Graham Packaging Company, L.P. is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and sale of custom, blow-molded, rigid plastic containers. Graham Packaging employs a team of over 8,200 individuals, with 97 plants in 15 countries across North America, Europe, South America and Asia.

Using NX CAE, Graham Packaging realized a number of bottom line-boosting benefits, including decreasing the time it takes to make mold changes from 3 minutes per cavity to 1 minute per cavity; reducing revisions to neck inserts from 2 or 3 to 0 or 1, decreasing cycle time by 20 percent and saving 6 weeks of testing with 1 week of simulation.

"Using NX Thermal and [NX] Flow on just the mold side, we've saved US$2 million by cutting costs and reducing the number of recuts," says Travis Hunter, design engineer and lead analyst at Graham Packaging.

Hear Graham Packaging's story at the 2013 NX CAE Symposium. This free event will have Graham Packagain along with other manufacturers such as Honeywell, GE Aviation Engineering, Siemens Energy, General Motors, Lockheed Martin and many more!