Delcam has been confirmed as the leading international supplier of manufacturing software to the mould, tool and die industry in the latest publication from CIMdata.

Delcam has been confirmed as the leading international supplier of manufacturing software to the mould, tool and die industry in the latest publication from renowned US consulting and market research firm CIMdata. The company was also one of the fastest growing manufacturing software suppliers to all industries during 1999. The report, NC Software and Related Services Market Assessment, names Delcam as the leading supplier to the toolmaking industry in both North America and in Europe, and places the company third in the Asia-Pacific region behind Graphic Products and Hitachi Zosen, two Japanese suppliers that dominate their home market.

Delcam is the only supplier that appears in the top three rankings in all three geographic areas.

Delcam was also the largest specialist supplier of manufacturing software to the automotive industry.

This sector is dominated by suppliers of integrated design, data management and manufacturing systems, such as CATIA from Dassault and Unigraphics.

Delcam is, however, a bigger supplier of cam software to the automotive industry than SDRC, despite the latter's position as the preferred supplier to Ford.

Delcam's record sales in 1999 made it one of the fastest growing suppliers.

The company's end-user payments increased by 20%, almost three times the 6.8% growth recorded for the total market.

Of the leading ten developers, Delcam's growth was second only to Unigraphics, which showed an exceptional increase due, in part, to the company's acquisition of another major supplier, Applicon.

Delcam is forecast to show further gains in market share during this year.

Commenting on the results, Delcam's Managing Director Hugh Humphreys said, 'I am delighted that our position has been confirmed as the leading supplier of NC software and services to the toolmaking industry.

However, we need to ensure that we continue to increase our market share in the future.

To this end, we will be delivering a major upgrade to our PowerMILL machining software in the summer.

This will give our customers even greater flexibility and productivity in all their machining operations.'