He is building a “manufacturing intelligence empire”. The goal is to cover major aspects of the smart factory and manufacturing concepts. In fact, Ola Rollén, chief executive officer of Hexagon, owner of CAE player MSC, could be considered the new global king of CAM.
With the purchase of the CAM developer Vero Software in 2014, Rollén laid the foundation for an expansion. Previously focused on Hexagon's particular field, hardware and software for industrial metrology, the company began to create an entire system for broad manufacturing capabilities overall.
Today, Hexagon is one of the world-leading players for non-bundled (“non-PLM packaged”) CAM and NC solutions. Bundled, PLM-packaged applications refer to platforms such as Dassault’s 3DEXPERIENCE or Siemens’s Digital Innovation Platform. Hexagon’s brands in the CAD/CAM area include AlphaCAM, Cabinet Vison, Edgecam, Machining Strategist, PEPS, Radan, Smirt, SURFCAM, VISI and WORKNC, together with the ERP and MRP systems JAVELIN and WORKPLAN.
Today, PLM&ERP News’, Verdi Ogewell, published an article on engineering.com around the present state of the CAM market. It’s focused on one of this sub-PLM area’s fastest growing companies, Hexagon.
The article is in parts previously published on Swedish on PLM&ERP News, but new information and facts are added in this English version. To read it – click on the headline below:
Manufacturing Intelligence: Hexagon’s CEO is the New King of CAM
