AutoForm
| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Dr. Waldemar Kubli |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Olivier Leteurtre (CEO) Dr. Waldemar Kubli (Founder and CPO) Christian Burger (CEO) Dr. Markus Thomma (CMO) François Michel (Senior Vice President of Sales ) Matthias Pietsch (R&D Director ) Dr. Bart Carleer (Corporate Technical Director ) Daniela de Capitani (Corporate HR and Legal Director) |
| Products | Software for the BiW Process Chain |
Number of employees | >400 |
| Website | www |
AutoForm – Engineering Software for Sheet Metal Forming and BiW Assembly
AutoForm was founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1995. Since then, the company has continually grown at a rapid pace. Today, with over 400 dedicated employees worldwide, AutoForm is recognized as the leading provider of software for product manufacturability, tool and material cost calculation, die face design and virtual stamping as well as BiW assembly process optimization. The company has profoundly revolutionized the market with its innovations for rapid and reliable validation of the design, engineering and manufacturing processes.
AutoForm’s software solutions form a comprehensive platform for the engineering, evaluation and improvement of the sheet metal forming and BiW assembly processes. This platform allows for full digitalization, seamless information and data flow, and integration of Industry 4.0 standards.
The international team of over 400 employees, located in 15 countries around the world, serves the global needs of its customers. With the focus on sheet metal forming and BiW assembly, the team comprises experts from both industry and research. The management at AutoForm has backgrounds in the automotive, tooling and steel sectors as well as sheet metal forming research.
All of the Top 20 automotive OEMs and most of their suppliers have selected AutoForm as their software of choice. Besides its headquarters in Switzerland, AutoForm has offices in Germany, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Sweden, USA, Mexico, Brazil, India, China, Japan and Korea. AutoForm is also present through its agents in more than 13 other countries.
AutoForm Software Products
AutoForm continuously invests its entire innovative energy and know-how in advanced software products to help customers to make faster, safer and more effective decisions. With AutoForm software, they can address complex issues that arise in practice and achieve a new level of competitiveness.
- AutoForm Forming
AutoForm Forming offers customers a portfolio of software products with a wide range of powerful features for the digital planning and validation of sheet metal processes and parts.
- AutoForm Assembly
AutoForm Assembly software portfolio supports the entire BiW assembly workflow, which covers tolerance and quality management, process engineering as well as trial phases and correctional loops in real production.
- AutoForm TubeXpert
AutoForm TubeXpert is an easy-to-use and highly intuitive software solution for rapid tool design and simulation of tube bending, forming and hydroforming processes.
- Logopress
Logopress provides software that is tailored to the needs of progressive die makers and includes die design software as well as flattening and blank prediction software for the tool & die industry (Logopress® DieDesign PREMIUM, Logopress® DieDesign, Logopress® StripLayout and Logopress® Flatten).
AutoForm Training Courses and Consulting
In addition to its software, AutoForm offers customers a full range of training courses and consulting services. AutoForm’s training courses enable users to gain deep insight into the software in order to benefit the most from its features in their daily work. AutoForm’s consulting services provide expert advice to help customers get maximum value from the efficient integration of the software into their engineering workflows. The software allows customers to implement Industry 4.0 and to make the right decisions in order to ensure robust stamping and BiW assembly processes.
AutoForm Main Innovations
Over the last twenty five years, AutoForm’s innovations have repeatedly revolutionized the die-making and sheet metal forming industries. The powerful combination of accuracy, speed and user-friendliness produces revolutionary time and cost savings, and has made AutoForm the leading software in its field.
- 1995 – Rapid and Accurate Stamping Simulation:
Sheet metal forming simulations in 2 hours instead of 2 days
- 2000 – Rapid Die Face Design:
Validated die face design in ½ day instead of 1 week
- 2005 – Robust Manufacturing:
Reduction of scrap and reject rates in stamping operations
- 2009 – Comprehensive Digital Process Planning:
Simultaneous consideration of function, quality, lead time and cost
- 2011 – Systematic Process Improvement (SPI):
New approach for systematic and reliable process engineering
- 2012 – Usage of Company Standards:
Efficient usage and management of individual company standards
- 2018 – Mobile Digital Tryout:
Integration of Industry 4.0 practice into the daily work process in tool shops
- 2021 – BiW Assembly:
First to market software solution for BiW assembly
- 2022 – Implementation of Industry 4.0
Single software platform which allows for full digitalization, seamless information and data flow, and implementation of Industry 4.0
AutoForm Customers
Today, over 3500 users in more than 1000 companies in 50 countries around the world trust in AutoForm for their key engineering and manufacturing operations. AutoForm’s customers are automotive and other OEMs, tooling and stamping companies as well as steel and aluminum suppliers. For detailed information please visit: https://www.autoform.com/en/about-us/customers/