GIC

What GIC does

G.i.C. Gesellschaft für integrierte CA-Technologie mbH (trading as GIC, based in Freising, Germany) is a privately-held engineering firm founded in 1989 that specializes in process automation and digitalization across development and manufacturing workflows. The company is organized as a small GmbH (1-10 employees) and operates from a single headquarters location, with a Managing Director, Robert Westermeier, who is the sole documented executive.

The firm's product is CAMMAN, a process-data-management software platform that connects CAD, CAM and CAQ systems on the shop floor with enterprise ERP systems through bidirectional interfaces, including deep integrations with SAP as well as Schubert ratio.net, SEGONI.Futur and CATUNO.pro. The platform's core technical proposition is intelligent release mechanisms that reduce error rates in part manufacturing, combined with standardized CAD/CAM connectivity that lets manufacturing orders flow error-free to the workshop while feeding back production data (cycle times, reject rates) to the ERP. CAMMAN is the only product in the catalog and is described as the company's flagship.

GIC operates a partner-led go-to-market model: CAMMAN is distributed globally through a curated channel network of CAD/CAM specialists and machine tool manufacturers, including OpenMind, CAMTEK, SolidCAM, APIC and MoldTech. End customers are large and mid-sized industrial enterprises in Germany and Europe, concentrated in mechanical engineering, vehicle manufacturing, tool construction and process engineering, with a reference list that includes blue-chip German OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers (Bosch, BMW, Daimler, Schaeffler, Hella, Siemens, Trumpf, Elringklinger, Miele, Swarovski and others). Revenue is generated through subscription/recurring licensing of CAMMAN alongside related implementation services; no public pricing is disclosed and no revenue figures are available. Approximately 2,500 active installations are reported across the European installed base.

Name

GIC

Legal name

G.i.C. Gesellschaft für integrierte CA-Technologie mbH

Website

https://gic-gmbh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

G.i.C. Gesellschaft für integrierte CA-Technologie mbH (GIC) is a Freising, Germany-based engineering firm that develops and distributes CAMMAN, a CAD/CAM/CAQ process-data-management software with bidirectional ERP (notably SAP) integration, sold to large and mid-sized European manufacturers through a channel network of CAD/CAM specialists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Freising

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. CAMMAN Software: Software licensing and related services for process data management. CAMMAN is distributed globally through a network of CAD/CAM specialists and machine tool manufacturers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

GIC is an engineering consultancy that optimizes and digitalizes processes in development and manufacturing for industrial customers. Its primary deliverable is the CAMMAN software, which manages process data across development and production, applies intelligent release mechanisms to reduce manufacturing error rates, and connects CAD/CAM systems with ERP systems (notably SAP) through bidirectional interfaces.

Product overview

GIC (Gesellschaft für integrierte CA-Technologie mbH) is an engineering consultancy specializing in process automation and digitalization in development and manufacturing, with over 30 years of experience in CAD-CAM-CAQ-CAE technologies. The company operates as a single-product focused organization, offering CAMMAN as its primary software solution. CAMMAN provides comprehensive process data management across development and manufacturing, connecting to CAD/CAM systems through standard interfaces and to ERP systems (particularly SAP and others) through bidirectional data exchange. The company emphasizes Industry 4.0 digitalization to optimize information flow in production and development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAMMAN: Software for optimal management of process data in development and manufacturing. CAMMAN provides intelligent release mechanisms to reduce error rates in part manufacturing and includes bidirectional interfaces to many ERP systems, especially SAP integrations.

Products and services

• CAMMAN

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced error rates in part manufacturing through intelligent release mechanisms

Named customers46 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OpenMind TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a CAMMAN sales partner, distributing CAMMAN software to customers through their CAD/CAM distribution network.
• CAMTEKcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a CAMMAN sales partner, distributing CAMMAN software through their distribution network.
• SolidCAMcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a CAMMAN sales partner distributing CAMMAN software solutions in Germany.
• APICcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a CAMMAN sales partner.
• MoldTechcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorListed as a CAMMAN sales partner.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PTC: Large PLM, CAD (Creo), MES, and IIoT (ThingWorx/Kepware) software vendor with deep SAP integrations and a growing Mittelstand footprint in Europe. Comparable as a broad incumbent building the end-to-end CAD-MES-ERP stack CAMMAN specializes in.
• Dassault Systèmes DELMIA: Dassault's DELMIA digital manufacturing / MES / MOM platform covering production engineering and execution. Comparable as an integrated 3DEXPERIENCE platform offering the CAD-CAM-MES-ERP integration capabilities that CAMMAN also targets.
• Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence: Large global CAM/CAE/MES and metrology software portfolio (e.g., EDGECAM, WORKPLAN) that increasingly covers the same CAD-CAM-to-ERP integration use cases as CAMMAN but at much broader scale and with cloud-native analytics.
• Siemens Digital Industries (Opcenter / NX CAM): Comprehensive PLM/MES/CAM suite (Teamcenter, Opcenter, NX CAM) from a Fortune-500 industrial software incumbent. Comparable as a broader incumbent that bundles CAD-CAM-ERP-MES workflows into a single integrated platform competitive with CAMMAN's narrower positioning.

Direct peers

• ModuleWorks: Provider of CAD/CAM kernel technology and modules used by CAD/CAM software vendors worldwide. Comparable as a niche German-headquartered specialist serving the same tool, mold, and machining software ecosystem as GIC.
• Tebis Technik: German CAD/CAM software specialist focused on tool, die, and mold manufacturing with similar size and Mittelstand customer base. Highly comparable to GIC's CAMMAN in target verticals (Werkzeugbau, Maschinenbau) and process-data integration approach.
• Open Mind Technologies: Provider of HyperMILL CAM software for mechanical engineering and tool manufacturing. Comparable both as a competitor in CAM-enabled process automation and as one of GIC's channel partners, illustrating the convergence of CAM and PDM/MES functionality.
• MPDV Mikrolab: German mid-market MES/MOM software vendor (HYDRA) serving the same Mittelstand manufacturing customers with shop-floor data management. Directly comparable in addressing integration between ERP, machine, and quality data in Mittelstand factories.
• FASTEC: German MES/real-time manufacturing software vendor serving Mittelstand discrete manufacturers. Comparable to GIC in solving the same ERP-shop floor data integration and Industry 4.0 use cases for German manufacturers.
• FORCAM: German manufacturing execution and IIoT platform focused on ERP-MES integration for discrete manufacturers. Comparable target market and value proposition of bridging CAD/CAM/ERP data on the shop floor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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