Case Study: Innovative Plastech, Inc. achieves 50% increase in thermoformed design throughput with SOLIDWORKS

Ramping Up Thermoformed Product Design Throughput with SOLIDWORKS

Innovative Plastech, Inc., a custom thermoformer of packaging and tooling, faced the need to maximize thermoformed product design throughput, improve quality, and streamline processes without adding resources. To meet this challenge they moved from 2D AutoCAD to a 3D platform and selected SolidWorks, implementing SOLIDWORKS Professional and SOLIDWORKS Premium along with eDrawings and DraftSight for 2D support and customer review.

SolidWorks’ surfacing, mold design, visualization and verification tools — combined with integrations to partners for tooling — let Innovative Plastech automate design reuse, validate parts virtually, and speed tooling handoff. As a result, IPI increased development throughput by 50%, reduced scrap and rework exponentially, improved customer communications, and eliminated 2D licensing costs for laser cutting.

Innovative Plastech, Inc.

Denny Bahl

Engineering Manager