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 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: Francis GUILLEMARD, CEO of the GRAITEC Group

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.

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.
11 wholly owned companies located in: USA, Canada, France, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain and Romania.
A worldwide network of over 30 partners

From an ideea 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.