is a Japanese

multinational corporation A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation, is a corporate organization that owns and cont ...

, specializing in software and

consulting A consultant (from "to deliberate") is a professional (also known as ''expert'', ''specialist'', see variations of meaning below) who provides advice or services in an area of specialization (generally to medium or large-size corporations). Cons ...

services for end-to-end electrical and

electronic engineering Electronic engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering that emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current flo ...

. Zuken came into existence as a pioneer in the development of

computer-aided design Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers (or ) to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design. This software is used to increase the productivity of the designer, improve the quality of design, improve c ...

(CAD) systems in Japan to contribute to electronics manufacturing. The literal translation of Zuken is ''graphics laboratory''. Established in 1976 in

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, Japan, it is listed on the

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; net sales were US$216 million for the year 2011. Zuken's software is used mainly to design

printed circuit board A printed circuit board (PCB), also called printed wiring board (PWB), is a Lamination, laminated sandwich structure of electrical conduction, conductive and Insulator (electricity), insulating layers, each with a pattern of traces, planes ...

s (PCBs),

multi-chip module A multi-chip module (MCM) is generically an electronic assembly (such as a package with a number of conductor terminals or Lead (electronics), "pins") where multiple integrated circuits (ICs or "chips"), semiconductor Die (integrated circuit), d ...

s, and to engineer electrotechnical, wiring, wiring harness,

pneumatics Pneumatics (from Greek 'wind, breath') is the use of gas or pressurized air in mechanical systems. Pneumatic systems used in industry are commonly powered by compressed air or compressed inert gases. A centrally located and electrically- ...

and

hydraulics Hydraulics () is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counterpart of pneumatics, which concer ...

applications. Furthermore, Zuken offers software for electrical and electronic engineering

data management Data management comprises all disciplines related to handling data as a valuable resource, it is the practice of managing an organization's data so it can be analyzed for decision making. Concept The concept of data management emerged alongsi ...

(electronic

product lifecycle In Industry (economics), industry, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the Product engineering, engineering, Product design, design, and Manufacturing, ma ...

management (e-PLM)). The company's key markets are the

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– which includes digital home electrical appliances; mobile communications devices;

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equipment, such as

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, special vehicles and

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; industrial equipment, such as medical equipment and devices; and construction

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. Zuken also has a strong presence in the

aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as h ...

and space industries. Zuken is one of four major

electronic design automation Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...

(EDA) companies which specialize in PCB design software, the others being

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, and partly

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History

*1976 Zuken Inc. established. *1978 Released CREATE-2000 (CR-2000) for PC ( HP-1000 platform). *1983 Zuken America Inc. (Now: Zuken

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Inc.) established. *1985 Released Logic Design Workstation for

Unix Unix (, ; trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, whose development started in 1969 at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, a ...

platform. *1988 Released CAD/

CAM Cam or CAM may refer to: Science and technology * Cam (mechanism), a mechanical linkage which translates motion * Camshaft, a shaft with a cam * Camera or webcam, a device that records images or video In computing * Computer-aided manufacturin ...

for PCB "CR-3000" for Unix. *1991 Listed on

Level-2. *1992 Zuken Europe GmbH. (Germany) established. *1992 Zuken Korea Inc. (Seoul) established. *1992 Zuken Singapore Pte. Ltd. established. *1993 Zuken Inc. China (Beijing) established. *1994 Acquired

Racal Racal Electronics plc was a British electronics company that was founded in 1950. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, Racal was a diversified company, offering products including voice recorders and ...

-Redac Ltd. *1994 Listed on

Level-1 *1994 Released CAD/

for PCB " CR-5000" for

& PC platform. *1994 Released Data Management System "PDM-5000". *1996 Realvision Inc. established. *2000 Acquired Incases Engineering GmbH (Germany). *2000 Zuken Tecnomatix Inc. established. *2001 Zuken NetWave Inc. established. *2002 Zuken

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Technical Center Co. Ltd. established. *2005 Zuken

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Inc. established. *2006 Acquired CIM-Team GmbH (Germany), which develops "E³.series". *2014 Acquired Intedis GmbH & Co. KG *2015 Acquired CAETEK Inc. *2019 Acquired Vitech Corporation

Products

*Visula – historically important EDA tool by Redac of

-Redac Ltd., taken over by Zuken * CR-8000 – 2D and 3D, multi-board system design * CR-5000 – Zuken's enterprise-wide PCB design software platform for both analogue and digital PCB design. CR-5000 includes modules such as System Designer, Board Designer, Lightning, Package Predictor/Synthesizer. The program runs on both Unix and Windows. * Design Gateway – Circuit design creation software. It is positioned within Zuken's CR-5000 enterprise-wide software for electronics systems design and is at the core of its constraint-driven design and verification process. *E³.series – Windows-based electrical design software for wiring, harnesses, cable, fluid, hydraulics, and panel design. Most recent addition to Zuken product line. * Cabling Designer – design tool that integrates with CATIA for wire harness design. Modules include Cabling Designer, Harness Designer, Topology Designer, Simulation and Verifications. * CADSTAR – desktop software to produce schematic and PCB designs. * eCADSTAR – Internet connected PCB design platform. * DS-2 – Zuken's electronic product lifecycle management tool.

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