04/07
Lectra unveils its new generation of furniture-dedicated solutions at Lectra World 2007 for Furniture
Lectra, the world leader in software, CAD/CAM equipment and related services dedicated to the fashion, automotive, aeronautical, marine and furniture industries, presented its new generation of value-added solutions specifically developed for furniture professionals on March 8-9 in Bordeaux, France.

Brought together at Lectra’s industrial site in Bordeaux-Cestas, 140 guests from 18 countries – including B&B Italia, Cassina and Natuzzi (Italy), Neiser, Fleming (Estonia), Walter Knoll (Germany), Ekornes (Norway) and numerous other major furniture-sector players – were welcomed by Lectra CEO Daniel Harari in the brand new International Technology & Conference Center.

“In the image of our international conference center, these two days were dedicated to technological innovation,” declared Daniel Harari. “They represented the result of years of work and concerted efforts of the R&D, service, marketing, and sales teams, and allowed our customers to discover the Lectra of today, which brings even more intelligence to its technology offering, more everyday service, and more operational value.”

Lectra World 2007 for Furniture: Immersion into the heart of Lectra’s technological universe of innovative new software, equipment, and services

Lectra World 2007 for Furniture allowed all the furniture professionals attending this unique event to discover the brand new innovative Lectra solutions and associated services dedicated to their market.

During these two days, participants attended many presentations and demonstrations, and participated in round tables that allowed them to compare their visions of the market. Attendees could also present the challenges they faced and their development outlooks, while Lectra solutions experts unveiled the company’s newest technology solutions. Covering the entire furniture product development cycle, these solutions were then demonstrated in several interactive workshops.

“Lectra works to permanently associate its experience and expertise with those of its customers in order to provide them with the technology tools necessary to face today’s extremely competitive market,” affirmed Bruno Blain, director of Lectra's furniture market activity. “We are convinced that technology represents a key factor in adding dynamism to the furniture sector through its capacity to simplify and accelerate all processes.”

DesignConcept Furniture: A 3D virtual prototyping solution unequaled on the market

The first 3D CAD solution completely dedicated to the furniture market, DesignConcept Furniture allows designers and prototyping specialists to explore a multitude of creative paths thanks to virtual conception. Equipped with high-performance visualization tools, this new version of DesignConcept Furniture allows designers to create virtual prototypes and product marketing managers to make
rapid decisions about style, even before the physical realization of the product, thus reducing time to market.

Thanks to its unique pattern-flattening capacity and its numerous modeling functionalities, DesignConcept Furniture significantly accelerates the product development phase, both for traditional furniture and more complex contemporary models.

VectorFurniture: The powerful, intelligent new generation of Lectra cutters

Adapted to mass production as well as small or medium series, the VectorFurniture automated cutting solutions are at the heart of the intelligent cutting room dedicated to furniture industrialists.The equipment and software perfectly integrate cut plans from the market’s major CAD software, notably Lectra’s automated marker-making solutions, which enable significant material saving and high productivity.

VectorFurniture’s technology guarantees unmatched productivity and precision, adapted to all types of shapes and materials to be cut.

MFC Furniture: A perfect blend of experience and technology

With this new automated leather-cutting solution, Lectra allows furniture professionals to optimize small and medium series thanks to the reduction of production cycles, the improvement of product quality, the reduction of costs, ensuring flexibility, reactivity, and competitiveness for furniture producers. Thanks to its new advanced user interface, the new MFC Furniture optimizes the four steps of the leather-cutting process: identification of the hide and its flaws, nesting, cutting, and unloading of cut pieces.

Lectra’s Smart Services: bringing still more added value to customers

Lectra’s new Power service solutions provide customers with tailored expertise and high value-added benefits to help them improve the overall performance of their production systems and protect their investment. This new offering includes complete, real-time monitoring of customers’ systems by Lectra’s experts in the International Call Centers, a program of preventive maintenance, and upgrading of pilot software. The flexibility of these made-to-measure contracts enables Lectra customers to choose the most efficient combination of their own internal competencies and those of Lectra’s experts.

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