CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
22 March 2011
Implementation Investments
Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Selected by Schioppa Casters and Wheels
Catalog Data Solutions (CDS) announced that Schioppa Casters and Wheels has selected its online CAD download solution.
Schioppa Casters and Wheels, based in San Paulo, Brazil, manufactures and supplies over 30,000 caster and wheel products worldwide. “Our team has noted that the buying process has changed – caster and wheel customers now research and select products online, often before even talking to a supplier,” said Mario Schioppa Neto, Export Manager, Schioppa. “Therefore our website has become a very important sales tool and we are investing in it, not only to enable customers to quickly find the “right” product but, equally importantly, to offer CAD downloads of products to save engineers and designers time during the design-in process. After evaluating several vendors, we chose the CDS ModelServer SaaS solution for its flexibility, adaptability and configurability as well their ability to build over 30,000 downloadable CAD models for us.”
“This is a proof point for CDS’s international expansion and we’re delighted to have been selected by Schioppa Casters and Wheels. As they fully recognize, the industrial buying process has changed and become both online and international,” said John Major, CEO Catalog Data Solutions. “Of the many types of online marketing content (e.g. white papers, case studies, brochures, videos, demos, recorded webinars, reviews, CAD model downloads, etc.) only CAD downloads are known to lead to a sale nearly 50% of the time - CAD downloads may be the most efficient online marketing tool available.”
Catalog Data Solutions helps industrial suppliers and distributors grow sales and strengthen customer loyalty through interactive online catalogs, ecommerce, 3D CAD model delivery and product configurator solutions.
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