france 1986 headquarters paris france key people francis guillemard president and ceo products building & construction revenue 68.7 million euros 2015 number of employees 370 2015 website 1 graitec is maker of cad cae software for the civil engineering and construction industries . headquartered in france the company was founded in 1986 by francis guillemard . graitec went from a single company located in france to a group of 11 wholly owned companies spread around the world france germany spain czech republic italy slovakia russia romania united kingdom canada and usa . graitec group s turnover in 2015 was 68.7 million euros 46 % growth with an ebitda of 8 % and the group presently has more than 370 employees . contents 1 products 1.1 graitec advance suite 1.1.1 advance concrete 1.1.2 advance steel 1.1.3 advance design 1.2 local software packages 2 history 3 subsidiaries 4 references 5 external links products edit graitec products revolve around two software suites that coexist and provide workflow between cad and analysis design graitec advance an international software suite for the construction industry . local software that strengthen graitec advance with local versions for specific market requirements . graitec advance suite edit graitec advance is cad integrated analysis and design software for the construction and civil engineering field . graitec advance software integrates the following features data exchange tools between engineering and detailing gtc technology tools for pre dimensioning in cad models automatic document management for drawings lists reports nc files etc. graitec is an active member of the dstv standard association . graitec software creates nc code that is 100 % compatible with most north american and worldwide machinery manufacturers . graitec advance includes the following applications advance concrete advance steel and advance design . advance concrete edit advance concrete 1 is a reinforced concrete modeling and detailing software in autocad with automated creation of reinforcement and formwork drawings and bill of materials . launched in 2001 advance concrete was the first application in the advance suite . advance steel edit advance steel 2 is a major extension of autocad for structural steel modeling and detailing and automatic creation of general arrangement drawings fabrication drawings material lists and nc files . advance steel was specifically developed for the steel industry to increase design productivity and production quality through the acceleration of the modeling process . advance design edit advance design 3 is a fem analysis and design software for reinforced concrete steelwork and timber design integrating advanced functionalities for structure modeling finite elements analysis and results post processing . it conducts static and dynamic analysis of 2d and 3d structures from bridges and culverts to buildings and towers . advance design is currently available in two versions one according to north american standards and the other according to european standards . in 2004 advance design received the european label eureka project ft expert 3335 for its innovation . the french government through the anvar oseo agency confirmed graitec s innovations by awarding the group an innovative company certificate . local software packages edit graitec local software packages include the following effel 4 a program of cae structural analysis and design . based on the finite element calculation method effel performs static and dynamic analyses of 2d or 3d buildings . the software is provided with a large range of functionalities such as 3d climatic generator non linear calculation large displacement reinforced concrete structure optimization regulatory verification for reinforced concrete steel and timber etc. in 1991 with effel v. 2 graitec was the first software provider to deliver automated optimization of materials according to reinforced concrete and steel construction standards . moreover in 1995 effel was the first software application provided with an automatic 3d climatic action generator . effel is currently available in france and french speaking countries . arche 5 a software application for cae reinforced concrete structural analysis and design . dedicated to calculation of reinforced concrete buildings arche is used to conduct preliminary sizing of the structure and to perform simultaneously load distribution wind bracing and seismic analyses . for each structural element arche also automates the creation of reinforcement drawings . arche is available in france and french speaking countries . melody an application for cae steel framework analysis and design . it allows automatic dimensioning of steel frames and creation of turnkey calculation reports . melody is available in france and french speaking countries . cadkon an application for automatic drawing in autocad dedicated to cad architecture and mep sanitary heating electrical and plumbing . cadkon also includes a timber drawing module for autocad architecture . cadkon is produced in the czech republic and distributed in europe . millercad a program for cad office layout design . millercad is an autocad based application for specifying herman miller office furniture and automating the design of office layouts . it provides built in quality control preventing the designer from creating invalid product specifications . millercad is produced in united kingdom and used worldwide . history edit 1986 graitec is founded by francis guillemard . 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 . 2001 creation of graitec inc in canada ; launch of advance concrete for reinforced concrete modeling and detailing in autocad ; graitec becomes 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 suite on autocad . 2004 agreements with additional distribution partnerships in russia and poland . 2005 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 abc service a major reseller of cad software 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 package 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 . 2015 acquisition of total cad systems inc. in houston texas subsidiaries edit graitec inc. north america is located in longueuil quebec canada . graitec started localizing advance steel for north america in fall 2003 and by june 2004 the product was ready for distribution . in 2007 graitec opened an office in fort worth texas and began activities in spanish speaking latin america . the americas subsidiary is currently the number 2 sales unit worldwide for advance steel after less than 4 years of operations . ab studio spol . s.r.o. 6 created in 1990 and acquired by graitec in 2003 ab studio is a leading czech software provider for architecture & civil building design offices and contractors . this subsidiary is developing and selling cadkon in addition to offering engineering service on this modular cad package for autocad . ab studio is a successful longtime autodesk reseller . in 2007 the subsidiary became the top autodesk reseller in central and eastern europe chs area . graitec sarl france . in 2002 graitec france was created as a subsidiary of graitec sa which become the holding business unit of the group . the regional organization of graitec france is further bolstered in 2007 with additional local engineers trained to perform local hotline and on site assistance . graitec gmbh germany . founded in 1983 dsc cad cam technologien gmbh was acquired by graitec in 2002 thus becoming the german subsidiary of the group . as a german specialist in steel construction the company developed two software packages sddp and hypersteel . when dsc became a member of the graitec group hypersteel was further developed and marketed as advance steel by graitec . the software is distributed worldwide . graitec romania srl . founded in 1999 in bucharest graitec romania is mainly the research & development division of the group . in addition to developing state of the art software for the entire group graitec romania also provides design and detailing services for international customers using client feedback to fine tune graitec software prior to market launch . like all group branches graitec romania distributes graitec products in its market . graitec iberica spain . launched in june 2007 the graitec iberica sales activities are focused on the cad market and more precisely on steel detailing . a lot of effort is set on localization and on building partnerships . to better meet the regional requirements graitec iberica is dealing with regional distributors eicad in central area madrid sti in central and basque regions san sebastian steel cad sevilla in andalusia . adris ltd. united kingdom . acquired in 2007 by graitec adris computing concepts created in 1982 is the longest established autodesk reseller in the uk . adris ltd. has developed an in house team of over 30 skilled staff with a customer care culture that has made adris an award winning autodesk authorised reseller . it has also enabled adris to build one of the largest installed bases of autodesk software in the uk . since 1999 the adris cad studio has created visuals for precor including 2d symbols & 3d equipment models . adris ltd. supports precor throughout europe & u.s. 7 integer software ltd. 8 united kingdom . established in 1983 by a group of civil engineers and managed by brian munton integer has created an integrated range of structural design and analysis software used by 9 of the top 10 uk engineering consultancies . the business has been predominantly focused on modelling analysis design and detailing for engineers in bridge and structural projects . in addition integer offers a complete maintenance and