Case Study: Optex Co., Ltd achieves company-wide CAD standardization and doubled design efficiency with Altium Designer (Altium)

Optex Co., Ltd - Customer Case Study

Optex Co., Ltd., a technology-focused maker of sensors and imaging products for security, automatic doors, industrial devices, environmental monitoring and traffic systems, faced fragmented electronics design practices: each sales division used different CAD tools, hindering reuse of circuit data, complicating PDM and mechanical-CAD integration, and making compliance with lead-free legislation inefficient. The company set a target to double design efficiency by creating an enterprise-wide information system and selecting a single standard electrical CAD.

To solve this, Optex standardized on Altium Designer company-wide (introduced March 2007), created uniform design rules and a centralized parts library, and built interfaces to PDM and production. The change enabled reuse of circuit diagrams across divisions, reduced design support burden on production, sped up new-product design cycles, and has begun rolling out to partner factories with further integration (e.g., purchasing) planned—delivering measurable improvements in design and manufacturing efficiency.

Optex Co., Ltd

Toru Kamimura

Executive Officer