V5 PLM SUCCESS STORY
Fueltech Sweden AB
Cuts product development time by 65% with CATIA PLM Express
Overview
Challenge
Fueltech needed to considerably
shorten its product design process
to offset the time needed for multiple
design iternations with customers
Solution
The parametric capabilities in CATIA
PLM Express help Fueltech speed
product design preparation and avoid
tedious, repetitive tasks
Benefits
Fueltech has dramatically reduced
construction lead time with not only a
more effective product development
process, but also a much higher level
of customer satisfaction
“With CATIA PLM Express, we
have reduced our total product
development lifecycle from 12-16
weeks down to 4-6 weeks.”
Matthias Nedfors, Product Manager R&D
department, Fueltech Sweden
High-end supplier to the automotive
industry
Fueltech Sweden AB is a leading player
in its niche market as a fuel, oil and urea
tank supplier to the automotive industry.
A member of the Salzburger Aluminum
Group (SAG) in Austria since 2002,
Fueltech Sweden AB has approximately 65
employees and sales in 2006 of SEK165
million (€18 million).
Fueltech Sweden is active in two areas:
as a tank specialist in the Customer
Aftermarket Sales (CAS) for special
vehicles and other smaller customers with
specific design demands, and as a supplier
to Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM)
companies such as Volvo and Scania.
The dynamics of these two segments are
very different since each imposes different
supplier requirements.
Tight product design schedule
“There are often several rounds of
discussions with customers with respect to
a design before reaching an agreement.
This is why shortening the product design
preparation time becomes crucial,” said
Matthias Nedfors, product manager of
Fueltech Sweden R&D department. During
the design stage, a fuel and hydraulic oil
tank are composed of the same sections,
whereas the end product varies in length,
size or positions of holes etc. “This is an
ideal situation for using the parametric
model and where CATIA PLM Express
comes into play,” said Nedfors. By just
simply clicking on the buttons or dragging
arrows in the drawings, the process of
product design preparation is reduced from
several days to only a few hours.
CATIA PLM Express – A common
working platform
Fueltech Sweden is the first company in
Sweden to choose CATIA PLM Express. It
will benefit from working on the CATIA V5
platform used extensively in the automotive
industry. Since implementing CATIA V5,
Fueltech works closer and more efficiently
with the SAG Group, which already uses
CATIA V5.
positon.
CATIA PLM Express is a scalable solution
CATIA PLM Express is a scalable solution
that provides CATIA design excellence at
that provides CATIA design excellence at
an affordable price for companies of all
an affordable price for companies of all
sizes. It also delivers core collaborative
CATIAItPLM
a scalable
solution
sizes.
alsoExpress
delivers is
core
collaborative
PDM functionality via ENOVIA SmarTeam,
that provides
CATIA
excellence
at
PDM
functionality
viadesign
ENOVIA
SmarTeam,
for optimized CATIA design management
an affordable
price for
companies
of all
for
optimized CATIA
design
management
and collaboration.
sizes.
It also delivers core collaborative
and
collaboration.
PDM functionality via ENOVIA SmarTeam,
The OEM market: “It’s all about
for optimized
CATIA design
management
The
OEM market:
“It’s all
about
matching up with the customer”
and collaboration.
matching
up with the customer”
“Many projects from our big OEM customers
“Many projects from our big OEM customers
are quite large in terms of breadth and
The
OEM
market:
“It’s
all about
are quite
large
in terms
of breadth
and
depth which means that communication can
matching
up
with
the
customer”
depth which means that communication can
be time consuming. This is why it is crucial
“Many
from This
our big
OEMit customers
be
timeprojects
consuming.
is why
is crucial
to use the same PLM working environment
areuse
quite
termsworking
of breadth
and
to
thelarge
sameinPLM
environment
as the customer,” said Nedfors. Fueltech
depth
which
means
that
communication
as the customer,” said Nedfors. Fueltechcan
Sweden was determined to switch to CATIA
be time consuming.
This is
it istocrucial
Sweden
was determined
to why
switch
CATIA
PLM Express in the early stages because
to useExpress
the same
PLM
working
environment
PLM
in the
early
stages
because
both Volvo and Scania were also moving
as
theVolvo
customer,”
said Nedfors.
both
and Scania
were alsoFueltech
moving
towards CATIA V5.
Sweden CATIA
was determined
to switch to CATIA
towards
V5.
PLM Express in the early stages because
Using the same working environment as
both
and Scania
also moving
UsingVolvo
the same
workingwere
environment
as
its strategic customers, as well as with
towards
CATIA
V5.
its
strategic
customers,
as well as with
SAG’s R&D headquarters in Austria,
SAG’s R&D headquarters in Austria,
Fueltech Sweden verifies all the product
Using
theSweden
same working
as
Fueltech
verifiesenvironment
all the product
development under the same design
its strategic customers,
welldesign
as with
development
under the as
same
program. This shortens the total product
SAG’s R&D
headquarters
Austria,
program.
This
shortens theintotal
product
development lifecycle from 12-16 weeks
Fueltech
Sweden
verifies
all
the
development lifecycle from 12-16product
weeks
to 4-6 weeks. By deploying CATIA PLM
development
the same
design
to
4-6 weeks. under
By deploying
CATIA
PLM
Express, Fueltech Sweden has already
program. Fueltech
This shortens
the has
totalalready
product
Express,
Sweden
recorded significant improvements in
development
lifecycle
from 12-16 weeks
recorded significant
improvements
in
product development processes thereby
to 4-6 weeks.
By deploying
CATIA
PLM
product
development
processes
thereby
reinforcing its already strong market
Express, Fueltech
Sweden
already
reinforcing
its already
stronghas
market
position.
recorded
significant
improvements
in
position.
product development processes thereby
reinforcing its already strong market
position.
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Addressing future challenges
Addressing future challenges
Fueltech Sweden is looking forward to
Fueltech Sweden is looking forward to
an exciting future with CATIA V5 and the
an exciting future with CATIA V5 and the
implementation of ENOVIA SmarTeam.
Addressing
challenges
implementationfuture
of ENOVIA
SmarTeam.
The first test for CATIA PLM Express
Fueltech
Sweden
is looking
The
first test
for CATIA
PLM forward
Expressto
came up when Fueltech Sweden launched
an exciting
future
with CATIA
V5 and
the
came
up when
Fueltech
Sweden
launched
a joint venture with motion and control
implementation
of ENOVIA
SmarTeam.
a
joint venture with
motion and
control
solutions provider Parker Hannifin for the
The first test
for CATIA
PLM
Express
solutions
provider
Parker
Hannifin
for the
manufacture of complete hydraulic oil
came up when
manufacture
of Fueltech
completeSweden
hydrauliclaunched
oil
tanks. Consequently, Fueltech Sweden is
a joint venture
with motion
and Sweden
control is
tanks.
Consequently,
Fueltech
equipping its tanks with Parker Hannifin
solutions provider
Hannifin
for the
equipping
its tanksParker
with Parker
Hannifin
products such as return filters. “The
manufacture
complete
hydraulic
products
suchofas
return filters.
“Theoil
challenge is that we have received 54 new
tanks.
Consequently,
Fueltech
Sweden
is
challenge
is that we have
received
54 new
products to introduce into our system. We
equippingtoitsintroduce
tanks with
Parker
Hannifin
products
into
our system.
We
have great hopes that CATIA PLM Express
products
such
as return
filters.PLM
“TheExpress
have
great
hopes
that CATIA
will allow us to improve this process
challenge
is to
that
we have
received
will allow us
improve
this
process54 new
considerably,” said Nedfors.
products to introduce
into our system. We
considerably,”
said Nedfors.
have great hopes that CATIA PLM Express
Fueltech Sweden’s goal is to increase
will
allow Sweden’s
us to improve
Fueltech
goalthis
is toprocess
increase
production volume by more than 30%
considerably,”
said by
Nedfors.
production
volume
more than 30%
and hire another engineer by the end
and hire another engineer by the end
of 2007. With such an effective product
Fueltech
Sweden’s
goal
is to increase
of 2007. With
such an
effective
product
design program in place using CATIA V5,
production
volume
by more
than
30% V5,
design
program
in place
using
CATIA
Nedfors is convinced that his department
and hire is
another
engineer
by department
the end
Nedfors
convinced
that his
is well prepared to grow and to meet the
of
2007.
With such
an effective
product
is well
prepared
to grow
and to meet
the
challenges of the future. “Maybe a year
design program
place using
CATIA
V5,
challenges
of theinfuture.
“Maybe
a year
from now we’ll be able to show more of the
Nedfors
convinced
his department
from
nowiswe’ll
be ablethat
to show
more of the
positive impact CATIA PLM Express will
is
well prepared
to grow
andExpress
to meet will
the
positive
impact CATIA
PLM
have not only on the product development
challenges
of the
future.
“Maybe
a year
have
not only
on the
product
development
process, but throughout the entire
from nowbut
we’ll
be able tothe
show
more of the
process,
throughout
entire
production chain. CATIA V5 is the Rollspositive
impact
CATIA
PLM
will
production
chain.
CATIA
V5 Express
is the RollsRoyce of 3D.”
have not
Royce
of only
3D.” on the product development
process, but throughout the entire
production chain. CATIA V5 is the RollsRoyce of 3D.”
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Matthias Nedfors, Product Manager R&D
department, Fueltech Sweden
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Sweden AB
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or
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