Case Study: GEOMED® Medizin‑Technik GmbH & Co. KG achieves faster, error‑free product development and improved cross‑site collaboration with SolidWorks

Streamlining the Development of Surgical and Dental Instruments with SOLIDWORKS and 3DEXPERIENCE Works Solutions

GEOMED® Medizin-Technik GmbH & Co. KG, a century‑old manufacturer of surgical and dental instruments with design teams in Germany and Indonesia, faced collaboration challenges—language misunderstandings and a five‑ to six‑hour time difference—that caused delays and design errors. The company already used SolidWorks 3D CAD and AutoCAD but sought a cloud PLM to streamline development, data management, and release workflows.

To address this, GEOMED added 3DEXPERIENCE Works solutions on the cloud‑based 3DEXPERIENCE platform to its SolidWorks installation—including Collaborative Designer for SOLIDWORKS, Collaborative Designer for AutoCAD, Collaborative Industry Innovator and 3DSwymer—to centralize data and enable real‑time collaboration. The SolidWorks‑based implementation improved product development and release processes, shortened design cycles, eliminated language‑related errors, consolidated separate PDM systems into a single PLM, and cut routine modification turnaround from two–three days to a single day.

GEOMED® Medizin-Technik GmbH & Co. KG

Roland Kaiser

Head of CNC Production