Growing together: CADENAS GmbH and KEYENCE Group
CADENAS becomes part of the KEYENCE Group, an international leader in the development and manufacturing of industrial automation and inspection equipment.
On May 20, 2025, CADENAS GmbH becomes part of the KEYENCE Group. This decision has been made with great conviction, with the aim of joining forces to take the engineering platform, 3Dfindit to the next level.
About KEYENCE Group
KEYENCE Group is a global market leader in the development and manufacturing of industrial automation and inspection equipment. For the past 25 years, the company has achieved an average annual growth rate of 10%. It is one of the top 5 companies in Japan based on market capitalization as of March 2024 and serves 350,000 customers in 46 countries.
About CADENAS
Founded in 1992 in Augsburg, Germany, CADENAS GmbH has been growing continuously to become a globally operating company. Today it operates a platform business that connects approximately 10 million users with numerous parts suppliers in the essential field of 3D CAD for future manufacturing.
After more than 30 years of continuous growth and strong team performance, the time is right to open the next chapter with a strong partner.
CADENAS becoming part of the KEYENCE Group
CADENAS is taking this strategic step to further its mission of driving innovation and expanding its impact for customers and partners in a dynamic market. This move reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to advancing its engineering platforms and delivering greater value through digital transformation.
As the partnership moves forward, CADENAS will expand the portfolio and support KEYENCE’s mission: delivering superior technology and unmatched support to create lasting value for customers.
What does that mean for customers?
As customers, you will not experience any changes in our cooperation. Our team will remain the same, and your usual contacts will continue to be available. We will continue to develop our software independently, and we will remain a neutral, reliable partner for manufacturers and companies of all kinds, regardless of industry. As a matter of course the information that CADENAS obtains about its customer will be responsibly managed by CADENAS itself. We are looking forward to the new opportunities that the new chapter will bring.
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