Tigercat
Manufacturer of Forestry Heavy Equipment
Tigercat designs and manufactures premium quality forestry and off-road equipment with manufacturing facilities in Canada and Sweden. The diverse forestry line includes complete full-tree and cut-to-length harvesting systems.
Company: Tigercat
Location: Paris, Ontario
URL: www.tigercat.com
Industry: Heavy Equipment - Forestry
Previous CAD: AutoCAD
Products used: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM
The Challenge
Tigercat Industries is committed to using the latest, most-efficient product design and manufacturing technologies to react quickly to market and customer demands and to maintain its leadership position in the market. Tigercat implemented the SolidWorks 3D design platform in 2001 and added SolidWorks Simulation software shortly thereafter. To gain even greater product development efficiencies, Tigercat evaluated available Product Data Management solutions in 2006.
The Solution
Tigercat chose SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software because of its ease of use, integration with SolidWorks software, customization potential, and the support of Javelin Technologies. By deploying SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software, Tigercat improved its engineering speed and flexibility, increased design collaboration and access, eliminated costly paper documentation, and standardized its workflows to become more efficient.
Results
- Improved engineering speed and flexibility
- Increased design collaboration and access
- Eliminated costly paper documentation
- Standardized workflows to become more efficient
With the [SolidWorks Enterprise] PDM system, all of our plants run differently and more efficiently.”
Corey Vantilborg, Engineering Systems Administrator, Tigercat
