BIRMINGHAM, UK, Jan 16, 2015 – The Delcam CRISPIN CADCAM suite in Leicester College’s city center St Margaret’s Campus was officially opened last month. At the launch event, staff from Leicester College were joined by representatives from the Delcam CRISPIN head office and many footwear industry professionals to witness the ribbon cutting.
Graham Vollans from Delcam CRISPIN and Verity Hancock, Principal at Leicester College, at the opening of the new CADCAM suite
The newly refurbished suite contains the latest versions of Delcam CRISPIN’s range of CADCAM software for the footwear industry, making Leicester College the only further education establishment in the UK to offer this software to its footwear learners. The new facilities continue a long tradition of training in the city; Leicester introduced its first school of footwear in 1898.
At the opening, Graham Vollans, footwear business development manager at Delcam Crispin said: “We’re honored to take part in the opening of the Delcam CRISPIN suite at Leicester College. We are dedicated to helping Leicester College grow and look forward to working together for many years.”
Verity Hancock, Principal at Leicester College, added: “Our partnership with Delcam CRISPIN will help the College create a world-recognized center of excellence for footwear in Leicester. The opportunity to work with industry-standard software is an exceptional resource for our learners and I would like to replicate this across other disciplines to benefit the College and the city.”
Paul Kinsley, Curriculum leader continued: “This is a fantastic opportunity for our learners. I would like to thank Delcam CRISPIN for supporting Leicester College to allow our learners to take advantage of this fantastic software, which has enhanced their experience of the course.”
Learners at Leicester College have already been using the software as part of the Footwear Foundation Degree course. They have thoroughly enjoyed using the software to create 3D designs after being given an industry-set brief.
Two graduates of the College’s footwear courses are now employed by Delcam. Lauren Whitaker graduated from the Foundation Degree course in Footwear while Ian Burgess completed his Higher National Diploma in Footwear. Both are College alumni members.
Delcam CRISPIN is the world’s largest supplier of CADCAM software to the footwear industry. It is the only supplier able to provide a complete solution for the 3D design and manufacture of lasts, uppers and soles.
About Delcam
Delcam is one of the world’s leading suppliers of CAM software and associated services, and also supplies systems for product design, tooling design, reverse engineering and inspection. The company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977, after initial development work at Cambridge University led by the late Donald Welbourn. It is now among the largest developers of product design and manufacturing software in the UK, with subsidiaries in America, Europe and Asia. Over 330 people are employed at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters, with almost 400 staff working in the company’s overseas subsidiaries and around 200 more in its international joint ventures.
Delcam’s software and services help manufacturing companies to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce lead times. The company’s software is used in over 90 countries by more than 45,000 organizations. These customers range from multi-national corporations to independent designers, toolmakers and sub-contractors, and come from a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electrical appliances, footwear, healthcare, motor sport, packaging, toys, sports equipment, jewellery and signmaking. On February 6, 2014, Delcam was acquired by Autodesk and now operates as a wholly-owned, independently-operated subsidiary.
For further information, please visit www.delcam.com.