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Cut your costs by up to 40% with Pathfinder Cutting Machines

Cut your costs by up to 40% with Pathfinder Cutting Machines

Pathfinder’s cutting-edge machines streamline operations, reduce errors, and save you time and money with their fully digital interface and reduced moving parts, making them twice as cost-effective as competitors. With PathWorks™ CAD software, create unlimited cut...

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Don’t get sucked into the cloud!

Don’t get sucked into the cloud!

SaaS Could Be the Worst Move for a Manufacturer Loss of Control With SaaS, you lose control over your manufacturing. Your intellectual property and production files are stored in the cloud. But what happens if your internet goes down? Do you ask your employees to...

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Debunking the myths on CAD/CAM technology

Debunking the myths on CAD/CAM technology

Debunking the myths on CAD/CAM technologyRyan Ball, Managing Director at South West Upholstery, shares an inside view of Pathfinder’s technology and how it has helped their business.When the topic of automating cutting processes arises, the knee-jerk reactions often...

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The M-Series: Cutting without the headaches

The M-Series: Cutting without the headaches

It's 7am, and your cutting room operator has called in sick for the day and no one knows how to operate the cutting machine. Or, the cutting machine is down again and you can't have the marker cut elsewhere because it’s locked into the cutting machine's proprietary...

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PathWorks™ CAD- Easy as using your smartphone

PathWorks™ CAD- Easy as using your smartphone

  Technology is here to stay, and in nearly all cases, we have seen improvements in our lives because of it. Yet, there are times that the solution is actually more complicated than the problem it is trying to solve. In the case of CAD software, many...

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Pathfinder, bringing manufacturing home

Pathfinder, bringing manufacturing home

Manufacturing is constantly changing – along with the needs of customers, and the broader economic environment. With supply chains falling into disarray and creating manufacturing havoc around the globe in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the new ‘black’ today is...

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Blessing in Disguise for women in Malawi

Blessing in Disguise for women in Malawi

Pathfinder is proud to support Melbourne based charity organisation, Blessing In Disguise, who recently celebrated the first graduation of students from their Tailoring College in Malawi, Africa.

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JUTEC continues to expand globally

JUTEC continues to expand globally

Based in Rastede, Germany, JUTEC GmbH has been a leader in heat protection products since 1987. Applications cover industries affected by contact or radiation heat ranging from 200°C to 3,000°C. Pathfinder cutting machines are helping JUTEC to realise global expansion.

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Cutting the future

Cutting the future

Cutting shapes out of expensive materials is a core business task in the Composites Industry – with potential hidden costs. Curiously, many manufacturers continue to employ out-dated technology when cutting expensive composite materials and rely heavily on “some guys cutting with box cutters and scissors”.

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Still cutting samples by hand… Really?

Still cutting samples by hand… Really?

A Pathfinder automatic cutter will release your highly paid designers from the labour of scissors and chalk! A Pathfinder L-Series (low-ply) cutter fitted with a felt bed and high speed driven knife make easy work of a broad range of fashion and apparel materials.

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