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CAM Software Consolidation Continues
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Manufacturing Engineering
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June 1, 2008
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Bill Gibbs is president and founder of Gibbs and Associates (Moorpark, CA), developer of GibbsCAM software. In early January, Gibbs merged with CAM software developer Cimatron Ltd. (Givat, Israel), which bought Gibbs for $5 million and 1.5 million shares of newly issued stock. At WESTEC in March, Gibbs talked about the changes and the future of the CAM industry.
Manufacturing Engineering: CAM consolidation's been going on for a long time. How have things gone since the merger with Cimatron?
Bill Gibbs: At the beginning of the year, we became part of Cimatron, and last month they assigned me the privilege of being president of both their North American subsidiaries, one being Gibbs ...