GRAITEC Group

For almost 25 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 Advance Design in 2005, 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 24 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.

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 12 wholly owned companies and a growing network of more than 40 Value Added Resellers, offering services of a strong global organization.

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 2009: 22,1 million euros
20% annual turnover is invested each year in R&D
12 wholly owned companies located in: USA, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia and Singapore.
A worldwide network of over 40 Value Added Resellers (VAR)

From a French based company to an international group

1986

Francis Guillemard founded GRAITEC with the vision to provide engineering Design Offices with software solutions featuring interactive graphical user interfaces

1989

Launch of 3 design software: Effel (Finite Element Analysis software for concrete, steel and timber), Arche (building simulation and automated detailing software for concrete building) and Melody (2D Steel frame analysis software that features automatic connection design and drawing creation).
Success of these launches allows GRAITEC to become the French market leader.

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
Launch of Advance Steel, a high end steel modeling and detailing system in AutoCAD®

2003

Creation of GRAITEC USA Inc. in Boston
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

Agreements with additional distribution partnerships in Russia and Poland

Accelerated growth (+ 155 % between 2005 and 2010)

2005

New investors join the Group: Capital increase
Launch of Advance Design, 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 customers 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)

2008

Acquisition of CSI (Computer Service im Ingenieurbau GmbH) in Germany and expansion of GRAITEC suite with CS Statik (static analysis and design) and CS Pons (bridge calculation).
Acquisition of Integer Ltd. in United-Kingdom and expansion of GRAITEC suite with SuperSUITE (steel and concrete design for buildings and bridges). Acquisition of @bc service, a major reseller of CAD solutions for steel construction in France , and creation of a CAD department dedicated to steel construction
Agreements with additional distribution partnerships in India, South Africa, Brazil

2009

Strong development in Asia Pacific area with new distribution agreements signed in China, Malaysia / Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and in Europe in Slovenia, Hungary, Netherlands and in Serbia.
Creation of GRAITEC CJSC, in Russia in partnership with GRAITEC partner/reseller INFARS
Integer Software Ltd. becomes GRAITEC UK
Latest European standards Eurocodes implemented in Advance Suite
Merger between CivilDesign and GRAITEC Inc. to become one single company: GRAITEC Inc dedicated to the Canadian market
Creation of YellowCAD France, for offering a CAD alternative solution on the French market
GRAITEC Advance Suite records an organic growth of 290 % between 2005 and 2010

2010

New partnerships in Serbia and Croatia and in the USA with the signature of 10 new partnerships
Creation of GRAITEC Asia Pacific in Singapore to manage and support the VARs located in this area

2011

Merger of CSI and GRAITEC GmbH to become one single company: GRAITEC GmbH. New common headquarters in Essen