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Pol-Eko-Aparatura Reduces development time by 50% with CATIA PLM Express

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Customer Company Size
SME
Region
  • Europe
Country
  • Poland
Product
  • CATIA PLM Express
Tech Stack
  • CAD system
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
  • Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
  • Product Research & Development
  • Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
  • Manufacturing System Automation
  • Rapid Prototyping
Services
  • Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Pol-Eko-Aparatura is a leading Polish producer of laboratory equipment including thermostatic cabinets, laboratory refrigerators and freezers, incubators, heating and drying ovens, and laboratory homogenizers. Founded in 1991, the 90-employee strong company today exports to more than 25 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. In the highly specialized laboratory equipment market, Pol-Eko-Aparatura faces stiff competition from neighboring Germany. Lower product costs due in part to lower Polish wages gives Pol-Eko-Aparatura a competitive advantage over its German rivals. But this is not enough to guarantee success. Consequently, Pol-Eko-Aparatura has focused on reducing time-to-market while maintaining high standards of design quality.
The Challenge
Pol-Eko-Aparatura, a leading Polish producer of laboratory equipment, was facing the challenge of meeting the demands of its growing customer base without increasing cost or compromising quality. The company was operating in a highly specialized laboratory equipment market, facing stiff competition from neighboring Germany. While lower product costs due to lower Polish wages gave Pol-Eko-Aparatura a competitive advantage over its German rivals, it was not enough to guarantee success. Therefore, the company focused on reducing time-to-market while maintaining high standards of design quality. The company was using a third-party CAD system, which was not efficient enough to meet their needs.
The Solution
Pol-Eko-Aparatura adopted CATIA PLM Express in early 2008, switching from a third-party CAD system. The ability to design in-context and work on entire assemblies was the principle reason why the company made the move to CATIA. CATIA PLM Express also enables the engineers to work from a single version or master model of a product, which reduced the chances of error. CATIA’s generative and associative drawing features enable Pol-Eko-Aparatura to automatically generate drawings from the 3D master model. The company leverages the 3D nature of CATIA designs to gain valuable input from customers early on in the development process. Once the customer approves the design, Pol-Eko-Aparatura then proceeds with the series production.
Operational Impact
  • Pol-Eko-Aparatura was able to avoid costly redesign work.
  • The company was able to cut development cycle times in half.
  • The engineers were able to gain visibility and avoid downstream production problems.
  • The company was able to handle more orders, which not only made their customers happy, but their management as well.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Reduced development time by 50%
  • Handled a project from A to Z in half the time it would have taken before

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