Sandvik Just bought CNC Software/Mastercam

[TSmcam]

"We at CNC Software, Inc. see this acquisition by Sandvik as a very exiting next step in the evolution of Mastercam"

Freudian slip perhaps?

[mkd]

I remember thinking when that coromat prime turning thing came out and they were promoting some cam solution, wtf is a tooling company getting into cam for?
 Now we know

[Here's Johnny!]

You would think they would now go after Postability.

[Jim at Gentex]

Stay calm and pay yer maintenance!

Yup.
That's really all we can do for now until the dust settles.

We just renewed our annual maintenance in June, which marks either our 29th or 30th year using Mastercam.
We had one seat that was inactive for a while so a decision was made to drop the maintenance.
Then they recently decided to hire a programmer for the weekend shift.

Yep, we paid full freight to re-activate the maintenance just like it was a new seat.    :w00t:

[Jeff]

does Sandvik stop them from being able to use Mastercam?

I doubt it. Sandvik makes a lot of carbide blanks and they sell those to competitors.  I don't see how they could stop a competitor from using it. And if they could, why would they want to? Wouldn't it be just more promotion of Sandvik's product?

[thad]

Just got the e-mail announcement from my reseller...

Crickets from my reseller
I emailed the press release to my customer rep at 0 dark thirty .. so far , no reply

I haven't heard from my reseller since I started here 8 years ago, so I don't expect to hear from them now.  

[beej]

Just got the e-mail announcement from my reseller...

Crickets from my reseller
I emailed the press release to my customer rep at 0 dark thirty .. so far , no reply

I haven't heard from my reseller since I started here 8 years ago, so I don't expect to hear from them now.  

same! They call once every 4 or 5 years.  But a secretary emails me once a year to remind us about maintenance.

[MIL-TFP-41]

Interesting. They just bought Cambrio (Gibbs, Cimitron) back in July. Wonder if we will see MasterGibbs?

[HTM01]

Crickets from my reseller
I emailed the press release to my customer rep at 0 dark thirty .. so far , no reply

I haven't heard from my reseller since I started here 8 years ago, so I don't expect to hear from them now.  

same! They call once every 4 or 5 years.  But a secretary emails me once a year to remind us about maintenance.

an amazing thing - phones work both ways.

but i must say i do get a call every now and then from Cimquest to see if everything is going smoothly

[gcode]

[quote="Jim at Gentex" post_id=14949 time=1629973168 user_id=83]
We just renewed our annual maintenance in June, which marks either our 29th or 30th year using Mastercam.
We had one seat that was inactive for a while so a decision was made to drop the maintenance.
Then they recently decided to hire a programmer for the weekend shift.

Yep, we paid full freight to re-activate the maintenance just like it was a new seat.
[/quote]

Similar story
They hired a boy genius engineer
he spent a quarter million on Catia
We had 7 seats of Mastercam and when maintenance came due he dumped 5 seats
It quickly became clear that 2 seats of MC weren't going to cut it and I was asked
to claw back 2 more seats of MC.It had only been 3 weeks so we didn't pay full price, but it was still pretty ugly.
Top Gun Catia drivers were asking $80-100/hour and the bosses would not pay it.
In the end the Catia effort failed and Boy Genius got fired.
As a side note, maintenance on 7 seats of Catia was north of $50K/year.

[rdshear]

Mastercam customers,
For nearly 40 years CNC Software, Inc., has developed Mastercam from its Connecticut based headquarters. After a longstanding partnership, CNC Software, Inc. has officially joined Sandvik and will operate as a separate business unit within Sandvik's Design & Planning Automation Division.

In keeping with Sandvik's decentralized business model, Mastercam will run autonomously within Sandvik with the same employee base, the same leadership team, its Reseller channel, and partnerships using its established practices. The company's headquarters will remain in Tolland, Connecticut.

We believe that Sandvik's values, culture, and desire to leverage Mastercam's strengths to benefit the world of manufacturing align with everything Mastercam and Shopware stand for. Sandvik's size and relevance in the industry opens many opportunities for our global Mastercam community.

For nearly 30 years, Shopware has been supporting the Midwest manufacturing community. Your customer experience will remain the same with us!

With the combined resources and expertise, Mastercam's goal is to expand CAM programming power for manufacturers everywhere and stay at the forefront of developing machining technology. It's an exciting time for manufacturing, and we look forward to moving the industry forward together!

We just got this today from our reseller...

[thad]

I haven't heard from my reseller since I started here 8 years ago, so I don't expect to hear from them now.  

same! They call once every 4 or 5 years.  But a secretary emails me once a year to remind us about maintenance.

an amazing thing - phones work both ways.

but i must say i do get a call every now and then from Cimquest to see if everything is going smoothly

I know where to go when I need help.  :wink:

[Jeff]

Just got the e-mail announcement from my reseller...

Crickets from my reseller
I emailed the press release to my customer rep at 0 dark thirty .. so far , no reply

I haven't heard from my reseller since I started here 8 years ago, so I don't expect to hear from them now.  

Same. In the 25 years I've been dealing with Axsys I can't recall ever getting a phone call from them. Granted when Rob was our guy he got shit done if you needed it. But since he left I have no clue who our salesman is and it's been a few years since he retired I believe.

[Zoober]

Just got the e-mail announcement from my reseller...

Remain Calm, ALL is Well!!!!

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The "Ivory Tower" in Tolland has lost some luster!!!  


I'm about two exits down the road from the Tower this week.
Mayhaps I pay them a visit on our way to Bastan tomorrow.

[CNCAppsJames]

Tell 'em Thee Circle says hi.