Case Study: Nortool Precision Machining & Tool achieves 20–30% design productivity gains and faster time-to-market with 3D Systems' CimatronE

Nortool Improves Productivity in Die Design and Production with Cimatron CAD/CAM Software

Nortool Precision Machining & Tool, a division of Norco Industries in Elkhart, provides prototyping, progressive die design, assembly/welding and precision machining for the automotive and manufacturing sectors. Facing faster client turnaround demands, growing part and mold complexity, and inefficiencies from multiple software platforms, Nortool needed a way to shorten production cycles, reduce errors and lower costs.

Nortool standardized on CimatronE (DieDesign and NC) as a single 3D platform across design and manufacturing. The change eliminated cross-platform errors, streamlined engineering change orders, sped time to market, improved quoting accuracy, and boosted design productivity by 20–30%, while enabling better handling of complex molds and clearer company-wide visibility and communication.

Nortool Precision Machining & Tool

David Lindemann

Project Engineer