we make. PTC Creo is very good in working on

models from other CAD tools and formats.”

Karsten DempertProduct development

Stettler Kunststofftechnik

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“PTC Creo is a powerful and stable design platform, it

can meet all requirements of our product design

process. After PTC Creo adopted by Shanghai Yuan

Zhao company, We changed the existing design

method. It doesn’t bring us the pain due to design tool

change, but to speed up the efficiency of our design

and shorten the design cycle. We can reuse the

legacy data effectively in PTC Creo environment.”

Wei Guo Wang, Supervisor of R&D

Tengen selects PTC Creo as a unified design platform

Tengen Group Co., Ltd. is one of the largest scale enterprises of industrial

equipment. Its general headquarters lies in "China Electric Appliance Capital",

Liushi, Wenzhou. It has successively won honorary titles such as national large-

scale enterprise, national level enterprise, China's electric top 100 enterprise,

China mechanical top 100 enterprise, and China's top 100 manufacturer. The

product quality of Tengen Group has been strictly controlled in each working

procedure, and many kinds of internationalization standard quality guaranteed

systems can be highly effective under the company's strict monitoring.

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S o l u t i o n• PTC Creo was adopted as unified design

platform. The successful realization of 3D design association with 2D drawing in a single design platform.

• The successful application of PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension method, realize the fast design change in late stage. And reuse and edit the different format legacy date efficiently.

• Leverage PTC e-Learning system to consolidate and strengthen the Creo adoption.

I n i t i a t i v e s• To share 3D design data in all

departments. There were several 3D design software tools to be used. It is difficult to share design data between different departments.

• To select a unified 3D design platform, in order to associate 3D design and 2D drawing. Reduce to regenerate 2D drawing after 3D design change.

• Fast design change in late stage.

• Reuse the legacy data efficiently.

R e s u l t s• PTC Creo is unified design platform of

Tengen. Eliminate data exchange in whole process of product development. Shorten the design cycle.

• The successful realization of 3D design association with 2D drawing in PTC Creo. reduced the previous design changes brought by the 2D to figure out the waste of time, reducing the error rate, improve the efficiency of design.

• Modify the design of fast and efficient response to customer needs in the late stage, improve customer satisfaction.

Tengen selects PTC Creo as a unified design platform

Tengen Group Co., Ltd. is one of the largest scale enterprises of industrial

equipment. Its general headquarters lies in "China Electric Appliance Capital",

Liushi, Wenzhou. It has successively won honorary titles such as national large-

scale enterprise, national level enterprise, China's electric top 100 enterprise,

China mechanical top 100 enterprise, and China's top 100 manufacturer. The

product quality of Tengen Group has been strictly controlled in each working

procedure, and many kinds of internationalization standard quality guaranteed

systems can be highly effective under the company's strict monitoring.

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“The most recent version of PTC Creo includes enhanced

capabilities that have helped us improve our mold design

efficiency.

Using a PTC University consultant, we delivered informative

training to the team, which resulted in faster adoption.”

Shen yang LiaoManager of Mold Design department

PTC Creo Improves TONTEC’s Mold Design Efficiency Up to 15%

Tontec International, Ltd. offers mold design, tooling, and molding services and is

equipped with sophisticated manufacturing and assembly facilities. It has one of the most

advanced factories of its kind in mainland China. Tontec's expertise spans plastic

injection molding, metal stamping, mold and die making, silk-screen and pad printing,

spray painting, and assembly.

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S o l u t i o n• Upgraded from Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 4.0 to

PTC Creo for improved mold design features

• Move from PTC Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to PTC Windchill PDMLink 10.1 to optimize the PDM system for client applications

• Use PTC Creo View Lite for collaboration with casual users

• Work easily with client and vendor data using PTC Creo Flexible Modeling Extension

• Enlist PTC e-Learning to ensure reinstallation and reconfiguration run smoothly

I n i t i a t i v e s• Improve efficiency and retain

compatibility with PDM and client software environments

• Establish a stable PDM system to manage enormous volume of design data

• Improve mold quality and performance

• Reduce mold development cost

R e s u l t s• Mold design efficiency improved up to 15%

• Design rework reduced by up to 30%

• Existing design and third party data is easy to edit

• Collaboration between all departments and partners is improved by 25%

• PTC University consultant delivered informative training to the team, which resulted in faster adoption

PTC Creo Improves TONTEC’s Mold Design Efficiency Up to 15%

Tontec International, Ltd. offers mold design, tooling, and molding services and is

equipped with sophisticated manufacturing and assembly facilities. It has one of the most

advanced factories of its kind in mainland China. Tontec's expertise spans plastic

injection molding, metal stamping, mold and die making, silk-screen and pad printing,

spray painting, and assembly.