Delcam completes 10 years as world's leading CAM specialist

The company first achieved its global leadership in 2000, when it overtook Japanese developer Hitachi Zosen, and has kept that position ever since. The CIMdata report also confirmed that Delcam has the largest development team in the industry, with 165 people working on the company's CAM software. Only two other companies employ more than 100 CAM developers; Siemens PLM with 121 and Dassault with 110. Furthermore, the company was reported to have shipped more industrial seats of CAM software than any other supplier during the year. The past ten years have seen Delcam increase its market share significantly. The company's revenues have increased from £17.0 million in 2000 to £31.8 million last year. Over the same period, CIMdata reports that total vendor revenue has fallen, from $806 million in 2000 to $804 in 2009. This was mainly the result of the current economic downturn, with miniscule growth in 2008, followed by a sharp decline of over 15 per cent during 2009. This increased market share has come about in three ways: growth in the sales of Delcam's established PowerMILL and ArtCAM systems, the acquisition of the FeatureCAM and PartMaker families of software, and the addition of new programs, in particular the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated CAM system and the dedicated software for the dental and orthotics industries.