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Forming Technologies
203-3370 South Service Road
Burlington, ON L7N 3M6 Canada
Phone: 905-340-3370
Fax: 905-340-0377
Recent Content on The Fabricator for Forming Technologies
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FTI’s FormingSuite updated with 2019 Service Pack 1
- Mar 19, 2019
- Manufacturing Software
- Product Release
Forming Technologies (FTI) has released FormingSuite 2019 Service Pack 1 for sheet metal cost estimators, design engineers, tooling designers, and advanced planning engineers in the automotive, aerospace, consumer product, and electronics industries. Updates to the software’s ProcessPlanner -...
- From The Fabricator
FTI signs strategic partnership agreement with Plante Electric Vehicle Co.
- Jul 5, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc. and Plante Electric Vehicle Co. have signed a strategic partnership agreement whereby FTI will provide a customized design and costing system for the car body of Plante’s electric vehicles. The launch of the H car will be the first application of this system. Plante...
- From The Fabricator
Hexagon AB acquires Forming Technology Inc.
- Mar 23, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Stockholm-based information technology provider Hexagon AB has announced the acquisition of Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), Burlington, Ont., a provider of manufacturing software for sheet metal forming. FTI serves OEMs and suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and appliance...
- From The Fabricator
Software offers free-form approach to creating, morphing addendum geometry
- Jun 15, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) has released FormingSuite Sculptured Die Face to address the needs of cost estimation, process planning, and metal forming simulation. It offers a free-form approach to creating and morphing addendum geometry, resulting in a fast, flexible, and visual approach to die...
- From The Fabricator
New version of sheet metal forming software released
- May 18, 2015
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) has released FormingSuite 2015 for sheet metal forming and costing engineers, designers, and estimators in the automotive, aerospace, consumer product, and electrical/electronic industries. The software introduces new technologies to stamping simulation and...
- From The Fabricator
Forming Technologies Inc. acquires Rand Technologies Japan
- Jan 6, 2015
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Burlington, Ont.-based Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) has acquired Rand Technologies Japan and created a new company, FTI Rand Japan KK, in Tokyo. FTI is a developer of CAE software for design, simulation, and costing of sheet metal components in the automotive, aerospace, and appliance...
- From The Fabricator
Forming Technologies hires managing director for China
- Oct 24, 2014
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc., Burlington, Ont., a developer of software for the design, simulation, and costing of sheet metal components, has hired Jerry Zhu as managing director for China, based in Guangzhou. Zhu has more than 15 years of sales and sales management experience. He previously...
- From The Fabricator
FTI marks 25 years in business
- Sep 23, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), Burlington, Ont., a developer of software for the design, simulation, and costing of sheet metal components, celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2014. The company incorporated in October 1989 in Oakville, Ont., as a small engineering and consulting company for...
- From The Fabricator
Flat-pattern development software integrates into SolidWorks
- Jan 30, 2013
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Forming Technologies Inc. has released BlankWorks v5.0, which provides SolidWorks® 2013 users with a fully integrated, add-in application for developing optimal flat patterns from complex, 3-D designs. The software, most commonly used for flattening complex, 3-D sheet metal components, also...
- From The Fabricator
Forming Technologies wins CATA award for innovative technology
- Jun 14, 2012
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc., Burlington, Ont., has been awarded the Canada Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA) Intel SME Innovation Award. Forming Technologies Inc. is a developer of computer-aided engineering software for design and simulation of sheet metal components, serving OEMs and suppliers...
- From The Fabricator
Software facilitates quick flange, blank shape development
- Feb 7, 2011
- Manufacturing Software
- Product Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) has released BlankWorks 4.3. It provides SolidWorks® 2011 users with a fully integrated tool for developing flat patterns from complex 3-D designs. With the software, users can develop flanges and blank shapes for their stampings in less than a minute, the company...
- From The Fabricator
Design for manufacturability
- Jan 14, 2010
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Bachman Machine collaborates with customers,and often, tweaking the part design—just a little—enters the picture.
- From The Fabricator
Forming Technologies celebrates 20th anniversary
- Dec 15, 2009
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), a developer of software for the design, simulation, and costing of sheet metal components, marked 20 years in business in Oakville, Ont., Canada, in October. "Twenty years ago, computer-assisted technologies were still primitive, and the stamping engineer was...
- From The Fabricator
Forming Technologies opens office in Germany
- Nov 10, 2009
- Manufacturing Software
- News Release
Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), a developer of software for the design, simulation, and costing of sheet metal components in Oakville, Ont., Canada, has announced the opening of Forming Technologies GmbH, located in the Frankfurt, Germany, area. The company reports that the new office has been...
- From The Fabricator
Software enables forming simulation analysis and costing
- Jan 10, 2006
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Forming Technologies offers its Forming Suite 4.0 software, suitable for blank development, forming simulation, blank nesting, and material cost estimation and optimization. According to the manufacturer, this is the first fully parametric forming simulation analysis and costing tool on the market....
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