construction multimedia founded munich germany 1963 headquarters munich germany key people patrik heider sean flaherty viktor varkonyi revenue 285.3 million 2015 1 net income 35.9 million 2015 1 number of employees 1 754 2015 1 website www.nemetschek.com nemetschek group is a vendor of software for architects engineers and the construction industry . the company develops and distributes solutions for designing building and managing buildings and real estate as well as multimedia . according to nemetschek the company with all of its subsidiaries serves customers in more than 142 countries as of 2012 . 2 contents 1 history 2 business units 3 the biggest subsidiaries 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was founded by prof. georg nemetschek in 1963 and went by the name of ingenieurb ro f r das bauwesen engineering firm for the construction industry focusing on structural design . the engineering firm was one of the first companies in the industry to use computers and developed software for engineers initially for its own requirements . in 1977 nemetschek started distributing its program system statik 97 77 for civil engineering . at the hanover fair in 1980 nemetschek presented a software package for the integrated calculation and design of standard components for solid construction . this was the first time that it was possible to use computer aided engineering cae on microcomputers and the product remained unique on the market for many years . nemetschek ag headquarters in munich in 1981 nemetschek programmsystem gmbh was founded and was responsible for software distribution ; georg nemetschek s engineering firm continued to be in charge of program development . the main product allplan a cad system for architects and engineers was launched in 1984 . this allowed designers to model buildings in three dimensions . nemetschek began to expand internationally in the 80s in 1996 the company had subsidiaries in eight european countries and distribution partners in nine countries in europe and since 1992 has also had an additional development site in bratislava slovakia . the first acquisitions were made at the end of the 90s e.g. the structural design program vendor friedrich lochner . the company operating as nemetschek ag since 1994 went public in 1999 and has been listed in the prime standard market segment in frankfurt ever since . a series of company takeovers were to follow the largest acquisitions including the american diehl graphsoft now vectorworks and maxon computer with its cinema 4d software for visualization and animation . the next takeovers occurred in 2006 with the purchases of the hungarian graphisoft and the belgian scia international . the eleventh brand nemetschek bim gmbh was founded at the beginning of 2013 . in november 2013 nemetschek acquired the mep solutions provider data design system dds . 3 on 31 october 2014 the acquisition of bluebeam software was concluded . 4 at the end of 2015 solibri was acquired . 5 among others nemetschek is a member of the buildingsmart e.v. and the deutsche gesellschaft f r nachhaltiges bauen dgnb german sustainable building council . business units edit since 2008 nemetschek ag has been acting as a holding company with four business units design architecture and civil engineering building management and multimedia . the holding company maintains twelve product brands for the most part independently . the biggest subsidiaries edit allplan allplan headquartered in munich was founded on january 1 2008 . it develops and distributes the allplan product family . the company claims to have just under 400 employees 2012 . allplan is a platform software for architects civil engineers contractors and facility managers for designing and managing buildings and is used throughout europe . graphisoft graphisoft is an international vendor of architecture software . the company was founded in 1982 and now has more than 230 employees . the company is headquartered in budapest and has international subsidiaries in the usa great britain spain japan and singapore . according to the company archicad architecture software is used in more than 80 countries . citation needed vectorworks vectorworks formerly diehl graphsoft headquartered in columbia maryland and employing around 160 people as of 2016 has been developing and distributing design software for more than 20 years . the vectorworks product line offers professional design solutions for architecture interior construction the entertainment industry landscaping landscape architecture and mechanical engineering . according to the manufacturer vectorworks is used in 85 countries worldwide . data design system data design system as dds is one of europe s largest vendors of open bim design and documentation tools for mep mechanical electrical & plumbing professionals . dds was founded in norway in 1984 and has subsidiaries in several countries . scia scia whose name is an acronym for scientific applications was founded in 1974 and has its headquarters in herk de stad belgium . it develops and distributes software for structural calculation structural design and structural construction focusing on building information modeling . nemetschek scia is a 100 % owned subsidiary of nemetschek se and claims to employ a staff of more than 100 at ten sites worldwide . maxon headquartered in friedrichsdorf germany maxon computer is a developer of professional 3d modeling painting animation and rendering solutions . maxon has offices in germany usa united kingdom france japan and singapore . see also edit comparison of cad editors for architecture engineering and construction aec references edit a b c financial figures of nemetschek se . nemetschek se . retrieved 2016 07 13 . nemetschek.com customers in more than 142 countries corporate news nemetschek successfully concludes acquisition of data design system dds nemetschek successfully concludes acquisition of bluebeam software nemetschek acquires leading bim specialist solibri . retrieved 13 july 2016 . external links edit nemetschek se website v t e building information modeling bim companies autodesk archibus buildingsmart data design system tekla vectorworks nemetschek graitec trimble software current autodesk revit archicad codebook dds cad digital project openstudio rfem tekla structures tekla bimsight trimble sketchup vico office navisworks microstation vectorworks architect allplan graitec advance idea architectural fine mep visualarq historic rucaps sonata reflex related topics 3d bim 4d bim 5d bim 6d bim bs 1192 computer aided design cobie geometric modeling kernel industry foundation classes retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nemetschek & oldid 735075577 categories companies based in munichcompanies established in 1963software companies of germanycompanies listed on the frankfurt stock exchangebuilding information modelinggerman brandshidden categories all articles with 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