CimatronE Selected as the Designated Multi-Axis Machining Software by China National Competition

The National Vocational Students Skills Competition Will Take Place in June, Hosting Over 3,000 Students From 23 Provinces.

GIVAT SHMUEL, Israel — Cimatron Limited, a provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts, announced that CimatronE has been selected as the designated multi-axis machining software by the China National Vocational Students Skills Competition 2010.

The National Vocational Student Skills Competition (NVSC) is an annual event organized by China's Ministry of Education that takes place in Tianjin in June. Founded in 2008, the competition is nationwide, with over 3,000 competitors from 23 provinces.

Cimatron has been involved in NVSC and the National CNC Competition, which preceded it, since their inception. This year, CimatronE was selected for the section of the competition entitled, "complex parts modeling, multi-axis programming and machining." Contestants will be assessed based on their skills in all areas of machining, with emphasis on 5-Axis Programming.

Cimatron has continued its support of the annual competition by collaborating with Wuhan Huazhong Numerical Control Co. (HCNC), a machine tool builder and major sponsor of NVSC, which runs several CNC training centers in China. The collaboration includes three CNC training classes, in March, April and May of 2010.

"We are proud that CimatronE was chosen as the multi-axis machining software for this nationwide competition; working with CimatronE will allow the students to acquire valuable experience which will help them kick-start their careers," said Lang Yan, Cimatron's General Manager in China. "We wish all of the students the best of luck!"