We’re thrilled to announce that we have been awarded two highly covetedQueens Awards for Enterprise!
We have been recognised for both Innovation and International Trade.
Since 1966, The Queens Awards for Enterprise have been awarded to businesses in the UK for outstanding achievement.
The Queen makes the Awards on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee.
Presentation ceremonies are conducted at the winners premises, by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County as HM The Queens representative. The Awards consist of a Grant of Appointment and a presentational item bearing the Emblem.
Winning organisations may fly the Queens Award flag at their principal premises and are entitled to use the Emblem on their stationery, advertising and goods.
‘We are thrilled to receive these two Queens Awards. They are tangible recognition of the vision and passion for technology, that inspires our entire team,’
-Glen Smith, DriveWorks CEO
In todays digital market, offering personalised or custom designs, is a highly profitable way of adding value to a business and building brand loyalty. This approach is popular in the business-to-consumer sector and our software has made it a reality for the business-to-business manufacturing sector too.
Here at DiveWorks we bring together engineering and sales teams to allow manufacturing companies of all sizes to offer customisable and configurable products to help realize their digital strategy.
Using DriveWorks software, companies can quickly and easily display configured products online, in 3D, and generate accurate quotes and sales documentation.
What is particularly innovative about our software is that it also automates the creation of all the downstream manufacturing drawings and production data too. Production can begin as soon as an order is placed, and customers then benefit from shorter lead times.
Companies that embrace DriveWorks rules-based technology, typically win more orders, are able to reduce errors and are more profitable.
Our software empowers companies to create and maintain their own configurators without having to write code themselves. This sets us apart from other configurator solutions on the market.
From the outset, we’ve been committed to innovation. We are also a SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD Certified Gold Partner and Microsoft Development Partner. We are agile and responsive to ever-changing market opportunities and our team’s development roadmap embraces Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality.
Our collaborative work-spaces and company culture all foster innovation. Its at the heart of everything we do. Everyone here at DriveWorks is incredibly dedicated to creating great, innovative software for our customers all over the world. Being recognized with two highly coveted Queens Awards for Enterprise inspires us to do even more.
-Maria Sarkar, DriveWorks VP
If you’re registered to attend DriveWorks World make sure you choose which sessions you would like to attend. Personalise your agenda to learn what’s relevant to you and your DriveWorks projects.
Manage your agenda in the DriveWorks Community, make sure you choose your sessions by Thursday, 18th April.
Choose Your Training Option for Monday and Tuesday.
These lessons focus on using DriveWorks Pro to automate SOLIDWORKS and as a configurator.
Join this training if you are quite new to DriveWorks, need a refresher or want to become a Certified DriveWorks Professional (CDWP).
This training focuses on the Sales Configurator aspects of DriveWorks, without automating any CAD.
Join this training to learn how to use DriveWorks without automating CAD, or just learn something new if you’re already certified!
Choose Your Advanced Sessions for Wednesday to Friday.
Choose which advanced sessions you would like to attend for each time slot. Some sessions are hands-on and others are presentations.
The sessions cover a variety of topics and at different skill levels.
Spaces are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Spaces are filling up fast so make sure you secure your spot!
You don’t need to choose a session for each slot, make sure you leave some gaps to watch the customer presentations and join in with other discussions.
Build Your Agenda closes on Thursday, April 18th so make sure you have chosen your sessions before then!
Along with generating new SOLIDWORKS Parts, Assemblies and Drawings, you can set up your DriveWorks Solo Projects so generated SOLIDWORKS files are saved in additional file formats.
You may want to create a PDF version of a SOLIDWORKS Drawing so it can be sent to a customer, or you may require a DXF of a part for manufacturing.
Instead of having to manually save the generated SOLIDWORKS files in the required formats, you can automate this process by capturing the additional file formats against the SOLIDWORKS file inside DriveWorks Solo.
With a captured model open, you will notice a File Formats tab. With this selected, you can capture additional file formats for a file. The file formats that can be captured change depending on the type of SOLIDWORKS file that you have open, this reflects the file formats available inside SOLIDWORKS.
Each available file format type can be set to one of the following:
Learn more about Additional File Formats in the DriveWorks Solo Online Help File:
Create and configure custom products inside SOLIDWORKS速 quickly and easily with DriveWorks Solo.
Use DriveWorks Solo to reduce the cost of custom designs, respond quickly to sales inquiries, enhance product quality & reduce repetitive tasks.
Download a 30 Day Free Trial of DriveWorks Solo to try the functionality for yourself.
Weve been supporting DEVELOP3D Live since its inception in 2012. We’re proud to participate and be silver sponsors again!
DEVELOP3D Live 2019 will take place on 17th April at Sheffield University.
DEVELOP3D LIVE is the UKs leading conference and exhibition celebrating design, engineering and manufacturing technology and how it brings world-leading products tomarket faster.
Now in its 8th year, DEVELOP3D LIVE is a truly unique event attracting over 1,600 delegates and bringing to life the revolution in product development technology.
It is the only UK event to attract such a broad cross-section of technology providers, covering CAD software, generative design, topology optimisation, additive manufacturing, AI, 3D printing, workstation technology, design visualisation, VR/AR, simulation, data management, 3D scanning, tolerance analysis and lots, lots more.
DEVELOP3D Live 2019 promises to be the most significant global forum on the future of engineering and product design tools. It is a really unique global conference, showcasing innovation and talent and highlighting future trends and products that will change our industry and were excited to be a part of it again.
The one-day event combines the best hands-on exhibition of software and hardware for design and manufacturing with 40 talks from technology experts and innovative companies.
DEVELOP3D Live is a great opportunity to hear from exciting, relevantand inspirational speakers for free!
On the main stageGian Paolo Bassi CEO of Dassault Syst竪mes SOLIDWORKS, will be sharing his thoughts and strategy around a new Industrial Renaissance.
Morgan Fabian R&D ManageratAutodesk will bediscussing reclaiming creative freedom through the convergence of design and manufacturing.
Brian Thompson SVP, CAD Segment at PTCwill be looking at the incredible new technologies that are transforming engineering and design today.
Jon Hirschtick CEO and Co-founder ofOnshape will be reviewing ‘The Power of Platform’ – the Onshapefull-cloud product development platform.
Dan Staples Vice President of Mainstream Engineering R&D at Siemens PLM Software will be highlighting some of the keytrends in today’s design technology along with exploring the challenge of the skills gap between education and industry with real-life stories of progress.
Be inspired by designers, engineers, technologist and AM specialists at DEVELOP3D Live.
This year our CEO Glen Smith and VP Maria Sarkar will be attending the event along with Phil and Bridie from the DriveWorks team. They will be exhibiting at stand 48, where you will find them demonstrating the benefits of design automation and answering your questions.
DEVELOP3D LIVE 2019 will take place on 17th Aprilat Sheffield University.
Come visit us at stand 48!
We’re thrilled to announce that we were awarded two High Sheriff’s Awards for Enterprise for 2018/19.
We won the Award for Innovation and were joint winners for the Exporter of the Year Award, alongside the Tall Group.
Our CEO Glen Smith and Vice President Maria Sarkar attended the awards ceremony at Chester Racecourse.
They were presented the awards by Alexis Redmond MBE, the 2018/19 High Sherriff of Cheshire.
In partnership with the University of Chester, the High Sheriff Awards for Enterprise recognise outstanding achievements by enterprises in Cheshire, Halton and Warrington.
The awards are the regions most prestigious awards for business performance, celebrating the success of businesses and individuals across the county. Entrants are judged by a panel of senior members of the Cheshire business community.
DriveWorks were joint winners of the Cheshire Business Exporter of the Year Award, alongside the Tall Group.
The award, sponsored by West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce and Click Consult, recognises significant growth in international business through a clear commitment to the development of new export market opportunities.
DriveWorks was founded in 2001 by Glen Smith and Maria Sarkar and has since established an international network of over 100 Value-Added Resellers across 51 countries, who sell and support our software internationally.
Our software is used for Design Automation and Sales Configuration by businesses of all shapes and sizes, in a wide range of industries and market sectors and almost 80% of our revenue comes from overseas.
This award recognises our achievements in building a strong channel and providing support for our software worldwide.
We’re honoured to have won.
We would like to thank the sponsors of the Export Award, Click Consult and West Cheshire and North Wales Chamber of Commerce, the High Sheriff and the hard-working team behind the awards that makes this such a highly respected event.
What a joy to share the news of our double High Sheriff Awards success. Everyone here at DriveWorks is incredibly dedicated to creating great, innovative software for our customers in the UK and all over the world so its wonderful to receive this recognition. We hope that our success will inspire other companies in this region to market their goods and services overseas too and be part of the UKs thriving export community.
– Maria Sarkar, VP DriveWorks
We also received the Award for Innovation, sponsored by Mornflake, awarded to us for demonstrating an ability to create, nurture and develop new products.
Our software has been successfully developed for more than 15 years in the industry and we are committed to continuous innovation.
We are really proud to have been recognised for our commitment to innovation, it’s a huge honour.
The collaborative work-spaces we have created and our company culture all foster innovation. Its at the heart of everything we do. Being recognized inspires us to do more.
Thank you to the sponsors of the award, Mornflake, for recognizing that innovation is so important. We also thank the judges and hard-working team at the University of Chester who support the High Sheriff and the Awards.
We have developed DriveWorks technology out of a real need within industry. A need to automate and be able to efficiently design and sell configurable products. Its a huge pat on the back to our dedicated team, as we drive forward; identifying new technologies, honing new methods and embracing new market opportunities. This all adds up to an exciting daily challenge.”
– Glen Smith, CEO DriveWorks
As part of the judging process, Professor Phil Harris and Dr Fran Hulbert from the University of Chester came to visit our offices.
The DriveWorks team were proud to give them a tour of our converted barn offices and show them how our spaces make for great collaboration and innovation.
Both Professor Phil and Dr Fran were at the awards ceremony and we received great praise from them.
Stephen Fitzsimons from Warrington & Co was also at the awards ceremony to support us.
We’d like to say a huge thank you to all of our customers who continuously inspire us to innovate and improve what we do. Thank you also to our value-added resellers who make it possible for us to have such a strong channel worldwide.
And of course, a huge thank you to the DriveWorks team, their hard work and commitment makes all of this possible.
We will continue to support innovation and hope to inspire others to achieve success too.
Registration for DriveWorks World 2019 has now closed. More than 180 people have signed up to join us at MicroTek Chicago for our annual technical training event.
DriveWorks customers and reseller technical staff from all over the world will be joining the DriveWorks team to learn, network and share ideas.
Over 70 different companies from the following industries are attending:
Delegates who have registered can now build their DriveWorks World agenda in the DriveWorks Community.
Choose to learn whats relevant to you, your configurator projects and your skill level.
Heres what’s on the agenda:
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DriveWorks World 2019 will be at MicroTek, a dedicated training facility right in the heart of downtown Chicago with easy access to transport links.
If you missed out and would still like to join us at DriveWorks World 2019, please get in touch as we may be able to accommodate you.
