Vero Software Limited creates, owns and distributes software for aiding the design and manufacturing process in specific sectors of the industry. The specific sectors include the design and manufacture of plastic injection moulds, sheet metal stamping dies, progressive dies, shoe moulds, electrode production and others. These widespread product types are in turn to be found in a multitude of manufacturing industry sectors such as automotive, electronic, medical, white goods and aerospace.

The original Vero Software company was formed in Italy in 1988 by four engineers, each with many years of computer aided design and manufacturing experience. The initial products were marketed under the VISI CAD and VISI CAM names to meet the increasing demands for advanced yet practical software solutions in the mechanical design and production environments.

Having developed its own surface modelling and been among the first practical PC applications for free form design, the company went on to propose the first PC implementation of the EDS Parasolid modeller which has latterly become so popular with software developers and is now the de-facto standard for solid modellers. Continued re-investment in research and development as well as collaborative integration of modelling and machining software modules from around the world has maintained product sales growth throughout its history.

The company firmly believes that step gains in productivity can be made by building as much knowledge of specific design and machining processes within it's software as possible. This philosophy of productivity through specialisation has led to new applications in the design of mould tools for plastic injection and progressive dies.

The company has offices in Italy, England, Japan, France, Canada, USA and China. VISI now has more than 15,000 users world-wide and over 1,000 Machining STRATEGIST users. In the recent years Vero Software has also expanded through acquisition in purchasing seven companies or businesses to complete the technologies in end to end offering in these niche sectors. As a result Vero Software now has a range of products for the specialist sectors:

• VISI - for mould and die
• SMIRT - for automotive stamping dies
• PEPS - for specialist machining applications
• Machining STRATEGIST – for shop floor based applications

The company now has more than 6,000 users registered for its annual maintenance services and supplies products to more than 40 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and competence centres. Sales have grown continually and without a reduction through the last two decades and profits have steadily increased over the last four years.