User Testimonial

SIMILIA AI in Use at ACTech

Company Profile

ACTech manufactures prototype cast parts and small series for customers across various industries — including the automotive sector and its suppliers, aerospace, as well as mechanical and plant engineering. As one of the world’s leading companies in this field, ACTech GmbH provides all process steps from a single source that are required for the rapid production of a fully functional, test-ready prototype casting based on a 3D dataset.

State-of-the-art rapid prototyping methods combined with CNC model making and CNC machining enable both the extremely fast production of prototypes and the manufacturing of subsequent pre-series — with series-comparable properties from the very first casting.

The result of our work is mature and tested cast components that ensure our customers experience no surprises in series production. Today, more than 1,000 companies worldwide value this unique service.

Industry:
Foundry technology, development and production of cast parts for mechanical engineering, aerospace, and automotive.

Employees:
Approx. 400

Application of SIMILIA AI:
Design and production planning

Benefits and Advantages of SIMILIA AI

ACTech GmbH relies on SIMUFORM solutions because they significantly increase the efficiency of the value chain.
SIMILIA AI is used from the early stages of processing customer inquiries, as well as in design, development, and production planning. The software is fully integrated into the company’s system landscape, connected to both the ERP system and the sales information system.
At the same time, a complex workflow — from the initial customer inquiry to project planning and data archiving — is monitored to avoid duplicate work and redundant developments.

  • Reusing proposals as templates
  • Avoiding duplicate work in cost calculation
  • Faster response to customer inquiries
  • Reusing manufacturing processes from production planning
  • Automated feedback of similar inquiries into the ERP system

Directly from practice

How SIMILIA AI supports ACTech in daily operations

“With the integrated SIMILIA AUTOMATION solution from SIMUFORM, we accelerate the processing of customer inquiries, effectively reduce the variance in quotation calculations, and at the same time optimize our production times.
The flexible connection of this solution to both our CRM and MES systems increases operational efficiency, as it also improves our resource and production planning.”

Ray Wünsche, Executive Management

ACTech GmbH