Zuken
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| Zuken Inc. 株式会社図研 |
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| Type | Public (TYO: 6947) |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Headquarters | Yokohama, Japan |
| Key people | Makoto Kaneko, CEO Jinya Katsube, COO |
| Industry | Engineering Consulting Services Electronic Design Automation |
| Products | CR-5000 System Designer CR-5000 Board Designer CR-5000 Lightning Wire Harness Design Cadstar DFM Center E³.series |
| Employees | 1,000 |
| Website | www.zuken.com www.zuken.co.jp |
Zuken Inc. (株式会社図研 Kabushiki-gaisha Zuken?) (TYO: 6947) is a Japanese multinational corporation, specializing in Engineering Consulting and Electronic design automation. Established in 1976 at Yokohama, Japan, it is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; market capitalization is estimated as USD300 million as of March 2006.
Zuken's software is primarily used for designing printed circuit boards and Multi-Chip Modules, or MCMs. Zuken one of three major EDA companies which specialize in PCB design software. The other two being Cadence Design Systems and Mentor Graphics
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[edit] Products
- CR-5000 - This is Zuken's flagship enterprise-wide PCB design solution platform for both analogue and digital PCB design. CR-5000 includes modules such as System Designer, Board Designer, Lightning, Package Predictor/Synthesizer. The program runs on both UNIX and Windows.
- Wire Harness Design - This is the most recent addition to the Zuken family of products. It is a design tool that integrates with Catia to provide total solution for wire harness design. Modules include Cabling Designer, Harness Designer, Topology Designer, Simulation and Verifications.
- Cadstar - A desktop software for producing schematic and PCB designs.
- Visula - A proven enterprise-wide PCB design solution which is set to be migrated to CR-5000.
- e-PLM - Zuken's Electronic Product Lifecycle Management tool.
- 3D - A range of Electro-mechanical tools which link ECAD and MCAD tools. Board Modular is a standalone product for linking any ECAD tools to 3D MCAD tools. Electromechnical Designer is a CR-5000 product module and Cadstar 3D is an option of Cadstar pcb design tool.
[edit] History
- 1976 Zuken Inc. Established.
- 1978 Released "CREATE-2000"(CR-2000) for PC.(HP-1000 Platform)
- 1983 Zuken America Inc.(Now, Zuken U.S. Inc.) Established.
- 1985 Released Logic Design Workstation.(UNIX Platform)
- 1988 Released CAD/CAM for PCB "CR-3000".(UNIX Platform)
- 1991 Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Level-2.
- 1992 Zuken Europe GmbH.(Germany) Established.
- 1992 Zuken Korea Inc.(Seoul) Established.
- 1992 Zuken Singapore Pte.Ltd. Established.
- 1993 Zuken Inc. China(Beijing) Established.
- 1994 Merged with Racal-Redac Ltd.
- 1994 Listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Level-1
- 1994 Released CAD/CAM for PCB "CR-5000".(UNIX & PC Platform)
- 1994 Released Data Management System "PDM-5000".
- 1996 Realvision Inc. Established.
- 2000 Merged with Incases Engineering GmbH.
- 2000 Zuken Tecnomatix Inc. established.
- 2001 Zuken NetWave Inc. established.
- 2002 Zuken Shanghai Technical Center Co.,Ltd. established.
- 2005 Zuken Taiwan Inc. established.
- 2006 Acquired CIM-Team GmbH.
[edit] Innovations
- 1970 World's first interactive graphics PCB design system
- 1984 World's first commercial IBM PC PCB design system
- 1985 World's first gridless routing system - Bloodhound
- 1996 World's first proven PLM solution for electronics companies
- 1996 World's first physical hierarchical and concurrent design tools
- 1998 World's first 3D electrical design solution
- 1999 World's first "Free Angle" router for IC packages
- 2000 World's first IC package synthesizer
[edit] See also
- CR-5000, Zuken's flagship PCB design tool
- Cadstar, Zuken's desktop PCB design solution
- E³.series, CIM-Team/Zuken's Electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic design solution
