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MouldCAM's founding directors, Jaime Marina and Toby Whitfield, originally met on the professional yacht racing circuit in the 1980s. Toby moved into private enterprise in the early 90s while Jaime became a highly regarded consultant to many of the America's Cup campaigns. The America's Cup is constantly pushing materials and searching for perfection in the production of symmetrical strong complex curves. In this environment Jaime saw the application of large format 5 axis milling utilised to cut the hull of an America's Cup contender and also observed a composites manufacturing company in Japan that has at its heart a CNC mill.
Jaime could see an engineering revolution for boat development and building techniques, a revolution which could be leveraged by being based in Australia, with its economic growth and currency advantages. In 2001, Toby joined him to provide the complementary marketing and business management skills to develop the concept to reality. The pair designed and built their unique machine, funding it completely by internal resources and the first project commenced in March 2002. Five years later the team has explored and delivered high-quality 3D solutions in innovative design across a spectrum of markets... in architectural projects, private & public transport vehicles, film & entertainment challenges, resources and mining applications, and of course boats which was their first love.
Australian production capacity has since trebled. mouldCAM is now providing cost-effective design and production expertise into Europe, as well as in Australasia and Asia, and business continues to grow . Operations now include three large scale 5-axis CNC routing machines, including two that measure 43m x 5m x 3m.
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