Seamap: Established in 1987, Seamap designs and develops a range of products for the seismic, hydrographic, and offshore industries with product sales and support bases located in Houston, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

"CSI staff obviously care about their solution – they are responsive and knowledgeable. All enquiries were handled rapidly – and we haven’t needed any support recently as the system just continues to work." [Read more]

Halyard offer the most advanced and highest quality noise reduction products and marine exhaust systems available on the market today.

"The ability for sales and production staff to have controlled direct access to design information has had a huge influence on our ability to react quickly to a customer enquiry. DDM allows easy access to relevant design data without the need to constantly refer to the design office. The powerful search facility has reduced the time spent looking for previous designs to use as a basis for new projects." [What the customer said] [Full Case Study]

DCA is one of Europe’s leading product design consultancies with an expert design team, working with market leaders and progressive companies across the world.

"We have found DDM software easy to implement, administer and use. The technical support is second to none. The CSI team are friendly and helpful, support calls are normally responded to within an hour. The CSI team are also open to enhancement requests for their product and compared to other software manufacturers we deal with, are responsive in actioning these within a relatively short period of time." [Read more]

LAG develops custom-made transport solutions, taking into account the customer's technical circumstances and requirements, their customers' specific requirements and other general changes in society.

"DDM plays an important role in our company. Using a data management system makes sure that we construct our vehicles in a consistent manner that shortens our time to market." [Read more] [Press Release]

Spectrum Brands is a global consumer products company and a leading supplier of batteries, lawn and garden care products, specialty pet supplies and shaving and grooming products.

"DDM has provided us with a cost effective means to control all of our Engineering related documentation. We are using DDM for revision control on our 3D data files (which includes both Pro/Engineer® and SolidWorks formats), specifications, bills of materials, test data, etc." [Read more]

Hornby – a name that means so much to so many. Whether ‘memories’ or ‘hobby’, above all the Hornby name stands for quality, reliability and service. The attention to detail on our new models undoubtedly marks a new era in modern image modelling from Hornby.

"Hornby did not have an electronic design data control system in place prior to investing in DDM. ...." [Read more]

Microlights Internationally renowned, Microlights was founded in 1984, and has offices in Marlborough, England, Dubai, UAE & Paris, France. The company designs and supplies innovative, energy efficient luminaires.

"DDM is now fully integrated within Microlights Limited and helps smooth the process of our day to day operation. We are using DDM office, to add in thermal test reports/supplier data sheets/ costings etc.. which are all linked to Inventor parts or assemblies. Our Purchasing & Production Departments are using DDM Web to view released items - how did we get by before?" [Read more]

Henry Squires place great importance on developing products that meet the security needs of today and the future. The company directs significant resources on research & development to enable it to remain at the forefront of the security market and ensure its independence for another 200 years.

"DDM has allowed, for the first time, all CAD data and associated documentation to be held in a single depository. By using the links within DDM, users can quickly cross check that all documentation requirements have been fulfilled and are up to date."
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Caledyne is a mechanical engineering company based in Aberdeen, Scotland who specialise in provision of engineering services and production equipment for both Operators and Service Companies in the Oil and Gas industry. Innovation is integral to the philosophy of Caledyne their patented products are testimony to this with a business model also bucks the conventional. By concentrating exclusively on a core competency of design, Caledyne offer an accelerated time-to-market.

"DDM has given us better CAD data control, improved visibility of the data for non-technical people and a system to control critical non-CAD data at a reasonable cost." [Read more]

Shimadzu's influence is far-reaching with interests in the manufacture of scientific, industrial and process control equipment. The manufacture of analytical instruments began in the US in 1983 and in Europe in 1987. The company has a reputation for high performance instruments ranging from chromatographs, mass spectrometers environmental water and gas analysers to surface and thermal analysis apparatus. Since as early as 1918, Shimadzu has been involved in the production of scales.

"DDM has allowed faster access to all the Pro/ENGINEER parts, assemblies and drawings. Its also been very useful to find project information and purchase part information. This helps when urgent purchasing of parts is required." [Read more]

Drew Engineering are a CSI DDM partner and are Data Management specialists for 3D Cad programs, 2D Cad programs, and Microsoft Office Documents. We provide consulting and solutions to companies working towards or maintaining ISO certification and for those that are in need of data control. .

"I want to commend your development team on the effort and the accomplishments your team has had within the last few months alone. The self install program and the support you have provided me are second to none. I've been in the design business for twenty years and your development group is by far the best I've seen! Thanks again for all the support and all the other things you and your group do! Mike Drew. .

Kratos Analytical is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Shimadzu Corporation, based in Manchester, UK. Shimadzu/Kratos Analytical were pioneers in the discovery and manufacture of MALDI-TOF (Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation Time-of-Flight) mass spectrometry, a technology that has transformed biochemical analysis over the past 10 years.

"DDM was chosen because it offered a simple to use interface and required minimum system administration and maintenance. We believe it is a mid range product that offers more that just an add on to windows explorer but without the cost and complexity of a full blown data/enterprise management solution. ." [Read more]

Cejn Worldwide Supplier of High Performance Couplings and Systems for Compressed Air, High- and Low Pressure Hydraulics, Breathing Air, Gas and Fluids..

" The first choice for us was to check-out the Windchill PDM system from PTC, this was however both a rather expensive and complex product to for our needs. The DDM product was found to be simple an straight forward to use and administrate. One other important factor for us to choice the DDM product was the CSI team's positive attitude of tailoring the product for our needs. Read More..." [English] [Swedish]

E&H Established in 1968, we have grown organically to include a Sales and Production Centre in more than 5,000 msq. of prestigious office space. Investing more than 9% of total revenue in research and development each year, our product range is continually evolving and expanding to provide accurate and reliable measurement solutions across the process industries.

"During the DesignDataManager implementation stage, the CSI staff were always very responsive and solved any problems that arose. We have found DDM to be an effective and reliable data management tool for almost 3 years and continue to do so." [read more]

Farrat produce and supply a wide range of machine mountings, vibration isolators and anti-vibration materials which offer solutions to problems and applications in the field of Machine Mounting Methods, Shock and Vibration Isolation

"Direct access to the small but highly capable team of people at CSI, developing and supporting Design Data Manager, has been a refreshing change to larger more remote software developers. We look forward to future releases of this continuously improving software." [read more]

BUSM has served shoemakers world-wide for over one hundred years. The company has played a major role in developing shoemaking from a cottage craft into an industry, and is now bringing the advantages of high technology to today's shoemakers.

"This is an excellent product that integrates neatly into Pro/Engineer and gives across the company access to the latest design information. CSI give the very best support and are committed to moving their product forward by talking and listening to their customers." [read more]

CFM Europe. Today CFM Europe is the fastest growing gas fire manufacturer in the country, with an unequaled reputation for quality and service. Our success is due to a combination of an uncompromising attitude to design and manufacturing standards and an unprecedented investment in technology and personnel.

"During the decision process, we had a few concerns, particularly with our legacy data being imported. CSI were always ready to demonstrate the ways through any issues we had. Since going live, we have had a few teething problems, as expected. In every case CSI have come back with the solution within hours. I have found all the staff at CSI very knowledgeable about the product. At last, a company that makes the customer feels valued even after they have paid!!!" [read more]

BIOQUELL has developed a unique and patent-protected range of bio-decontamination technology which uses hydrogen peroxide vapour to bio-deactivate micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses and fungi in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare and food industries.

"Like any new installation of software, we experienced some teething problems at the start. During this period CSI staff were always there to help overcome any difficulties we had. Now, 18 months on, DDM is proving to be reliable and is being utilised throughout the rest of the business." [read more]

Seaeye Marine and our sister company Hydrovision, manufacture the widest range of standard ROV systems available from a single group. We also design customised systems to meet clients' special requirements. Both companies also offer a range of standard components and assemblies to upgrade your older systems or for use in new systems. A design service is available for special projects.

" DesignDataManager is very quick to learn, simple to use and easy to maintain. Data storage and retrieval now happens in seconds rather than minutes. We no longer have to spend valuable design time maintaining a cumbersome file and folder system." read [more]

Bulgin Components is one of the electronics industry's longest-running success stories. After more than 75 years trading, the Bulgin name is familiar and trusted worldwide. Many of our components have gained the status of industry standards.

"DDM is constantly evolving yet never loses its core functions that originally influenced our decision to purchase it. As mentioned before, if you or your organization need or suggest enhancements the people at CSI will endeavor to achieve this for you, resulting with an almost bespoke software package." [read more]

AVENT was launched in 1984. AVENT radically redesigned the baby bottle to closely resemble the natural feeding process and give mothers the freedom to combine breast and bottlefeeding with ease, whether the bottles are used to give expressed breast milk or formula.

"DDM successfully stores our ProEngineer part and drawing and Assembly data for quick and easy retrieval. And with the addition of the Web client and meant this information is available company wide." [read more]

Park Air Systems provides Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) solutions for the world’s airspace. It currently has an installed base encompassing 167 countries. A multi-national operation with facilities in Europe, USA and Asia, the company is dedicated to implementing advanced air traffic control systems.

"Overall, DDM is an excellent solution, with CSI offering high quality training and responsive support." [read more]

Marshall-Tufflex - originally called C & C Marshall - began life during the Second World War when acute shortages prompted the founder, Harold Cirket, to develop a range of innovative products. Farmers, car manufacturers, boat-builders, luggage makers and those in the electrical and construction industries were among the first to benefit from his man-made substitutes for materials in desperately short supply.

What influenced your choice to choose DesignDataManager over alternative PDM systems?

"The initial influence was cost. We were cornered into purchasing Pro/Intralink from PTC. This was overkill for our organization and we could not afford to have a member of staff administrating this all week long. So the final answer would be Cost and Administration." [read more]