Laser Products, Northwood Designs Partner on Slabsmith™

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Laser Products announced a strategic partnership today with Northwood Designs (NWD), creators of the Slabsmith slab-matching and -management software.

Under the agreement, Laser Products will use its industry expertise to distribute, develop and support customized applications of the Slabsmith technology for individual countertop fabricators.

Slabsmith uses photographs to produce digital slabs that are highly accurate in color, dimensions, and unique slab properties. It provides users with a robust inventory management tool that optimizes slab usage, significantly reduces waste and streamlines countertop manufacturing.

Under the terms of the agreement, in addition to Slabsmith sales, Laser Products will assist customers with the requisition and set-up of the photography and studio equipment needed to optimize Slabsmith; build customized computer systems that integrate with existing corporate administrative programs; and, conduct on-site training sessions.

“Partnering with Slabsmith is a perfect fit for our companies and a win-win for our customers,” said Laser Products President Dan Louis. “Our company is well-known for manufacturing products that offer simple solutions to complicated problems. That’s what Slabsmith does for slab matching and management.

“Combining their software with our sales and engineering expertise will help fabricators improve their business and their profits.”

For more information or a demonstration of Slabsmith contact Laser Products at 630-679-1300 or visit laserproductsus.com/slabsmith

Founded in 1994, Laser Products manufactures laser measuring equipment for the countertop, cabinet, and construction industries. They have sold over 5,000 lasers in 35 countries to more than 2,600 companies and are used by both the world’s leading automated fabricators as well as smaller, manual shops. Based in Romeoville, the company’s products are American-made using American parts in American equipment.

Northwood Designs “NWD” was founded in 1986 as a cabinet-making company. CNC advancements in the industry led to NWD’s first software product in 1991, and by 1995 NWD software was in daily use in almost 30 countries by companies of every size. Today NWD software technology is in use by tens of thousands of companies, both as NWD products and as modules within some of world’s largest CAM software companies.

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