Posted by Mike Bailey on Mon, Mar 02, 2009 @ 02:30 PM
Upper Midwest SolidWorks reseller Alignex, Inc. was acknowledged multiple times for their wide ranging efforts in 2008 at the SolidWorks World User Conference in Orlando, Florida from February 8-11, 2009. The International User Conference & Exposition is the largest annual worldwide 3D CAD event and allows SolidWorks Users, Resellers and Employees to gather, learn, share and celebrate SolidWorks' industry leading family of products and those that bring about its success. These awards included SolidWorks Presidents Club, Elite 190 Club, SolidWorks User Group Network Reseller of the Year and Top SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Reseller for North America. Please read on for more information on these awards.
Alignex was honored with the Presidents Club award for a fifth consecutive year, given for exceeding SolidWorks performance expectations across all of their product lines. Along with strong sales in SolidWorks Simulation, 3DVIA Composer and astonishing success with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, Alignex continued to grow the installation base of SolidWorks 3D Design Software, the centerpiece of the SolidWorks family of Products. "In the economic climate we're faced with, it is satisfying to continue to surpass the expectations placed on us." said Steve Keinath, Alignex owner and award recipient. "This will continue to drive us to keep our streak going in 2009." Paul Oliver, Midwest Regional Sales Manager for SolidWorks added, "Alignex achieved the SolidWorks President's Club award because of their commitment to helping their customers get every ounce of efficiency out of their engineering processes. Alignex grew their Simulation & Data Management business by large double digit amounts in 2008 by focusing their efforts where their customer's needed them most."
In addition to the Presidents Club award streak, Alignex also received the prestigious Elite 190 Club award for the third consecutive year by exceeding the highest standards for customer retention, subscription renewals, and software subscription sales for new licensees of SolidWorks. Alignex was one of only three SolidWorks resellers in North America to receive this distinction for 2008. "It is a testament to the consistency and dedication that our Application Engineers have for our customers and the SolidWorks products we support," said Mack Rasmussen, Alignex Director of Technical Support. "We are pleased that our customers continue to value the software updates from SolidWorks as well the support that is provided by Alignex.
SolidWorks customers also played a major part in another award presented to Alignex. This one did not come from SolidWorks corporate; instead it came from the independent SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN). For 2008, Alignex was named the SolidWorks User Group Network Reseller of the Year. The award is presented annually to the SolidWorks reseller organization that demonstrates the highest level of support for user groups. Resellers are nominated by user group leaders from around the world, and based on those nominations; the winner is selected by the vote of the SWUGN Committee. "Alignex has consistently provided outstanding service for our sales and technical needs. We have had sales consultants take the time to help out with technical issues, even those outside their scope of expertise. Alignex always follows through with ensuring customer satisfaction. In addition, as leader of the Twin Cities Simulation User Group, I can always count on Alignex to step up and provide excellent technical presentations for our meetings," said Anne Yust, Exlar Corporation. Richard Doyle, User Community Manager from SolidWorks added, "Congratulations and thanks to Alignex for your outstanding support of SolidWorks User Groups."
Beyond supporting SolidWorks User Groups, the Application Engineer team at Alignex was very busy in 2008 implementing SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (Product Data Management) at customer locations around the world. SolidWorks Enterprise PDM software simplifies the process of managing product design changes for distributed design teams. Alignex has had a great deal of success with the product and for their efforts in 2008, Alignex was regognized as the Top Reseller for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM for North America. "Data Management is a solution we pride ourselves on at Alignex, we've been implementing Data Management in various forms for over 15 years. SolidWorks Enterprise PDM is a great product with unprecedented ease of use and a proven, quick Return on Investment (ROI)" said Eric Keinath, Consulting Services Manager at Alignex. "We hope to leverage this success by creating even more opportunity for Alignex and Enterprise PDM in 2009 and beyond." Chris Cleary, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Business Development Manager for North America added, "We are thrilled at the effectiveness and efficiency with which Alignex has incorporated E/PDM into their product mix. Alignex has set the standard for successful in-house implementations of Data Management and has developed new methods for data migration as well as systems integration to and from a wide range of ERP systems."
Despite a challenging economy, Alignex has continued to find success, emerging as the Top SolidWorks Reseller in the Central Plains region for 2008. Alignex looks to continue their ongoing success by helping manufacturing companies improve the way they bring products to market and demonstrate significant return on their engineering technology investment with improved productivity, reduced materials costs and developing innovative designs faster.