DP Technology Expands California Headquarters
 CAMARILLO,
CA, Mar 14, 2008 - In keeping with a trend of growth at its centers of
business around the world, international computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM)
industry leader DP Technology, maker of ESPRIT, is remodeling and expanding
its corporate headquarters to better serve the needs of customers and staff.
In the midst of being redesigned with productivity, comfort, convenience
and energy conservation in mind, DP’s corporate headquarters is located in
Ventura County, roughly 50 miles north of Los Angeles.
With the acquisition of an adjoining structure, the 12,000 square-foot
building that has served as DP’s headquarters since 1989 will undergo a
complete reconstruction and be expanded to just under 20,000 square feet.
This massive facelift will include the remodeling of all of the two
adjoining buildings, resulting in a 70 percent increase in overall office
space to create a more efficient and spacious working environment.
“The business and development offices of 15 to 20 years ago had large,
centrally located spaces,” said Bill Haas, DP’s vice president of special
projects. “Today’s office and development environment requires the
individual work station be almost completely self-sufficient, capable of
handling laptops, multiple computers and multiple monitors.”
The remodeled site will include triple the amount of space currently
devoted to DP’s research and development department, in addition to more
than double the current amount of space devoted to specialized training — a
must in light of DP’s growing roster of technical instruction services. This
space will also serve as an ideal locale to conduct group training classes,
meetings and presentations.
Over the past two years, DP has expanded sales and support operations
within and outside the United States. With new offices and increased sales
and support in China and Europe, as well as expanded offices in Japan, the
need for an overhaul of corporate headquarters became ever more apparent.
DP’s goal with the structural and stylistic revamping of its headquarters
is to bring the outdoors in — primarily by capitalizing on the qualities of
natural light and designing an environment that includes tones lifted from
nature’s palette.
The addition of windows and the subtraction of inner walls — which will
be replaced with half walls and half glass — will allow for the increased
flow of natural light and a decrease in the use of artificial lighting.
Existing lighting will be replaced with a modern, high-efficiency option.
Despite the building’s notable increase in size, “our energy footprint
will remain the same as it is now, due to the many energy-efficient
equipment and design features being employed,” Haas said.
Efforts to make the construction process “as green as possible,” as well
as to decrease energy use over time, Haas said, include the use of
100-percent recycled porcelain tile and the insulation of all internal
walls. The installation of electronic dampers in the air conditioning and
heating system, waterless urinals, highly efficient non-traditional instant
hot water heaters and a total of 400 rooftop solar panels are intended to
decrease long-term energy dependency on non-renewal energy sources.
According to Haas, the network of solar panels is capable of “providing 75
to 80 percent of our total electrical needs.”
Designed by Pittman Group Architects of Camarillo, Calif., the project’s
principal architect, with interior design by Design Elements of Woodland
Hills, Calif., and construction by FrontRunner Enterprises of Camarillo,
Calif., the overall result is an environment that provides more spacious,
thoughtfully configured work stations, roomy walkways, convenient common
areas and plenty of greenery. Among the common areas will be an atrium with
a large tree at its center.
“We started off with the basic concept that form was to follow function
and we were not going to make compromises in this area,” Haas said. “As
employees and guests move about the facility, it gives them a change of
environment — and a mental break.”
Form will follow function in the new Tuscany-inspired lunchroom, which
will be equipped — like all meeting areas — with flat paneled monitors
and/or projectors, as well as wireless Internet connections.
Construction is expected to be completed in late August of 2008.
About ESPRIT
ESPRIT is a high-performance computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system
for a full range of machine tool applications. ESPRIT delivers powerful
full-spectrum programming for 2–5 axis milling, 2–22 axis turning, 2–5 axis
wire EDM, multitasking mill-turn machining and B-axis machine tools, ,and
high-speed 3- and 5-axis machining.
ESPRIT’s high-performance capabilities include machining any part
geometry (solid, surface, or wireframe), universal post processing to format
G-code for virtually any machine tool, and solid simulation and verification
with dry runs rendered in dynamic solids for optimal part quality and
consistency. ESPRIT is 100 percent pure Windows, and provides a comfortable
and familiar user interface for maximum productivity.
About DP Technology
DP Technology is a computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software market
leader with a mission to provide CNC programmers with the most powerful CAM
software ever. DP Technology’s flagship product, ESPRIT, captures the
company’s vision of technology’s potential and its passion for excellence.
DP Technology maintains its worldwide headquarters in Camarillo,
California and product development teams in California and Florence, Italy.
Sales and support operations are located in Europe, Asia, and North and
South America.
For additional information about DP Technology and ESPRIT, call
+1-805-388-6000, send an e-mail to
esprit@dptechnology.com, or visit the company Web site at
www.dptechnology.com.
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