Zuken Technology Partners

Intercax provides Syndeia, a digital thread platform for MBSE and integrated digital engineering. Within the Zuken portfolio, Syndeia connects with DS-CR and DS-E3, supporting traceability between Zuken-managed electrical and electronic design data and the wider model-based engineering environment.

Syndeia federates models and data from MBSE, PLM, ALM, CAD, simulation, requirements, and enterprise repositories, including tools such as GENESYS, Teamcenter, Windchill, Aras Innovator, Jira, Jama Connect, DOORS Next, MATLAB/Simulink, and REST API based systems. For Zuken users, this provides a practical route to connect detailed ECAD and electrical design data into a broader digital thread, helping engineering teams manage relationships, dependencies, change impact, and cross-domain traceability across the system lifecycle.

JTAG Technologies provides JTAG ProVision, a boundary-scan test and programming development suite for assembled PCBs and systems. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration with CR-8000 Design Gateway and CR-8000 Design Force supports PCB test workflows by connecting design data with boundary-scan test development.

Engineering teams can use this relationship to move from PCB design into test preparation with fewer disconnected handoffs. ProVision supports the generation of board tests, system tests, and in-system programming applications, with design data import from more than 40 EDA and CAD/CAM systems and built-in fault coverage analysis. This gives Zuken users a clearer route from PCB implementation to design-for-test validation and production-ready test planning.

Keysight Technologies provides Advanced Design System (ADS), a leading RF and microwave design platform used for high-frequency circuit simulation, analysis, and validation. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration with CR-8000 Design Gateway, CR-8000 Board Designer, and CR-8000 Design Force supports schematic and PCB design workflows that require accurate RF performance analysis. This enables Zuken users to connect RF simulation with PCB implementation, streamline data exchange between design environments, and reduce manual rework between electrical design and high-frequency validation. The combined workflow improves design accuracy for high-speed and RF applications while supporting more efficient development from circuit design through to PCB realization.

Komax offers a wide range of advanced automatic and semi-automatic wire processing equipment including wire strippers, measure cut and strip, crimp x crimp, state-of-the-art processing and quality modules, wire marking, testing, crimping presses and taping machines. Also offering fully automatic customer-specific wire processing machines with various crimping machines, assembly processing modules and testing stations with modular designs. Komax serves the Automotive, Industrial, Aerospace, Telecom, and Consumer Electronics industries.

Marvell Semiconductor provides IBIS (I/O Buffer Information Specification) models for high-speed signal integrity analysis of its semiconductor devices. Within the Zuken portfolio, these models are used in CR-8000 Design Force analysis environments to support accurate simulation of device behavior at the PCB level.

Access to vendor-specific IBIS models allows Zuken users to incorporate realistic electrical characteristics into signal integrity analysis, improving correlation between simulation and real-world performance. This is particularly relevant for high-speed interfaces where device behavior has a direct impact on overall system reliability and compliance.

Micron Technology provides IBIS-AMI models for high-speed memory and SerDes interfaces, supporting advanced signal integrity simulation at the system level. Within the Zuken portfolio, these models are used in CR-8000 Design Force analysis environments to represent real device behavior in PCB simulations.

IBIS-AMI models from Micron allow engineers to evaluate channel performance, timing margins, and signal degradation effects for high-speed memory interfaces before hardware is built. This is particularly relevant for DDR, high-speed serial links, and other bandwidth-intensive designs, where accurate modeling of transmitter and receiver behavior is critical to achieving first-pass success.

PCB Libraries provides Library Expert, a component library automation platform for generating schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D models. Within the Zuken portfolio, Library Expert supports library workflows across CR-8000, CR-5000, and eCADSTAR, enabling the creation of consistent, standards-based component data for design reuse.

Library Expert automates the generation of parts from manufacturer datasheets, helping engineering teams maintain centralized, verified libraries while reducing reliance on manual footprint creation. This supports improved library quality, faster part availability during design, and better consistency between schematic and PCB layout data.

Phoenix Contact, a global leader in industrial automation, has embraced technological trends and driven innovation throughout its 100-year history. Today, the company offers products, solutions, and services for electrification, networking, and automation across the energy, industry, infrastructure, and mobility sectors. By adopting efficiency measures, Phoenix Contact is committed to creating smart, connected systems for a sustainable future.

Polar Instruments provides Speedstack, a PCB stack-up design and controlled impedance tool used to define, calculate, and document PCB layer structures. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration with CR-8000 Design Force and DFM Center supports PCB design and design-for-manufacturing workflows where impedance control and stack-up accuracy are critical.

The relationship helps PCB engineers move stack-up and impedance data between Zuken and Polar workflows with greater consistency, reducing the risk of mismatch between layout intent, fabrication constraints, and manufacturing documentation. For high-speed PCB designs, this supports earlier impedance validation and clearer communication with fabricators before release.

PTC (Parametric Technology Corporation) provides Creo for MCAD and Windchill for PLM, supporting product design, configuration management, and lifecycle processes across complex engineering environments. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration spans DS-2, CR-8000 Design Gateway, CR-8000 Board Designer, CR-8000 Design Force, and E3.series, along with interoperability frameworks such as CADIF and Zuken PLM adapters.

This relationship connects electrical and electronic design data with mechanical design and enterprise PLM workflows. It supports use cases across schematic, PCB, and cabling design, enabling coordinated ECAD-MCAD development, structured BOM and configuration management, and controlled change processes. Integration with Windchill also enables REST-based data exchange and testing of evolving PLM connectivity, helping organizations manage design data across multi-domain engineering environments.

SamacSys, now part of Supplyframe, provides PCB Part Library solutions, offering ready-to-use schematic symbols, PCB footprints, and 3D models for electronic components. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration supports CR-8000 Design Gateway, CR-8000 Component Editor, eCADSTAR, and CADSTAR, aligning with component library and design workflows.

SamacSys focuses on delivering manufacturer-verified component data through cloud-based libraries and CAD plugins, helping engineering teams access parts directly during design. For Zuken users, this supports faster part selection, more consistent library data, and improved alignment between schematic capture and PCB layout without relying on manual footprint creation.

SAP provides enterprise software for ERP, supply chain management, and business process integration. Within the Zuken portfolio, the relationship aligns with CR-8000 and E3.series, supporting the connection between engineering design data and downstream enterprise processes.

This is relevant where organizations need to link electrical and electronic design outputs with procurement, manufacturing planning, and operational systems. By connecting Zuken design environments with SAP-driven business workflows, companies can improve the flow of BOM data, part information, and production-related data into enterprise systems, supporting more coordinated engineering-to-manufacturing execution.

Cadence Design Systems (SFM Technology) provides PackageWright, a component library migration and translation tool used to convert PCB library data between different ECAD formats. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration with CR-8000 Component Editor (ASCII I/O) supports library conversion and data migration workflows.

PackageWright is used to translate symbols, footprints, and related library data from non-Zuken formats into Zuken-compatible structures, helping organizations consolidate or migrate legacy libraries. This is particularly relevant during tool transitions or multi-CAD environments where maintaining consistent, reusable component data across platforms is required.

Siemens Digital Industries Software provides NX for MCAD and Teamcenter for PLM, supporting mechanical design, product data management, and lifecycle processes across complex engineering programs. Within the Zuken portfolio, integration spans CR-8000 Board Designer, CR-8000 Design Force, E3.series, and Zuken PLM interfaces, connecting PCB, electrical, and harness design with enterprise product lifecycle environments.

The relationship supports ECAD-MCAD collaboration, harness engineering, and PLM-driven data management by linking Zuken design outputs with Siemens mechanical and lifecycle systems. This allows engineering teams to coordinate PCB layout with mechanical constraints in NX, while managing design data, configurations, and change processes within Teamcenter. The result is improved alignment between electrical, electronic, and mechanical domains across development and into manufacturing.

Earlier integrations such as UniCam for DFM workflows are no longer supported, reflecting the transition toward more integrated PLM and digital engineering environments within the Siemens ecosystem.

Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics) is the steward of the ODB++ data format, widely used for PCB manufacturing data exchange and digital thread continuity between design and fabrication. Within the Zuken portfolio, ODB++ is supported across CR-8000 Board Designer, CR-8000 Design Force, and DFM Center, enabling the transfer of manufacturing-ready PCB data to downstream processes.

ODB++ provides a structured, intelligent dataset that includes layout, stack-up, materials, netlists, and manufacturing instructions, allowing fabrication and assembly partners to work directly from a single source of design intent. For Zuken users, this supports a more controlled transition from PCB design to manufacturing, reducing ambiguity compared to traditional file sets and improving alignment between engineering output and production requirements.