About Us

Manufacturing Software Developers and IT Specialists based in Southampton, Hampshire.
Industry leaders for over 30 years.

Approachable

Our friendly team are always happy to help and will do so without long delays or confusing jargon

Trusted

Relied upon by hundreds of UK manufacturing businesses and a Sage Tech Partner Plus

Experienced

With over 150 combined years of experience in the sector and industry-leading awards, your business is in safe hands

Our Mission Statement

“To develop innovative solutions taking advantage of new technologies to ensure our customers get the most from their chosen business solution supported by CIM Software.”

In short, we’re here to support UK manufacturing businesses with their software and IT.

Our Story So Far

1991
CIM Services is founded.
We started operating from our offices in Totton, Southampton and became Swan Manufacturing & Sage Line 100 business partners.
2001
Management Buyout
Shirley Lang, Jamie Ebdon and Ian Ebdon carried out a management buyout. Shirley became Finance Director, Jamie Operation Director, and Ian became Managing Director.
2003
Sage 50 Manufacturing
Sage released their Sage 50 Manufacturing product, which we quickly added to our product portfolio.
2006
Swan Manufacturing Partner of the Year Awards
CIM Services awarded Swan Manufacturing Partner of the Year every year between 1991 and 2006. These awards ceased in 2007.
2012
Sage Manufacturing Partner of the Year Awards
CIM Services awarded Sage Manufacturing Partner of the Year every year except for 2 from 2003-2012. These awards ceased in 2013.
2014
Ian Ebdon retired
After 23 years with the company, Ian (Managing Director) retired from the business.
2015
Stuart Rowcliffe appointed as Technical Director
Stuart joined the business in 2009, initially as a support technician and then joined the development team shortly afterwards.
2017
CIM Software Ltd created
CIM Software was incorporated in January 2017 for the purposes of reselling our Cim50 Manufacturing software.
2017
Cim50 Manufacturing Software released
After 3 years of design and development, Cim50 was released to 3 beta testing sites in August 2017.
2020
Sage ISV Agreement
CIM Software entered a partnership agreement with Sage and Cim50 became the recommended replacement for Sage 50 Manufacturing.
2021
Sage Innovation Award
CIM Software won ‘Sage Solution Innovation Partner of the Year, 2021’ for our Cim50 Carbon Footprint Calculator.
2021
Sage 50 Manufacturing Retired
Sage retired their Sage 50 Manufacturing software in September 2021.
2022
INFOR:Swan Manufacturing Retired
INFOR retired Swan Manufacturing from their product portfolio.
2022
Cim200 Manufacturing Software released
Following the success of Cim50 Manufacturing, we began developing Cim200 Manufacturing for Sage 200 in 2019, this was released to the market in January 2022, incorporating functionality from both Sage 200 Manufacturing, INFOR:Swan Manufacturing and Cim50.
2023
Sage Tech Partner Plus
CIM Software are awarded the status ‘Sage Tech Partner Plus’.
2024
Shirley Jessop Retired
After 27 years with the company, Shirley (Financial Director) retired from the business.

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Our 2023 Charity Challenge

This year, the CIM Software team are walking 11,072 miles, the equivalent of walking the coastline of mainland Britain. Why? To raise funds for a brilliant local charity, Alfie’s Wish, who help support the families of children with cancer with special days out to make precious happy memories.

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