Ashford, Kent, UK. — January 12, 2011 —The market leading Radan, Edgecam and Alphacam CAD/CAM solutions for the sheet metal and production engineering industry will be on display at the Southern Manufacturing exhibition in February.

Held at the FIVE international venue in Farnborough, Hampshire, on February 16th and 17th, Southern Manufacturing is the UK’s largest regional manufacturing technology, electronics and subcontracting exhibition, and is the perfect venue for visitors to see demonstrations of how the CNC software provides a solution for all manufacturing requirements.

Radan is the most powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software in the world, assisting customers to increase their material utilisation and reduce inventory, therefore providing a significant return on investment. Radan is a principal brand of Planit Software, ranked by CIMData as the world’s fasting growing CAM vendor with most industrial users. Radan is on Stand C55, showcasing enhancements and additional functionality contained in the latest release, 2011 R1. 

“We go through a lot of quality checks to ensure we get everything absolutely right, and thanks to Radan, we do” – Sean O’Loughlin, Indicators International 

Two other Planit CNC machining software brands will be there – Alphacam and Edgecam – demonstrating how they assist with all CAD/CAM requirements within the precision engineering industry.  Alphacam and Edgecam provides software for engineering markets from 2D parts through to complex 5-axis applications with unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation. Representatives from both brands will be on Stand C61 to demonstrate the latest releases, and discuss specific CAD/CAM requirements.

“I quickly learned how to program offline with Alphacam and realised that was the way forward for us as a business.” – James Darby, Darby’s Machine Tool Shop 

 “Edgecam drives all manufacturers’ machines across the full range of cutting technologies, which is absolutely vital for our shop floor efficiency” – Jon Hayle, Swiftool

Also on display – at Stand B54, is the latest release of Jobshop’s highly flexible production planning and control system, which has been branded as Javelin. It offers advanced functionality and value in key areas of manufacturing and assembly, allowing SME organisations to successfully compete in difficult economic and market conditions, through direct productivity improvements and lower IT infrastructure costs.

Javelin supports direct interfaces to the best of breed accounts packages.

“We were so impressed with Jobshop that we set it up at our American sister company as well” – Jackie Beresford, Elite Electronic Systems

About Radan

Radan is the most powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software in the world, helping customers increase their material utilisation and reduce inventory – and offers a significant return on investment. Radan is a principal brand of Planit Software – recently ranked by CIMdata as the world’s fastest growing CAM vendor, with most industrial users.

For further information visit www.radan.com

About Alphacam

Alphacam, a brand within the Planit Group, provides world-class CAD/CAM software for the engineering, woodworking and stone markets from 2D parts through to complex 5-Axis applications and offers a significant return on investment.

For further information visit www.alphacam.com  

About Edgecam

Edgecam, a market leading computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system for NC part programming, offers a complete solution for milling, turning and mill-turn programming with unparalleled ease of use and sophisticated toolpath generation. Edgecam is a brand within the  Planit group – recently ranked by CIMdata as the world’s fastest growing CAM vendor, with most industrial users.

For further information visit www.edgecam.com

About Javelin and Jobshop

Javelin is a flexible, scalable and intelligent production planning and control system from Jobshop, offering advanced functionality and value in the key areas of manufacturing and assembly. Javelin allows SME organisations to successfully compete in difficult economic and market conditions, through direct productivity improvements and lower IT infrastructure costs.

Javelin supports direct interfaces to the best of breed accounts packages, protecting investment in existing systems and can be easily be integrated with new peripheral systems.

For further information visit www.jobshop.planit.com

About Planit

Planit is a global supplier of design and manufacturing software for the engineering, woodworking and stone industries. The company provides its customers with products and services that enable them to improve the productivity of their machine tools, shorten design and manufacturing time, optimize material usage and deliver high quality goods and services to their customers. Planit’s solutions are best-in-class within their respective markets and are integral to the success of thousands of companies of every size around the globe.

For further information visit www.planit.com

For more information, contact:

Stewart Bint, PR & Communications Officer
Tel: 01233 506100 Ext 6526
Email: stewartbint@planit.com