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GRAITEC : Fully integrated Concrete and Steel CAD software

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GRAITEC Group : Complete Concrete and Steel solutions
Data exchange between construction design, engineering and building professionals

For more than 20 years, GRAITEC has been committed to developing high performance CAD and design software for the construction industry with a single goal: helping our customers achieve and surpass their objectives by providing them with the tools they need to meet and exceed their design creation and quality requirements. With the launch of Advance Steel at the end of 2002, and more recently the launch of Advance Design, GRAITEC became the only software provider in the world offering a complete suite of fully compatible and integrated products covering design and detailing for the reinforced concrete and steel construction industries.

GRAITEC's complete suite of products is a result of 16 years of cutting edge R&D and field experience from our 100 civil construction and developers. With an experienced and professional R&D group, GRAITEC develops 100% of its software and retains control of the entire development cycle.
Benefits include:
 A constant and sustained development life cycle of their product
 A coherent solution with an integration of CAD concrete-steel and an incomparable CAD design solution
 A common architecture based on the "standard" platform of AutoCAD®
 A simple user-friendly interface
Our solutions are specifically developed to facilitate data exchange between construction design, engineering and building professionals for faster, smarter and more effective communication.

Our software has achieved tremendous success in Europe and North America and GRAITEC ranks as the 3rd largest software provider for Engineering and Construction applications. Currently, GRAITEC operates through 11 wholly owned companies and a growing network of more than 30 partners, offering services of a strong global organization.
GRAITEC Group : Design software for the construction industry
 3rd major software provider for Engineering and Construction     industries
 240 employees, including 100 civil construction engineers and     software developers in Research and Development
 Turnover in 2007: 22,1 million euros (+85% compared to 2006)
 20% annual turnover is invested each year in R&D
 Growth of internal GRAITEC software: + 45% a year since 2000.
 11 wholly owned companies located in: USA, Canada, France, UK,     Germany, Czech Republic, Spain and Romania.
 A worldwide network of over 30 partners
Francis GUILLEMARD, CEO of the GRAITEC Group
GRAITEC : Data exchange between construction design, engineering and building professionals Francis GUILLEMARD, CEO of the GRAITEC Group
 
1986:  GRAITEC founded by Francis GUILLEMARD
1989: Effel launch (professional finite element analysis software for steel, concrete and timber construction industries)
1992: Arche launch (building simulation and automated creation of reinforcement drawings software)
1994: Melody launch (2D portal frames analysis, joint design and drawing for steel construction industry)
1997:  GRAITEC joined ADN (Autodesk Developer Network)
1998:  Creation of GRAITEC Benelux
1999:  Creation of GRAITEC Romania
2000:  Creation of GRAITEC Iberica
2001:  Creation of GRAITEC Inc in Canada
           Advance Concrete launch (building design and creation of general arrangement drawings.)
           GRAITEC becomes UAR (Autodesk Unique Application Reseller)
2002: Acquisition of DSC CAD/CAM Technologien GmbH in Germany
           Advance Steel launch (3D CAD application for steel construction industry)
2003:  Creation of GRAITEC USA
           Acquisition of AB Studio in Czech Republic
2004:  GRAITEC awarded European label EUREKA for the innovating project “FT-EXPERT” (Eureka reference 3335)
           Creation of two new regional agencies in Germany (Erding and Oberhausen)
           New partnership agreement in Italy, Russia and Poland
2005:  Increase of capital: +4,5 M€
           Advance Design launch, new generation structural design software (based on the innovating EUREKA project)
           Growth on the North American market: +165%

           New partnership agreement in China
2006:  Strategic partnership agreement with AVEVA
           New partnership agreements in Europe (the Baltic countries...), in Asia (the Philippines, South Korea...) and client              wins in South America (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela...)
2007:  May 18th: Acquisition of Adris Ltd. in the UK
            June 20th: Acquisition of CivilDesign Inc. in Canada
            German main offices are relocated in Oberhausen and a new regional agency is created in Leipzig
See www.graitec.com/fr for more information about Arche, Effel and Melody products
 
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