AutoForm Engineering GmbH located in Neerach

Neerach

Neerach is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-History:Neerach is first mentioned between 1160 and 1169 as Neracho. In 1149, Ried was mentioned as Riete.-Geography:...

 is a Swiss software developer

Software developer

A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software development process. Their work includes researching, designing, developing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in design, computer programming, or software project management...

. The company develops and markets software solutions for the die

Die (manufacturing)

A die is a specialized tool used in manufacturing industries to cut or shape material using a press. Like molds, dies are generally customized to the item they are used to create...

 making and sheet metal

Sheet metal

Sheet metal is simply metal formed into thin and flat pieces. It is one of the fundamental forms used in metalworking, and can be cut and bent into a variety of different shapes. Countless everyday objects are constructed of the material...

 forming industry along the entire process chain. This covers product manufacturability, tool and material cost calculation, die face design and virtual process optimization. In this field the company has a market share of 50 to 60 percent,. All of the Top 20 automotive OEMs and most of their suppliers have selected AutoForm as their software of choice.

1995 the company emerged as a Spin-off from the Eidgenössischen Technische Hochschule Zürich. There, the development of the simulation software started 1990 - the disseration of founder Waldemar Kubli. Subsequently, AutoForm became an international company with subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia.

Industry and research partnerships

AutoForm is involved in numerous joint development projects with automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and universities –- advancing the state-of-the-art in sheet metal forming:

Automobile Manufacturers	Audi Audi Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer, from supermini to crossover SUVs in various body styles and price ranges that are marketed under the Audi brand , positioned as the premium brand within the Volkswagen Group.... , Daimler, PSA PSA Peugeot Citroën PSA Peugeot Citroën is a French manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot and Citroën marques. Headquartered in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, PSA is the second largest automaker based in Europe and the number eight in the world.-History:In December 1974 Peugeot S.A....
Tooling Suppliers	Magna Magna International Magna International Inc. , is an automotive supplier headquartered in Aurora, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's largest automobile parts manufacturer, and one of the country's largest companies. It owns the Magna Steyr automobile production company of Austria.... , Thyssen-Nothelfer ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Duisburg Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive...
Material Suppliers	Arcelor Arcelor Arcelor S.A. was the world's largest steel producer in terms of turnover and the second largest in terms of steel output, with a turnover of €30.2 billion and shipments of 45 million metric tons of steel in 2004... , Corus, ThyssenKrupp Steel ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG is a German multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Duisburg Essen, Germany. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide. While ThyssenKrupp is one of the world's largest steel producers, the company also provides components and systems for the automotive...
Universities	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland.... , Basel University, Twente University
Hardware Suppliers	HP Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including... , IBM IBM International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas... , Sun Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982... , Intel

AutoForm also has cooperations with leading CAD suppliers to the automotive industry (Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling...

, UGS PLM Solutions), and links its technology to various CAD environments (CATIA V5

CATIA

CATIA is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault Systemes...

, UniGraphics NX).

In addition, AutoForm is involved in cooperation projects with various CAD/CAM suppliers for integrating AutoForm software technology in their CAD/CAM tool and die software (e.g. Missler Software, Tebis).