clients
This is a list of some of the clients that we have worked with over the years.
One successfully completed project often leads to another, although some projects are by their nature one-offs. One client has been with us for 22 years: and there are others that we have happily worked with for more than a decade. Can it be that we are providing a good quality service at a competitive price?
Alpha CRC Ltd
Alpha provides translation and localization for some of the largest software companies in the world. We like their high standards and attention to detail, and use them frequently to translate our manuals into European languages.Anglian Water
A major utility company with the UK’s largest telemetry system. We wrote the manuals and help system for the system and produced the associated publicity material.Arcam
Arcam regularly win accolades in the Hi-Fi industry for their innovative and high quality products. We are proud to have produced over 100 handbooks and other publications for Arcam: they are great people to work with.Artimi
Artimi's ultra-wideband (UWB) solutions greatly reduce time to market for portable devices where high-speed bulk data transfer and low power consumption are needed - such as with storage devices, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs and mobile phones.C3 Ltd
C3 are acknowledged experts in commercial telephony, supplying communications platforms for all IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and multimedia requirements. CDA designed and edited a range of User Guides for C3, in printed, PDF and Help System formats.Cambridge Animation Systems Ltd
Cambridge Animation Systems pioneered digital 2D animation in 1992. Building on the global success of Animo, CAS is opening new frontiers of animation with tools that fuse the worlds of 2D and 3D. CDA produced their ‘animo tutorial guide’.City Consulting Associates Ltd
A London-based management consultancy specializing in ‘business process re-engineering’. CDA designed a range of consultancy leaflets for inclusion in a handsome corporate folder.Friedland
Friedland, a Honeywell company, is well known for its range of wired and wirefree door chimes. CDA has also worked on installation guides for advanced lighting control systems and wireless video entry phones.GlobespanVirata Ltd
GlobespanVirata (merged with Conexant in 2003) developed technologies for integrating DSL broadband access with digital media devices to serve as the gateway for information and entertainment in the home. CDA designed, edited and produced a series of comprehensive data books for their advanced integrated circuits.Logica
Logica is one of the UK’s major software houses and developers of Management Information Systems for utility companies. We enjoyed working for Logica, one of the most professional organizations in the industry.The Mathworks
CDA contributed to a successful marketing campaign for Cambridge Control Ltd, the UK distributor of the mathematical modelling software ‘Matlab’ and ‘Simulink’. They're brilliant pieces of software!Matra Nortel Communications, Paris
Matra Nortel was a joint venture between Matra Communications SA and Northern Telecom Ltd to develop GSM/PCN radio communications. CDA worked in Paris to develop English language documentation for a GSM Base Station (i.e. transmitter), and this was subsequently translated into French for use by Matra.Maxon Europe Ltd
International manufacturers of portable radios for the PMR and mobile telephone market. CDA has produced user guides for several Maxon phonesets.Meldex International Ltd
BioProgress plc (since acquired by Meldex) developed a gelatin-free encapsulation material for liquid medicines. CDA produced a technical manual for the high-specification machinery required to manufacture these capsules.NEC
NEC is a manufacturer of full-featured mobile phones. CDA acted as consultants to redesign and rewrite their user guides to be much more approachable for non-technical users.The Netherhall School
The Netherhall School and Sixth Form College takes communication with their students and parents seriously. CDA redesigned the Prospectus for the Sixth Form and the School, and added an International Prospectus for overseas applicants to this popular and high-achieving educational establishment. Following its success, a number of other Sixth Forms have asked CDA to work on their publications.Nokia Telecommunications
CDA wrote and produced the first generation of user guides for the Cambridge-based Access Point Product Group of Nokia.Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin are a truly multinational company. The Filtration Division produces condition monitoring equipment to test the serviceability of fluids such as oil and aviation fuel. CDA have comprehensively redesigned and rewritten their user guides and managed the translation into six European languages besides English. Multilingual manuals are now economically distributed with the product on CD.Pi Group
Pi Research designs and manufactures electronic data acquisition, control systems and analysis software used in every formula in motorsport.Plextek
Plextek Ltd is a Cambridge-based electronics design house, specialising in product and systems design for communications, automotive, aerospace, defence and medical applications.
Plextek’s Blighter ground surveillance radar is a highly reliable, fully solid-state, electronic scanning radar. The system and all of the modules were designed and proven by Plextek’s engineering team. CDA developed the Technical Manual for a particular application.Siemens AG
Munich-based Siemens is one of the world’s largest electrical and electronics companies.SoftPress Systems Ltd
Softpress are the innovative designers of advanced page layout (UniQorn) and web-design (Freeway) software. CDA produced their User Guide which received a 4* review rating.Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
Steinberg – a Yamaha company based in Hamburg, Germany – are world leaders in music production software (Cubase), audio and post-production software (Nuendo) and audio editing software (WaveLab). CDA are devising a new Help system and printed guide for Wavelab, a professional-level editing, mastering, broadcast, audio restoration and sound design package.Total Packaging Systems
Staffordshire-based Total Packaging Systems are specialist suppliers of equipment to the packaging and processing industry. As UK agents for manufacturers Ossid, Delfin, Colimatic and DPE, they can design and implement almost any packaging application, and offer full engineering and after-sales support. CDA have produced a range of user and maintenance guides.Xerox Mobile Solutions Ltd
MobileDoc allows mobile phones and smart paging devices to send copies of documents to any destination by e-mail or fax.Zinwave
Zinwave’s patented technology exploits existing fibre infrastructure to provide simultaneous support for a range of cellular and wireless services within the 370MHz to 2.5GHz spectrum. This enables new services to be added without the need for costly infrastructure upgrades. CDA worked on a range of user and installation guides.© CDA Cambridge 2010, all rights reserved