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Virtual Reality at the PPMA Show 2018
Cambridge, UK and Pittsford, NY – 24 August 2018: Also this year CAD Schroer’s customer Mariani will attend the PPMA show in Birmingham. The PPMA show is the UK's largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition, and is completely free for visitors to attend. CAD Schroer will be supporting Mariani at the show with the latest virtual and augmented reality technologies.Mariani Presents in Virtual Reality at the show
Mariani is one of the world’s leading suppliers of packaging systems in the food and pharmaceutical industries, and regularly exhibits at international trade shows. Only last year, Ma riani attended the DrinkTec fair in Munich and wanted to present several new machines to its customers. CAD Schroer was able to help Mariani achieve this goal.
AR & VR at the show: An unforgettable experience
Using the latest AR and VR technologies, CAD Schroer has developed solutions that enable Mariani to present its machines and systems virtually. Above all, the mobile technologies at Mariani’s stand open up completely new possibilities and offer the visitor an unforgettable, immersive experience of how machines and complete systems can be presented in VR and AR.
The latest packaging systems presented virtually
Together with CAD Schroer, Mariani is organizing a ground-breaking presentation of augmented and virtual reality using one of its latest machines, the TRM700 LF film shrink-wrapper. This will be presented full-size on the stand in virtual reality, and on a tablet in augmented reality. The extensive system, which was designed using CAD Schroer’s MPDS4 software, can be viewed from any direction, inspected close-up, and virtually walked through in real-time using VR glasses. The live presentation will take place at the Mariani booth (B60).
PPMA Show: The latest innovations in manufacturing
The PPMA Show returns to the NEC from 25-27 September to provide manufacturers with insights into the latest machinery products, technologies and materials. The show will offer visitors a chance to see new machinery in action, find inspiration, new ideas and solutions, gain access to potential new suppliers and evaluate and purchase the latest technology, as well as talk face-to-face with the industry’s leading technical experts.
Visit us at the Mariani stand
Exhibits can be viewed from any direction and walked through in virtual reality using VR glasses. The live presentation will take place at the Mariani stand (B60).
PPMA Show 2018 - NEC Birmingham
September 25 - 27, 2018
Booth: B60
>> How Mariani inspires its trade show visitors at the PPMA with Virtual Reality
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CAD Schroer is a global software development company and engineering solutions provider, helping to raise the productivity and competitiveness of customers working in manufacturing and process engineering, including the automotive sector and its supply chain, the energy sector and public utilities. CAD Schroer has offices and subsidiaries throughout Europe and in the United States.
CAD Schroer’s product portfolio includes 2D/3D CAD, plant design, factory layout and data management solutions. Customers in 39 countries rely on MEDUSA®, MPDS™, M4 ISO and M4 P&ID FX to provide an efficient, flexible and integrated design environment for all phases of product or plant design – cutting costs while raising quality.
CAD Schroer’s product and service portfolio also includes Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR & VR) solutions. Together with its customers, CAD Schroer develops immersive AR & VR apps using existing 3D CAD data for a wide range of applications, including impressive sales presentations, interactive training workshops, and servicing and maintenance guides. CAD Schroer apps are also used by distributed design teams to collaboratively review designs in virtual meeting rooms.
CAD Schroer emphasizes close customer partnerships and supports its clients’ objectives through extensive consultancy, training, development, software support and maintenance services.
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