For the Plating market: these were at the most recent SUR/FIN trade show (nasfsurfin.com)
CSI
BeyondRelations, LLC
getworkflo.com
Scott Peterson is primary contact
CSI and BeyondRelations had a relationship at one time, didn’t end great. BR had AutoPlan which could be a bolt on to Visual Shop, it essentially created the traveler and steps during order entry based on quite a bit of complicated structure and setup. I think their WorkFlo is a full job shop software.
>Primary target: Platers (in particular aerospace)
PROPLATE
proplate.pro
Not sure who they are but I see they were at SUR/FIN 2022 (nasfsurfin.com)
Amariko, Inc.
amariko.com
I don’t know anyone at this company but they have been around for a long time – a lot of VS users came from Amariko at one time.
OTHER:
Anoplex Software
anoplex.com
Don’t really know them but have been around a while.
DWOS
Dynamic Work Order System
getdwos.com
They are part of Dynamic Software Solutions (ds2.com)
They typically attended SUR/FIN also.
They approached CSI once about buying them – soft approach, didn’t go anywhere.
Throughput Consulting Inc. (Bluestreak)
go-bluestreak.com
Todd Wenzel, primary contact
They were co-founded (may still be partially owned) by ThermTech of Waukesha (thermtech.net)
>they primarily target heat treaters but I was surprised they were not at SUR/FIN since it was in Rosemont, IL
We can watch the Exhibitor list for FNA 2022 (furnacesnorthamerica.com) – the primary Heat Treat show, I see CSI on the list but no others. I am sure Bluestreak will attend.
Other info:
National Association for Surface Finishing (nasf.org) – you can search membership but I could not get it to work. This is primary finishing industry organization.
Metal Treating Institute (MTI) – heattreat.net – primary heat treating industry organization.
Info from Becki Kerr 07/11/2022
For the Plating market: these were at the most recent SUR/FIN trade show (nasfsurfin.com)
CSI
BeyondRelations, LLC
getworkflo.com
Scott Peterson is primary contact
CSI and BeyondRelations had a relationship at one time, didn’t end great. BR had AutoPlan which could be a bolt on to Visual Shop, it essentially created the traveler and steps during order entry based on quite a bit of complicated structure and setup. I think their WorkFlo is a full job shop software.
>Primary target: Platers (in particular aerospace)
PROPLATE
proplate.pro
Not sure who they are but I see they were at SUR/FIN 2022 (nasfsurfin.com)
Amariko, Inc.
amariko.com
I don’t know anyone at this company but they have been around for a long time – a lot of VS users came from Amariko at one time.
OTHER:
Anoplex Software
anoplex.com
Don’t really know them but have been around a while.
DWOS
Dynamic Work Order System
getdwos.com
They are part of Dynamic Software Solutions (ds2.com)
They typically attended SUR/FIN also.
They approached CSI once about buying them – soft approach, didn’t go anywhere.
Throughput Consulting Inc. (Bluestreak)
go-bluestreak.com
Todd Wenzel, primary contact
They were co-founded (may still be partially owned) by ThermTech of Waukesha (thermtech.net)
>they primarily target heat treaters but I was surprised they were not at SUR/FIN since it was in Rosemont, IL
We can watch the Exhibitor list for FNA 2022 (furnacesnorthamerica.com) – the primary Heat Treat show, I see CSI on the list but no others. I am sure Bluestreak will attend.
Other info:
National Association for Surface Finishing (nasf.org) – you can search membership but I could not get it to work. This is primary finishing industry organization.
Metal Treating Institute (MTI) – heattreat.net – primary heat treating industry organization.