Case Study: Robert Welch Designs Ltd. achieves award-winning, faster-to-market cutlery design with SOLIDWORKS

Robert Welch Designs Turns Silverware into an Art Form With SOLIDWORKS

Robert Welch Designs Ltd., the Cotswolds-based maker of high-quality stainless steel cutlery since 1955, faced the challenge of developing a new Signature Non‑Stick Utensil range using tougher nylon and needed more advanced surfacing, simulation and intuitive 3D CAD tools. To meet those requirements, Robert Welch Designs Ltd. turned to SolidWorks for its advanced 3D CAD, simulation and surfacing capabilities.

SolidWorks was rolled out across the company’s design process, enabling complex 3D modelling, physics-based stress simulation and features like the Wizard Pattern to create the range’s distinctive motif. The move cut development time and material waste, sped time-to-market and produced award-winning products—the Signature Cookbook & Tablet Stand won an Excellence in Housewares Award—demonstrating SolidWorks’ measurable impact on design quality and efficiency.

Robert Welch Designs Ltd.