February/2007
"Excellence by Design: Methodology, Technology & Best Practices"
DAD Engineering Group continues their Competitive Leadership Workshop Series featuring proven methodologies and best practices use when deploying technologies involving 3D modeling, Rapid Prototyping, FEA, and Product Data Management (PDM).

September/2006
"Winning the Battle: The March Towards Engineering Optimization"
DAD Engineering Group in partnership with 3DVision Technologies rolls out their 2006 Competitive Leadership Workshop Series "Winning the Battle: The March Towards Engineering Optimization" showcasing strategies and supporting technologies designed to optimize product development life cycles.

August/2004
DAD Launches Professional Placement Services
DAD extends their extensive RESOURCES database and refined candidate screening methodology used to secure their own employees to locate and fill permanent career positions throughout Northeast Ohio's manufacturing companies.

May/2003
DAD Opens North Royalton Headquarters
To better serve the manufacturing organizations throughout Northeast Ohio, DAD opens new office in North Royalton. This facility will function as DAD's new headquarters, support new product development efforts, and host DAD's new Product Data Management lab.

April/2003
"Mastering the Engineering Domain 2003"
DAD rolls out their 2003 Competitive Leadership Workshop Series showcasing low cost PDM (Product Data Management) technology and offered recommended implementation strategies for small to medium sized engineering departments challenged with data management and revision control issues.

January/2003
DAD to Present at SolidWorks World Conference 2003
Butch Smigel, President of DAD Engineering Group, will present white paper on "Effective Collaborative Design Strategies" at SolidWorks World in Orlando, Florida. The focus of the presentation is fundamental and advanced methods of optimizing product design and development within a complicated "stakeholder network".

October/2002
WEB-TeK Program Expansion
DAD Engineering Group expands its annual publication of their WEB-TeK program to a semi annual publication due to increases in WEB-TeK membership and the volume of request for more articles. Dad's WEB-TeK program is a noncommercial technical forum developed to exchange ideas, solutions and advancements in technology based applications.

September/2002
DAD Engineering Group Reaches Milestone
DAD wins PDM conversion project marking the addition of their fiftieth new manufacturing account. DAD continues to develop long standing relationships with organizations that leverage experienced and talented product development, CAD data conversion, and PDM implementation services.

May/2002
Pro/INTRALINK Implementation at Little Tikes
DAD Engineering Group and strategic technology partner Grey and Associates, implement Pro/INTRALINK at Little Tikes. Little Tikes, a long standing customer of Dad's product engineering services, constructs an integrated collaborative environment through the implementation of PTC's Pro/INTRALINK, promoting such functionality as project organization, engineering change management, and search and retrieval utilities.

April/2002
Grey & Associates becomes Strategic Technology Partner
DAD Engineering Group and Grey and Associates form a marketing alliance. Grey and Associates is a premier PTC Windchill, Links and Pro/INTRALINK system implementer servicing the Great Lakes region. This recent addition to Dad's technology partners further enables DAD to provide complete engineering solutions to its clients and positions it as a major player in the PLM/PDM/CAD solutions arena.

March/2002
"Mastering the Engineering Domain 2002"
DAD rolls out their 2002 workshop series focusing on PDM, data management, advanced modeling, and engineering process optimization. Topics relevant to high impact improvements to the engineering environment are presented.

March/2002
"Best Practices in CAD Data Conversion" Part 3
Published by Solid Solutions magazine, the Mar/Apr edition wraps up the trilogy examining the issues pertaining to the conversion of paper drawings, legacy CAD files, and dissimilar CAD models into usable and readily accessible formats.

January/2002
WEB-TeK 2002, 1st Edition
The 1st installment of DAD Engineering Group's technical forum presenting articles, publications and commentary on topics aimed at improving the ways work is performed within the engineering environment. This forum is dedicated to the technical community and is free of commercial or solicitations.

November/2001
"Best Practices in CAD Data Conversion" Part 2
Published by Solid Solutions magazine, the Nov./Dec. edition, is the 2nd installment of a three part series addressing issues surrounding the conversion of paper drawings, legacy CAD files, and dissimilar CAD models into usable and readily accessible formats.

November/2001
WEB-TeK Program Launch
The WEB-TeK program is a technical forum designed to promote, discuss and disseminate information related to engineering, product design, data management, and advanced 3D modeling throughout the engineering community. Distributed by linked e-mail notification, WEB-TeK members may submit, review and download information free of charge.

November/2001
"Best Practices in CAD Data Conversion" Part 1
Published by Solid Solutions magazine, the Nov./Dec. edition is the 1st in a three part series addressing the rationale and cost justification involved in converting paper drawings, legacy CAD files, and dissimilar CAD models into usable and readily accessible formats.

October/2001
"Mastering the Engineering Domain 2001"
DAD, in tandem with their technology partners, hosts their year-end workshop addressing issues surrounding PDM, data management, advanced modeling, and engineering process optimization. Topics relevant to high impact improvements to the engineering environment were presented and discussed with attendees providing real-life application problems.

September/2001
3D Model Conversion Evaluation
DAD wraps-up its four month evaluation of commercially available software products used to convert, translate, and reconstruct 3D model formats created using Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, SDRC, and Inventor.

June/2001
Engineering Environment Survey
DAD conducts extensive survey of users, managers, clients, and associates involved in engineering related activities to determine a preferred way of communicating technical information throughout the engineering community.

April/2001
DAD Engineering Group Reaches Milestone
DAD services its twenty-fifth new manufacturing account, eleven of which are Fortune 1000 organizations and most represent industries including aerospace, automotive, medical, electronics, and consumer products.

February/2001
DAD Presents at SolidWorks World Conference
Butch Smigel, President of DAD Engineering Group presents "white" paper on "Best Practices in CAD Data Conversion" at SolidWorks World in Orlando Florida establishing guidelines for both conversion justification and methodology.

January/2001
DAD Achieves Gold Level Status
DAD Engineering Group becomes a SolidWorks' Gold Level Service Provider, one of only four in the entire country, certifying competencies in complete CAD and PDM consulting, implementation, and supporting services.

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