Case Study: Grosso reduces shoe production time by 90% with 3D Systems' Cimatron CAD/CAM software

Grosso Reduces Shoe Production time by 90% with Cimatron CAD/CAM software

Grosso, a veteran mold-design company in Civitanova, Marche, Italy, designs and produces sole models and molds for major sports and fashion shoe brands. The company faced complex challenges: intricate surface details (beads and bumps) that were time-consuming to model, multiple-material molding requirements, frequent design changes, and non-uniform scaling across sizes — all in a market where speed, cost and quality are critical.

Grosso implemented 3D Systems’ Cimatron CAD/CAM with the ShoeExpress module, which streamlines bump duplication from 2D to 3D, automates multi-factor size scaling, and generates toolpaths for simultaneous machine operation. The result was dramatically faster production and higher-quality finishes — delivery times fell to one tenth of their former duration while shape and surface quality improved.

Grosso

Paolo Grosso

Owner