Delcam

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Delcam is one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM software product development solutions for the manufacturing industry.[1][2] The company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977, after initial development work at Cambridge University, UK. It is now a global developer of product design and manufacturing software, with subsidiaries in North America, Europe and Asia.

[edit] Delcam's History

In 1965 Donald Welbourn, Director in Industrial Co-operation at Cambridge University [1], saw the possibility of using computers to assist pattern makers to solve the problems of modelling difficult 3D shapes. Early sponsorship was provided by Ford, and after agreement to distribute via Control Data in Germany, customers included Volkswagen and Daimler Benz, requiring the establishment of a Birmingham based development centre from 1977.

In 1989, the company was bought from Delta Group in a buyout led by Managing Director Hugh Humphreys. The company was renamed Delcam International in 1991, changed its status to plc and moved to a new purpose built building in Small Heath. In July 1997, Delcam plc was floated on the Alternative Investment Market to expand international operations, resulting in the establishment of over 70 offices.

In 2005 Delcam acquired Salt Lake City based Engineering Geometry Systems.[3] In 2006 the company acquired the PartMaker CAM solution business from IMCS of Philadelphia; and Crispin Dynamics Ltd of Leicester England.

[edit] References

  1. ^ CIMdata. "Largest NC Vendors 2007". Retrieved on November 6, 2007.
  2. ^ CIMdata. "Market Share of Vendors in the Mold, Tool, and Die Market 2007". Retrieved on November 6, 2007.
  3. ^ GDC: Project: Alpha_1