Delcam buys out footwear CADCAM specialist Crispin
23 Jan '07
3 min read
Delcam has reinforced its position as the world's leading supplier of CADCAM systems to the footwear industry with the acquisition of Crispin Systems Ltd.
The company is one of the leading specialist suppliers of software to the sector, so, with the combination of Delcam and Crispin products and expertise, the breadth of offerings to the industry will be second to none. Sales are currently especially strong in the Far East, with existing customers expanding their use of technology and large new factories been opened.
Crispin has a twenty year history of providing first class software for the design and manufacture of lasts, uppers and soles to leading companies in the industry and, last year, added a new range of systems for orthopaedic applications. It has an excellent reputation and presence in the footwear sector, with a significant global customer base.
The company was first formed as the Crispin Systems Division of the USM group of companies in 1986. Two years later, it acquired the MicroDynamics footwear-related software products and became known as Crispin Dynamics. After being part of USM and then Texon, it became an independent company on December 10th, 2003.
The Crispin range of software covers the key stages in footwear product development, including the capture of CAD data for lasts from physical models, the creation of 3D shoe designs to advertising quality and the production of 2D patterns. The new orthopaedic range issimilarly comprehensive, consisting of products for 3D scanning of feet, modification of orthopaedic lasts from a scanned foot template, 3D design creation, 3D style line engineering, advanced flattening from 3D to 2D, and 2D pattern engineering.
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