(PRWEB) August 14, 2008 -- The Caribbean section of the Society of Plastics Engineering will be holding an educational seminar featuring the latest advances in mold design and manufacturing processes and technologies.
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Presented by tooling and manufacturing experts from Cimatron Technologies Inc., the seminar will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the integrated approach to mold design and manufacturing and the benefits that such an approach brings to product quality and speed of delivery.

HDI, Inc., a Puerto Rico-based plastic machinery consulting group, helped organize the event, which will be hosted at the Cayey facility of Nypro Puerto Rico. "We appreciate Cimatron's participation in this seminar; we view this event as a great opportunity for local tooling and manufacturing professionals to get up to speed on the latest trends and strategies in our industry," said Héctor Dilán, HDI's President, who is also past Executive Vice President of SPE's Global Society and a co-founder of free2learnit.com.

Seminar attendees will learn about:

Tooling Industry Challenges and Trends Automation of Mold Design Advanced Mold Machining Techniques High Speed Machining Trends Automating Electrode Processes Integrating Mold Design and Manufacturing
Seminar details:

Place: Nypro Puerto Rico, Cayey
Date and time: Thursday, 14th of August 2008, from 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Contribution to the SPE Caribbean Section: $145 per participant
Includes: class materials, lunch, and certificate of participation
For reservations: Laureano Rodriguez, Laureano @ hdiinc.net or (939)644-0628. Please note that registration is already underway and space is limited.

Presenters:

Hari Sridharan, VP of Engineering, Cimatron Technologies Inc.

Hari Sridharan joined the Cimatron team in 1999 and has been leading the Cimatron engineering team ever since. With 19 years of experience in the industry, Hari began his career supervising a CNC milling department at ISRO Satellite Centre in Bangalore, India. He was quickly promoted to Senior Supervisor and later acted as Senior Engineer and Scientist, while managing a tool room with 30 employees. Sridharan branched into the tooling industry when he joined Tool Matic of Malaysia. While in Malaysia, Hari also worked for Saeilo Japan as a CAD/CAM Application Engineer representing Cimatron software.

David Lindemann, Senior Application Engineer, Cimatron Technologies Inc.

Prior to joining Cimatron, Lindemann spent 14 years as an engineer in the tooling industry, where he was responsible for generating job quotations, tool and fixture designs, CNC programming, project engineering, and customer relations. During his 10 years with Cimatron, Lindemann has been assisting toolmakers identify and implement improved design and manufacturing processes.

About Cimatron

With over 25 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.

The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.

For more information, please visit the company web site at: http://www.cimatrontech.com.

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For More Information Contact:
Lisa Sterling
Cimatron Technologies, Inc.
Phone: (248) 596-9700 x224
Email: lsterling @ cimatrontech.com