IronCAD, LLC and CAXA Announce Multifaceted

Strategic Partnership for Growing Chinese MCAD Market

 

ATLANTA, GA., August 8, 2001— IronCAD, LLC, the innovation leader in productive solid modeling, today announced the details of a strategic partnership with CAXA, China’s largest CAD/CAM software and service provider. Under the terms of the agreement, CAXA will incorporate IronCADÒ technology into its solution suite, extending its existing CAD/CAM offering to provide customers with comprehensive and innovative solid modeling functionality. In addition, both companies will jointly promote the integrated applications to Asian customers. 

 

The partnership provides CAXA with a competitive advantage for meeting the growing and changing needs of the Chinese marketplace. Chinese CAD industry experts believe that today’s trend toward vertical integration in manufacturing combined with the fast growth of Internet technology necessitate the adoption of new CAD technologies with innovative design approach to solid modeling. According to Dr. Lei Yi, CAXA’s President, “The strategic partnership between CAXA and IronCAD, two CAD software companies with many leading technologies, will create deep and long-term influence for CAD application development in China. We believe that IronCAD brings state-of-the-art modeling technology and an innovative design focus that will provide excellent benefits to our customers.”

 

IronCAD was chosen from among leading solid modeling vendors worldwide to provide the technology for CAXA’s new solid modeling solution. “We are pleased that CAXA has chosen IronCAD, LLC as its partner. Our team has worked very hard to create a company and products that are attractive to solution providers throughout the world,” said Dr. Tao-Yang Han, IronCAD president. “This agreement brings us a step closer to accomplishing our mission to become the world’s leading provider of innovative design solutions that deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction and productivity.”

 

CAXA, with a customer base of over 50,000, is IronCAD’s first Chinese partner.

 

About CAXA

CAXA currently holds the largest market share in China’s CAD/CAM software and service market and has been chosen as a Chinese “Ten Best Local-Made Software” company for the past 4 years. The company focuses on developing and implementing professional CAD/CAM software for small-to-mid-size companies and personal users. Its emphasis on ease-of-use has resulted in broad acceptance and market dominance for its CAD software. In addition, CAXA is a major CAM software vendor in the Chinese NC control market. For more information, visit www.caxa.com. 

 

About IronCAD, LLC

Based in Atlanta, GA, IronCAD, LLC is a leading provider of innovative design solutions that deliver the highest levels of customer satisfaction and productivity. Its flagship product, IRONCADÒ, is a revolutionary design solution that incorporated the first new solid modeling architecture in a decade, enabling an innovative drag-and-drop design approach that maximizes productivity. IRONCAD is used by customers throughout the world, including Alcoa, Siemens, Weil Engineering, Raytheon and Robert Bosch. For additional information, please contact IronCAD, LLC at 1-800-339-7304 or www.ironcad.com.

 

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Editorial Contacts:

Shaun Murphy

IronCAD, LLC

678-202-8323

smurphy@ironcad.com