Consumer Products

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation

"By using SolidWorks, we have reduced manufacturing time by at least 20 percent across the board, and have boosted production throughput by creating better tooling and taking advantage of better CAM programming.”

- Glen Dominick, Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Consumers worldwide demand reliable, cutting-edge products that deliver outstanding value. Higher sales, market prestige, and brand loyalty are the rewards for companies that create those products.

SolidWorks provides integrated product development solutions that cover the full range of modeling, simulation, and communication that consumer product designers need to develop better products faster – and at lower cost.

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	How SolidWorks Speeds Consumer Product Design Consumer product design is one of the most challenging environments which professionals must create and collaborate in to create products that are both functional and desirable.
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	Artitalia Group, Inc. Artitalia Group, Inc., is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom-built display fixtures for top retailers ranging from Target and JCPenney to Microsoft and Loto-Québec.
	Cane Creek Cycling Components Cane Creek Cycling Components developed the patented headset technology that couples a bike’s frame to its front fork on virtually all commercially produced bicycles.
	Davis Furniture Industries, Inc. Davis Furniture Industries, Inc., a family-owned and -operated manufacturer of contemporary office furniture, is a leader in the contract furniture industry—manufacturing institutional furniture for universities, hospitals, and office buildings. The company used AutoCAD® 2D design tools until 2003, when management decided to upgrade to a 3D parametric design environment to support its planned product line expansion.
	Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a leading manufacturer of stringed instruments, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as guitar amplifiers.
	JUGS Sports, Inc. JUGS Sports, Inc., is the world’s leading producer of baseball-pitching machines, softball-pitching machines, batting cages, radar guns, and other sports-related practice equipment. To respond to increasing competition, the manufacturer needed a 3D design system that would enable it to efficiently expand its product line and introduce innovative concepts
	Wolverine Worldwide Inc. Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. manufactures more than a dozen footwear brands—including well-known names like Hush Puppies, Merrell, and Wolverine—doing business in 190 countries and various footwear categories. Until 2001, Wolverine used the Pro/ENGINEER® CAD system to develop its products. At that time, usability and cost issues, and management’s plans to grow the company’s product offering, prompted Wolverine to evaluate other 3D design platforms