Case Study: CP Manufacturing achieves 4x faster recycling-system development with SOLIDWORKS

Automating Development Of Recycling Plants And Systems With SOLIDWORKS Solutions

CP Manufacturing, a global leader in recycling and waste-separation equipment, needed to build on its existing SolidWorks design, product data management, and technical-communication tools to drive additional productivity and support rapid growth. Having already moved from AutoCAD 2D to SOLIDWORKS 3D (which doubled development speed), CP sought further gains using SolidWorks solutions including SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional, and SOLIDWORKS Composer.

Using the SolidWorks Application Programming Interface (API) and SOLIDWORKS PDM Professional, CP automated workflows—automatically creating models and visuals from sales layouts, generating DXF files for cutting machines, sending engineering notifications, and uploading BOMs into its Epicor ERP—while adding SOLIDWORKS Visualize Professional and Demo3DVR for photo‑realistic visuals and virtual customer walkthroughs. The SolidWorks-driven automation and visualization delivered measurable impact: CP now develops recycling systems four times faster, has tripled its manufacturing facility, doubled its engineering team, and sustained rapid growth.

CP Manufacturing

Jason Kerns

Engineering Manager