About CIMPA
History, CIMPA and PLM
In the early nineties new IT technologies appeared and were developed for major industrial sectors: automobile, aeronautics, space.
These technologies are directly related to the needs of an economic context:- Reduce design and production lead times, thus costs
- Anticipate and integrate the needs of the different trades and participants
- Anticipate and manage the various product scenarios and modifications
- Apply quality standards and assure traceability
- Anticipate and take into account the needs of the product in service
This is the essence of PLM, Product Lifecycle Management.
These 5 points contain what in “business jargon” is called Concurrent Engineering, Configuration Management, Digital Mock-up, Data Management and Exchange, Extended Enterprise, In Service, and many other more difficult terms.
The need was there, so were the technologies.
But how can these essential technologies be integrated in a company whose know-how is the product and not IT?
That’s what Aérospatiale and the Joint Research Center of EADS understood and anticipated when they founded CIMPA in 1995: Recommend, integrate and maintain these new IT technologies in EADS and Aérospatiale that became the Airbus group.
Specialising in computer-aided manufacturing and industrial applications, CIMPA pursued its development on the German market in 2001 with a subsidiary in Hamburg and an English subsidiary in Filton in 2005.
In 2003, CIMPA became a subsidiary of Airbus S.A.S. and expanded its presence in several European countries with a worldwide intervention scope. Its aim was to integrate Product Lifecycle Management in all aspects of the processes related to the product from its design to its maintenance and support, including its conception and manufacture in an extended PLM context: the Extended Enterprise and customer services.
With over 700 employees in Europe and 14 years of recognised expertise in the aeronautics industry, CIMPA has become the main service supplier of the EADS group and has expanded its service business to advanced manufacturing industries: aeronautics and space, automobile, railways, transport, equipment.
Nicole LECCA
General Manager of CIMPA
Our added value
Human expertise, a trade dialogue
Our strength is based on the knowledge and multidisplinary culture of our engineers and technicians: CAD/CAM, Product Data Management (PDM), Digital Mock-Up, Configuration Management, ERP, Computing, CAPE, Virtual Reality, DNC, Supervision, Post processors, controllers etc
Product expertise, industrial know-how
We maintain skills centers and product technology watches for all the leading software on the market: CATIA, CADDS, PRO-E, UG, DELMIA, ROBCAD, PATRAN, NASTRAN, WINDCHILL, ENOVIA VPM, CAM POST. We know how to integrate and personalise the technologies and their industrial constraints.
Publisher independence, sales objectivity
Trade control and software expertise requires significant technical and commercial objectivity. Our relations with software publishers guarantee our independence and neutrality and the best PLM solutions for our customers.
How we can help you
- Aid in choosing PLM tools, information systems
- Setting up architectures, control tools
- Writing methods specific to your company
- Deployment, maintenance
- User training
- Method and application support
- Product development and customisation
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CIMPA proposes its interventions on customer sites (technical assistance) or on its own technical platforms (flat rate commitment).