Case Study: Sunfire GmbH accelerates clean-energy system development and cuts prototypes 30% with SOLIDWORKS

Accelerating Development of Clean Energy Technologies With Solidworks Solutions

Sunfire GmbH, a Dresden-based developer and manufacturer of clean energy systems, needed to accelerate development of its fuel cell, electrolyzer and power-to-liquid technologies by better integrating mechanical and electrical design and linking product data to ERP. To meet this challenge the company expanded its existing SolidWorks platform—adding SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematics, SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional alongside SOLIDWORKS Professional/Premium tools.

By deploying SolidWorks’ integrated mechanical/electrical design and PDM solutions, Sunfire unified schematics, 3D assemblies and BOMs and automated data flow to its ERP system. The SolidWorks implementation reduced the number of prototypes by 30%, shortened design cycles, cut errors and eliminated redundant tasks, enabling faster, more complex product development and streamlined, unified workflows.

Sunfire Gmbh

Wolfgang Staroske

Senior Engineer