Almacam Helps Cut Shipyard Waste, By Design [Video]

Almacam is a leader in nesting-CAM software for shipyards. Philippe Rouzeau, Manager of the Shipyard Team, Almacam, explains how it solutions can help shipyards shave production costs and increase efficiency.

Almacam is a 45-year-old, employee-owned company created by researchers that were mono-focused on developing nesting algorithms in a laboratory of Grenoble University, France, aiming to bring this nesting algorithm tech to the industry.

According to Rouzeau, it is the world’s only independent CAD-CAM software publisher offering CAM solutions across industries, including aeronautics, agricultural equipment, steel construction, mechanical welding and, of course, shipbuilding and offshore construction.

Today the Alma Group has a nearly $20 million turnover, supporting 170 crew members and eight subsidiaries in France, Italia, Germany, Spain, Singapore, China, Brazil and the U.S. It works with 20 resellers and partners globally, with approximately 30,000 product licenses globally, a total which includes equipping 40 shipyards, with shipbuilding cumulatively representing approximately 20% …