Despite the fact that the tool making market, in general, seems to be suffering in many European and Asian countries, 2006 has been an excellent year for TopSolid'Mold in Portugal. Isicom, TopSolid reseller based in Leiria in Portugal, started reselling TopSolid in Decemeber 2005. Since then the company has had an unprecedented success among Portuguese mold makers.

According to Rui Marcal, commercial manager of Isicom Cad ' We are all going through a crisis situation and moldmakers are no exception to this'.

'However, such a situation obliges companies to improve the way they work'.

'TopSolid'Mold offers the possibility to design the complete mold in 3D, with the complete 2D plan attached, in a more easy and intuitive way than other CAD solutions for the mold making industry'.

According to Arnaud de Boisboissel, International Sales Director for Missler Software 'TopSolid'Mold is a unique solution for today's mold makers'.

'Unbeatable draft creation, management of the entire tool, an advanced preliminary design mode and a complete integration with TopSolid'Cam make TopSolid'Mold a very attractive solution for the mold making industry'.

Some prominant Portuguese mold makers working with TopSolid include companies making big and small size molds as well as high precision mold makers.

Some examples of such moldmakers in Portugal equipped with TopSolid are Frumolde, Tecnifreza, Socem, Moldes RP, Geocam, Moldetipo ...