GRAITEC Group
For more than 20 years, GRAITEC has provided to over 30.000 worldwide users high performance CAD and engineering software for structural building construction with a continued commitment to exceed the industry's creative design and quality requirements.
With the launch of Advance Concrete in 2001, 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 integrated design and detailing solution for the reinforced concrete and steel construction industries.
Francis GUILLEMARD, CEO of the GRAITEC Group
GRAITEC's complete suite of products is the result of 16 years of cutting edge R&D and field experience from our 100 civil construction engineers 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.
Corporate facts
- 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.
- 12 wholly owned companies located in: USA, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain and Romania.
- A worldwide network of over 30 partners
From an idea to a French leader
1986
Francis Guillemard setup GRAITEC with the vision to provide engineering Design Offices with software solutions featuring interactive graphical user interfaces
1989
Launch of Effel (Finite Element Analysis software for concrete, steel and timber)
1992
Launch of Arche (building simulation and automated detailing software for concrete building)
1994
Acquisition of CACT and launch of Melody (2D Steel frame analysis software that features automatic connection design and drawing creation)
1997
GRAITEC joins ADN (Autodesk Developer Network)
1998
GRAITEC is the French market leader with a turnover of 5 M€
From a French based company to an international group
1999
Creation of GRAITEC Romania
2000
First external Capital investment in GRAITEC (Capital Ventures)
2001
Creation of GRAITEC Inc.. in Canada
Launch of Advance Concrete, an advanced solution for reinforced concrete modeling and detailing in AutoCAD®
GRAITEC becomes UAR (Autodesk Unique Application reseller)
2002
Acquisition of DSC CAD/CAM-Technologien GmbH in Germany. HyperSteel software (Steel
Modeling and Detailing) serves as the technical platform in the development of Advance Steel
GRAITEC SA becomes the operational holding company.
Creation of GRAITEC SARL in France
2002
Launch of Advance Steel, a high end steel modeling and detailing system in AutoCAD®
2003
Creation of GRAITEC USA Inc. with offices in Washington DC and Dallas
Acquisition of AB Studio spol. s.r.o. in the Czech republic and expansion of the GRAITEC Suite
with CADKON (Architecture and MEP solution on AutoCAD®)
2004
GRAITEC awarded European label EUREKA for the innovating project “FT-EXPERT” (Eureka reference 3335)
Agreements with additional distribution partnerships in Italy, Russia and Poland
Accelerated growth (+ 176 % between 2005 and 2007)
2005
New investors join the Group: Capital increase
Launch of Advance Design - Europe, a new generation structural analysis software
Agreement with a new distribution partner in China
2006
DSC CAD/CAM-Technologien GmbH becomes GRAITEC GmbH
New partnerships in Europe (Baltic Countries, etc.), in Asia (Philippines, South Korea, etc.)
and first client obtained in Latin America (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, etc.)
2007
Acquisition of Adris Ltd. in the UK and expansion of the GRAITEC Suite with MILLERCAD (Office layout design)
Acquisition of CivilDesign Inc. in Canada and expansion of the GRAITEC Suite with
VisualDesign (Finite Element Analysis software for concrete, steel and timber)
GRAITEC Advance Suite records an organic growth of 91 % between 2005 and 2007
Setup of sales activity in Spain with GRAITEC Iberica S.L.
2008
Launch of Advance Design - America. Advance Design - America is base on the VisualDesign technology from CivilDesign.
Acquisition of CSI (Computer Service im Ingenieurbau GmbH) in Germany and expansion of GRAITEC suite with CS Statik (structural analysis for concrete, steel and timber) and CS Pons (bridge calculation).
Acquisition of Integer Ltd.
in United-Kingdom and expansion of GRAITEC suite with SuperSUITE
(collection of structural engineering software).
Acquisition of French-based company abc service, a major reseller of CAD solutions for steel construction, and creation of a CAD department for steelwork construction in France.
New partnerships signed with CAESoft in Spain, Forum8 in Japan and ParasCADD in India.
2009
Set up of GRAITEC CJSC, a new subsidiary based in Moscow, Russia.
New distribution agreements signed with Chempute Software in South Africa, N.A Tecnologia in Brazil, AECsoft in China, EDS ASIA in Malaysia / Thailand, Joystar Pte Ltd in Indonesia, CGS Plus in Slovenia, Siscad in Portugal, MONARCH Ltd. in Hungary, Autosoftware Technology in Taiwan, Intratech Corp. in South Korea and Matrix in the Netherlands.
Merger of CivilDesign Inc and GRAITEC Inc. to form one company, GRAITEC Inc.
Set up of a new subsidiary based in Linz, Austria.