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Schott
Systeme Retain 2008 Pricing for High End CAD/CAM
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Munich, Germany, March 31st,
2009 - Helping design and manufacturing companies to
continue to invest in high end CAD/CAM solutions during the current
economic climate, Schott Systeme GmbH are reinforcing a 10 year old policy
of not raising the price of their CAD/CAM software ‘Pictures by PC’.
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With competition continuing to
drive down profit margins on even the most complex of manufacturing jobs,
the German software house has for the 11th year running refrained from
raising the standard price of their CAD/CAM solution. Still remaining at
€9,800, customers are able to purchase a fully integrated 2D/3D design
and machining suite complete with hybrid solid, surface and mesh modelling,
moldtool design, dedicated graphic design and technical documentation, in
addition to 2.5D milling and drilling, 3D freeform machining, 3+2 axis
multisided mill/drill and engraving, complete with free machine post
processors. Schott Systeme have in addition maintained their stance of
providing free yearly support with no maintenance cost. Module prices for
5 axis simultaneous milling, turning and wireEDM also remain unchanged at
€2,500, €2,000 and €2,000 respectively.
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When asked about their pricing
policy and Schott Systeme’s thoughts on manufacturing in general during
the current economic climate, company founder Mr Hans Joachim Schott
stressed “Firstly we
believe that for manufacturing companies to remain both productive and
competitive in the current climate, every CNC machine should be
accompanied by an integrated CAD/CAM package. The problem companies face
is that high purchase prices and the continued yearly subscription costs
do not make this goal financially viable. In fact we still encounter
companies almost on a daily basis that continue to actually manually
programme CNC machine tools as a direct result.”
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Relating this to Schott
Systeme’s pricing policy, Hans Joachim Schott continued “Our customers have
to remain competitive, and this is the reason behind our pricing policy.
We offer a single fully integrated solution with no need to purchase
additional software or numerous add-on modules. We want our customers to
earn money with us, and thus do not continually ask for yearly support and
maintenance costs. This coupled with a low purchase price makes it
possible for our customers to both buy, but more importantly continue to
own a CAD/CAM package to sit beside every single CNC machine.”
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As testament to the longevity
of such a pricing policy, the company marked their 25th anniversary by
launching the latest 64bit version of their software during the Euromold
2008 exhibition last December in Frankfurt.
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For product information, download the 2009 brochure at http://www.schott-systeme.com/en/Downloads/SchottBrochure-EN-Internet.pdf
Product demonstrations can be viewed at http://www.schott-systeme.com/en/newintrovideo-en.htm
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About Schott Systeme GmbH
Having developed the same
software solutions for over 25 years, Schott Systeme can claim to be one
of the founding members of the CAD/CAM and graphics market. Starting out
as one of the very first vector based graphics packages for the PC, their
product ‘Pictures by PC’
as the name suggests, has evolved into one of the most mature CAD/CAM and
technical documentation products available today.
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