With Minerva and Minerva PLM, ”we found a partner who had a deep understanding of the industry challenges. Their solution featured a deeper and wider level of out of the box functionalities for our industry than we had seen with any other vendor.” said Jean-Philippe Ruch, IT Director at Valtronic. “On top of that the Aras Platform underneath also provides the flexibility to support our highly specialized needs in some areas and at the same time being upgradeable”.
Establishing the digital thread across Engineering, Manufacturing and more
The Minerva PLM solution will provide an integrated environment where Engineering data (part BoM, MCAD, ECAD) will be integrated with SAP and combined with quality and regulatory information (DHF, DMR, Risk Management, QMS). All combined with strong process to enable optimized design control and configuration management across all data in the digital thread.
Valtronic is dedicated to medical devices, from design and development to manufacturing and full assembly of machines with increasing complexity. This means delivering highest quality for devices encompassing electronics, mechatronics, fluidics and software to name only a few fields of expertise. BOMs are also getting larger and more complex thus requiring optimized Product Life Cycle Management. “This matches very well with Minerva, since we want to deliver the worldwide best PLM solution for Medical Device companies” said Leon Lauritsen, VP & Partner at Minerva. He continues:
“By selecting the Minerva and Minerva PLM, Powered by Aras, Valtronic now have a partner and a solution committed to their industry which we will expand further together with the industry to continuously enhance the competitive advantage it will bring to our customers.”
Teaming up with CAD partner XPLM
An important Minerva PLM partner in the project, XPLM, will be leveraged for their expertise in integrating applications, processes, data and information to enable seamless information flow during system integrations.
Valtronic is a full-service contract manufacturer dedicated to medical devices. Worldwide companies rely on our 35+ years of experience to develop, industrialize and manufacture innovative Class II & III medical devices, including active implants. Our expertise includes turnkey devices, microelectronic assembly and miniaturization. Headquartered in Switzerland, our company spreads over three continents with sites in Switzerland, the United States and Morocco and employs more than 350 employees worldwide.
