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News Release from: SolidWorks Corporation
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Team on 07 March 2005
Indian bottle makers gain 3D advantage
India's leading glass container manufacturer and its affiliates have purchased 20 licences of SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software.
India's leading glass container manufacturer, Hindusthan National Glass and Industries (HNGI), and its affiliates have purchased 20 licences of SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software to support their design and engineering processes across five locations HNGI is replacing its AutoCAD 2D design tools with SolidWorks software to shorten development time and achieve international quality standards for its global customers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 31 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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HNGI produces more than nine million bottles per day, ranging from 5 to 3200ml and satisfying the rigorous quality standards of global companies like Nestle, Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline, Heinz, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Pfiser, Abbott Laboratories, Dr Willmar Schwabe, Novartis, sanofi-aventis, Wyeth, Allied Domecq, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi, McDowell and SABMiller.
HNGI has established a state-of-the-art CAD/CAM facility that enables customers to choose unique container shapes, sizes and colours for use in a wide range of industries, such as processed foods, soft drinks, beverages, pharmaceuticals, liquor, beer and cosmetics.
SolidWorks software will help HNGI meet several important challenges in designing glassware, including aesthetics, sturdiness, and efficient mass production.
"Ideal distribution of glass, for example, dictates a container's sturdiness, and that does not happen by accident", said Dr Sanjay Somany, Managing Director of HNGI.
"It is based entirely on scientific engineering and control during the design and production of the ware involved, be it a bottle, flask, vial, or jar".
"SolidWorks software's powerful 3D modelling capabilities and ease of use stood out over the other 3D CAD software we evaluated for this work".
"We are confident that SolidWorks will help us improve our productivity and pass on these benefits to our customers through better designs and higher quality standards, all within a faster turnaround time".
In addition to efficient container design, HNGI will use SolidWorks to refine the machinery and tooling used in the manufacturing process.
"HNGI is not only pioneering the glass container business, the company is taking the lead in using the latest technology to streamline the entire design and manufacturing process", said Ved Narayan, SolidWorks Vice President of Asia-Pacific Operations.
"SolidWorks will work with HNGI to communicate in 3D with their global clients and transform the way they do business".
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