Mechanical CAD…………..Where?
The Business Advantage UK CAD/CAM User Site database contains details of over 15,000 CAD using sites, and gives us the opportunity to analyse this data – kept up to date on a rigorous six-monthly cycle by Business Advantage internally – and look at who is using what, where, why and how.
We took a look at the MCAD sector, and where the highest concentration of sites in the UK appeared. The breakdown of the 7,579 sites currently held looked like this:
| Region | Number of MCAD Sites |
| South East | 1,884 |
| West Midlands | 1,054 |
| East Midlands | 722 |
| South West | 710 |
| North West | 704 |
| Yorkshire | 632 |
| Scotland | 479 |
| East Anglia | 409 |
| North | 316 |
| Within M25 | 239 |
| South Wales | 237 |
| Northern Ireland | 119 |
| North Wales | 74 |
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We then calculated the number of CAD seats within the MCAD sites:
| Region | Number of MCAD Sites |
| South East | 16,741 |
| West Midlands | 9,576 |
| East Midlands | 10,214 |
| South West | 10,237 |
| North West | 9,908 |
| Yorkshire | 6,337 |
| Scotland | 7,410 |
| East Anglia | 2,773 |
| North | 3,926 |
| Within M25 | 3,869 |
| South Wales | 3,033 |
| Northern Ireland | 2,592 |
| North Wales | 559 |
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The national average number of CAD seats per MCAD site was 13, the lowest was in East Anglia, with the highest being in Northern Ireland:
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For further details on number of sites per product, industry sector, application area and other selection options see our website, or call us to discuss +44 (0)1689 873636.
Business Advantage has, what is widely regarded as, the definitive database of CAD/CAM users in the UK. Containing information on some 50,000 senior decision makers in some 15,000 individual sites with 164,000 CAD users, the CAD/CAM User Site Database opens the door to increased business for those targeting the UK CAD market.
For further information see http://www.business-advantage.com/usersitedata.htm