Irvine, CA (April 2002) – CGTech announces the Technology Partnership with CIMCO Integration, LLC. The partnership was established in March to jointly promote CGTech’s VERICUT® and CIMCO’s DNC-Max™, and CIMCO Edit™ solutions as well as facilitate joint development projects to integrate the complementary technologies.
Anthony W. Graves, Vice President of CIMCO Integration, LLC, states, ‘CGTech is the recognized world leader in verification and machine simulation solutions. As standard bearers in our respective industries this new relationship between our two companies confirms our commitment and mutual desire to provide customers around the world with the very best in quality, performance, and innovation. We are proud to be partnered with such a first class organization.”
‘We’re excited about the relationship with CIMCO”, commented CGTech’s product marketing representative, Serge Viau. ‘They have an outstanding reputation, and it enables us to better support our customers with solutions geared towards the verification and communication of CNC program data. We have plans to integrate VERICUT with CIMCO’s DNC and CNC program editing tools.”
About CG Tech Headquartered in Irvine, California, CGTech specializes in numerical control (NC/CNC) simulation and verification software technology for manufacturing. In business since 1988, CGTech has offices in the United States, UK, France, and Germany, and has resellers world-wide. VERICUT software verifies the accuracy of NC programs before manual prove-out, It simulates NC machines and machining for milling, drilling, turning, mill/turn, and wire EDM operations and supports G-codes and CAM output. It also optimizes programs for more efficient machining, increased surface finish quality, and longer tool life.
About CIMCO Integration CIMCO Integration, headquartered in Sterling, Massachusetts and Virum, Denmark specializes in DNC and CNC communication solutions as well as software technology for CNC program editing, filtering, and optimization. CIMCO was founded in 1991. Represented by a distribution channel of more than 150 value-added-resellers and system’s integrators, CIMCO technology is utilized in the automotive, aerospace, industrial manufacturing, and job shop supplier markets in more than thirty of the world’s most industrialized nations.
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For more information, contact: Bryan Jacobs (949) 753-1050 info@cgtech.com
CGTech, OptiPath, and VERICUT are registered trademarks of CGTech.
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