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Our Customers, Their Stories
We help engineering and manufacturing teams across North America improve their products, increase their productivity, and reduce their costs — every day.
The Power to Walk - Bionic Power
Originally created to harness wasted knee energy for military use, the Agilik smart orthosis is dramatically enhancing lives — one step at a time.
Revving Up Innovation - RPG Off-Road
Faced with high labor costs, RPG revolutionized their operations by expanding from sheet metal welding and fabrication to advanced machining.
More Than Just a Pretty Wheel – Forgeline
The Schardt brothers met the racing community’s demand for lightweight aluminum wheels. Today, Forgeline Motorsports produces 120+ custom wheel variations.
An Evolving Company - Knapheide
From broad service bodies to platforms, forestry bodies and other unique applications, Knapheide offers hundreds of product models and options to choose from.
Right on Track - Pezo Solutions
The Pezo Solutions team had a goal: to help novice mountain bikers gain confidence for the trails. With that in mind, they developed Yardi – a versatile backyard track system.
3D Printing More Power - EDR Performance
For more than 20 years, EDR Performance has been enhancing racing motorcycles. They increased performance even more when they implemented Markforged.
Caztek & Inspire Medical Come Together
When Inspire Medical needed help with their sleep apnea device, they turned to Caztek Engineering and SOLIDWORKS.
Giving Mobility to Millions - Free Wheelchair Mission
Don Schoendorfer could’ve used his MIT education to climb the corporate ladder. But when he took a trip to Morocco, he saw a woman that changed his life forever.
Putting It to the Test - Re-Test Engineering
Nigel Linden, with his extensive expertise, has played a pivotal role in the development of the tools employed in data collection, analysis, and modeling.
Beyond the Classroom – Lake Area Technical
Lake Area Technical College maximizes their Markforged printers, aiding students in design and supporting the local manufacturing region during supply chain shortages.
Preserving History – CK Preparations
In Montana, fragile, one-of-a-kind, million-year-old prehistoric organisms are preserved by CK Preparations in the Hell Creek Formation.
Up to the Challenge - Caztek Engineering
When Casimir “Caz” Sienkiewicz put his traveling dreams on hold to accept an engineering job in Minnesota, he had no idea how that choice would change his life.
Written Customer Stories
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The First Cut Is the Only Cut - Park Industries
The OEM behind 70-foot portal milling systems validates every complex job with Eureka digital twins – eliminating one to two days of physical machine validation per job.
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AI on the Grid - Green Grid Inc.
Green Grid builds AI-powered sensors that catch utility failures before they spark wildfires – designed in SOLIDWORKS with Hawk Ridge Systems from the earliest prototypes.
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Built Alien Tough - Alien Machine Worx
A family-owned shop designing and CNC-machining half-inch-thick aluminum aftermarket parts in SOLIDWORKS – built to outlast the thin steel alternatives.
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Designed in Half the Time - Brandner Design
High-end architectural metalwork that once took 20-30 hours to design now takes as little as 12. SOLIDWORKS and 3D scanning do the heavy lifting.
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Shifting Into High Gear - Speedway Motors
With CAMWorks and SOLIDWORKS working as one, Speedway Motors grew from 2 to 19 CNC machines and increased production by 300%.
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From Earth to Orbit - Marples Gears
Ultra-precision gears from this 1942-founded shop now ride on Mars rovers and satellites – roughly 50,000 parts in orbit. SOLIDWORKS and CAMWorks keep setups fast and first cuts clean.
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Automotive Success Stories - The Collection
Four automotive customer stories in one download: Speedway Motors, RPG Off-Road, EDR Performance, and Knapheide.
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Turning Scrap Into Sustainability - Pacific Recycling
Southern Oregon’s largest scrap-metal recycler moves 200M+ lbs a year, using SOLIDWORKS and 3D scanning to find lean savings across the plant.
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Built to Evolve - Knapheide
America’s oldest work-truck builder moved from 2D blueprints to a full SOLIDWORKS and DriveWorks pipeline spanning hundreds of custom configurations.
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Built for Impact - The 2025 Story Collection
Eight stories in one download: Bionic Power, General Pattern, Spartan Racing, EDR Performance, Knapheide, RPG Off-Road, Free Wheelchair Mission, and Re-Test Engineering.
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Five Ways to Faster Manufacturing - Landscape Forms
Work instructions moved from Excel screenshots to SOLIDWORKS Composer views pulled straight from the 3D model, with auto-updating labels.
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3D Printing Takes Flight - Ogar Glider
Ventry Solutions re-engineered a vintage glider’s landing gear in SOLIDWORKS and printed it on a Markforged X7 – stronger and lighter than the original.
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Launching Careers - Lake Area Technical College
A Markforged print farm inside the robotics program: students build robots with 30-50 printed parts each and graduate with additive skills employers want.
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Preserving History - CK Preparations
Fossil preparators swap 3-4 days of casting and molding for minutes of 3D scanning across the Hell Creek Formation.
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