decades of CAD, CAM & CNC
manufacturing experience
Our company
In 1994, Steve Braykovich and Roy Howard founded Axsys Inc. as a distributor of PC-based Mastercam software and Unix-based CIMLINC software in Michigan. The Mastercam product met the majority of our customers’ standard machine and application needs. The CIMLINC product enabled us to meet the needs of customers who required greater capability in the design, production, and inspection of large, complex molds, dies, and fixtures, as well as product and tool design requirements.
Steve Braykovich had come from Unix workstation manufacturer and CAD/CAM software developer CIMLINC after 12 years of employment in positions ranging from application engineer, custom software development, sales, and sales management, with a final position of Director of Product Sales and Marketing. Roy was the sales manager of the local Mastercam office serving the State of Michigan.
Over the years, we have represented a wide range of CAD/CAM software products to meet the manufacturing requirements of nearly every
industrial market segment and application. Delcam International, Parametric Technologies (ProEnginner), and Siemens/Unigraphics are among the companies offering these products.
In 2009, after experiencing a significant downturn in revenue related to the automotive, aerospace, and consumer products vertical markets, we established Axsys Dental Solutions. The dental industry was in the early stages of adopting digital dentistry at the time (and continues to be so to this day). We saw the dental market as an opportunity to leverage our core competency into a growth market that would not only protect Axsys Inc. in difficult economic times but also provide a path to significantly grow our business.
We quickly established ourselves as the leading authority in digital dental manufacturing, providing CAD/CAM software, CNC milling machines, consumable products, training, and service to dental labs, milling centers, and dental practices for the design and manufacture of a diverse range of dental prostheses. Today, our annual revenue has increased by more than 15 times.
Our Products
Our Value
Based on our extensive experience in digital manufacturing, we add value to our customers by crafting the most effective solution to meet their application and business objectives at the point of sale, as well as providing the necessary training and on-site and off-site support to ensure rapid and effective technology implementation.
Our History
Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Wixom, MI, Axsys services over 1800 customers in the Automotive, Aerospace, Dental, Medical, Electronics, Consumer Products, Jewelry, and Woodworking Industries in applications such as; Dental Restoration & Industrial Product Design, Mold, Die, & Fixture Design, Production Milling & Turning, High Speed Machining, Multi-Axis Milling; Turning, Waterjet, Laser, and Wire EDM.
We have extensive experience in machining a wide variety of materials including; soft, hardened, and heat treated steels such as titanium, tooling steels, stainless, cold roll, composites, abrasives such as zirconia and graphite, flammables , glass ceramics, exotic aerospace alloys and many others.
Axsys prides itself on having the most knowledgeable sales and support teams in the business. Our Executive Management, Sales and Service teams have well over 800 man years of industry knowledge.
Our Awards
Since the beginning, year after year we have earned premier reseller status with many of our software and hardware partners. This status means that our organization’s ability to sell and service the products we represent is among the best in the world and that many organizations have placed their trust and livelihoods in Axsys to enable them to efficiently and profitably utilize high quality products and to meet their personal and business objectives.
We are proud recipients of the 2020 JDT WOW! award for our Robotic Disc Handling System, a key part of Axsys’ Digital Dental 2.0 suite. This first-of-its-kind, affordable collaborative robot automates the loading and unloading of puck materials, enhancing machine utilization and spindle time. It works with virtually any machine, providing up to 24 hours of continuous operation for seamless productivity.
In 2024, we were honored with a second award, recognizing our continued innovation and excellence. Axsys Technical Educational Services has launched two programs through our Virtual Academy, leveraging over 800 man-years of industrial digital manufacturing experience. These unique programs offer CAM and machining training tailored to the dental community, providing incremental skills development remotely from home, office, or lab, complementing our traditional classroom training.
