Case Study: Benchmade Knife Company achieves 70–80% faster model development and 20–25% quicker time-to-market with PTC

Benchmade saves 70-80% of time on new variants with PTC Creo

Benchmade Knife Company sought to accelerate product development and innovation while cutting costs and reducing errors—especially important given the high-cost materials it uses. To address these challenges Benchmade turned to PTC, implementing PTC Creo for CAD and design reuse alongside PTC Windchill for strict data and lifecycle control.

PTC enabled Benchmade to reuse templates and apply patterning, copy-geometry and top-down design to capture iterations and speed prototyping; Windchill ensured information was under stringent controls. As a result, BenchmadeDevelops new models 70–80% faster than starting from scratch, cut modeling fixturing lead time by 15–20%, eliminated first-build errors (reducing scrap), and shortened time to market by 20–25% using PTC solutions.

Benchmade Knife Company