Case Study: Criotec achieves 50% faster product development and 30% more development capacity with Solid Edge

Custom refrigeration equipment manufacturer designs products 50 percent faster using Solid Edge and Simcenter Femap

Criotec, a Mexican manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment, needed to shorten response and customization times, speed up new design development, and increase new product development capacity by 30%. To achieve this, the company adopted Siemens Digital Industries Software tools, primarily Solid Edge (with Simcenter Femap for FEA), to modernize its product development and PLM processes.

Using Solid Edge for 3D part and assembly modeling, synchronous technology and exploded views, together with Simcenter Femap for finite element analysis, Criotec moved to fast digital validation and reduced design iteration. As a result, new product development time was cut by about 50% (from 8–10 months to 4–5 months), capacity for new product development rose by 30% annually, physical validations were largely eliminated, and the company realized significant material and labor savings—demonstrating clear measurable impact from Solid Edge.

Criotec

Eduin Villanueva

Engineering Manager