Siemens Industry Analyst Conference

Answers for Industry

October 22-23, 2008Boston, Mass.

Ken Tardif, Engineering SupervisorHardigg Industries, Inc.

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HARDIGG INDUSTRIESHARDIGG INDUSTRIES

Founded in 1954 by James S. Hardigg to provide packaging solutions to the military and aerospace industries.

The company began by manufacturing molded urethane cushions for other container manufacturers.

By 1970 developed the world’s 1st long life, reusable, air tight, water tight, rugged rotomolded shipping container.

HARDIGG INDUSTRIES

HARDIGG INDUSTRIES TODAY

World’s largest manufacturer of Rotomolded shipping containers. 400+ rotomolded container sizes available

Manufacturer of injection molded Storm containers 26 container sizes – more on the way

Manufacturer of blow molded Skid Mates Palletized load cushioning device

Diversified manufacturing with growing global reach. 2 US Manufacturing Facilities – MA and IN Manufacturing Joint Venture in Montrichard, France Multi location Case Centers designed for quick turnaround, local distribution

of custom configurations. 10 US Case Centers – CA, GA, MA (2), IN, TX, VA, FL, AZ, OR

3 International Case Centers in Canada, England, France Worldwide Distribution Facilities in Holyoke, MA USA and St. Denis, France

HARDIGG INDUSTRIES TODAYHARDIGG INDUSTRIES TODAY

We Provide engineered packaging solutions for a wide variety of markets. Military Public Safety Commercial OEM

Today, millions of Hardigg rotomolded and injection molded containers have been produced to meet a wide variety of applications including stringent engineering requirements.

Our mission is to provide the highest quality and feature-rich line of cases to protect even the most delicate equipment from the rigors of worldwide transport and storage.

South Deerfield Corporate Headquarters – 278,000 sq ft

HEADQUARTERSHEADQUARTERS

OUR PRODUCTSOUR PRODUCTS

OUR PRODUCTSOUR PRODUCTS

MULTI-CAD ENVIRONMENT

Four Engineering Groups R&D – IDEAS NPD – Solid Edge Custom Product – Solid Edge / Inventor / Solid Works Design Case Engineering – Solid Edge

Case Centers AutoCAD LT Solid Edge Conversion to 2D & 3D Solid Edge

Reuse of existing CAD data

Editing of non-native CAD files

Low learning curve for new 3D users

Ease of performing engineering changes

SYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGYSYNCHRONOUS TECHNOLOGY

REUSE OF CAD DATAREUSE OF CAD DATA

R&D passes new product lines to NPD and Design Case as dumb solids.

NPD has to maintain these new products and develop new standard options.

Design Case uses the data in conjunction with customer models to produce cushioning designs.

Synchronous Benefit - Ability to freely edit existing dumb solids and reuse data. Changes occur rapidly – Models are changed in hours not days Communication with customer enhanced – make changes in their

model to show improvements Cost Savings – R&D can run a more capable software, no need for

all CAD seats to be high end.

EDITING OF NON-NATIVE CAD FILESEDITING OF NON-NATIVE CAD FILES

Custom Molding often receives models of parts that need modification so that they can be efficiently molded.

Custom group maintained 3 CAD systems in an effort to be compatible with a wide variety of customers.

If we could not edit customer files a long change process usually ensued.

Synchronous eliminates the need for multiple CAD systems and the long drawn out change process. Estimated Savings of $3000/yr in software maintenance

Changes occur as needed – approval in days compared to weeks.

EASY TO LEARN FOR NEW 3D USERSEASY TO LEARN FOR NEW 3D USERS Case Center primarily using 2D (AutoCAD LT) Wide spread locations make training difficult and

expensive. Synchronous is more like 2D thinking

I believe it is more intuitive for 2D users than feature based 3D. The thought process follows along 2D CAD lines. Define a shape

and modify it as required. Stretch, Move, and Rotate are familiar concepts to the 2D user

No need to learn or be taught about robust modeling techniques.

Advantages of Synchronous Smoother less costly transition to 3D – Less need for organized

training. Training via remote meeting should be effective. Leverage 3D for CAM – save time and money programming

foam routers and waterjets.

EASE OF CHANGEEASE OF CHANGE

Design Case creates approximately 100-150 new designs a year. Averaging 6+ drawings per design 1 or 2 revisions per drawing soon after initial release.

We have a collection of over 5000 designs that need constant maintenance. 6-10 ECO’s for old designs each week.

Synchronous allows draftspersons to complete changes quickly No need to understand how the model was created Make direct edits to the model – change what needs to be changed and

not worry about how that shape was originally derived.

Synchronous Advantage Engineering Change Orders completed in minutes as opposed to hours –

potential savings would allow greater capacity in department. Allow draftsperson to focus on new business and fully support engineers

and designers. More cost effective use of personnel. Greater capacity in the department.

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