company traded as lse avv industry information technology technology consulting cad cam software enterprise solutions founded 1967 cambridge headquarters high cross madingley road cambridge uk area served worldwide key people philip aiken 1 chairman richard longdon 1 ceo james kidd 1 cfo derek middlemas 2 coo dave wheeldon 2 cto products see below revenue 208.7 million 2015 3 operating income 54.6 million 2015 3 net income 41.6 million 2015 3 website www.aveva.com aveva group plc 4 is a british multinational information technology company headquartered in cambridge united kingdom . it provides engineering design information management solutions and cad cam software including specialised technology consulting services for the plant power and marine industries . aveva grew out of the government funded computer aided design centre which was established in 1967 . aveva is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions 2 operations 3 products and services 4 marketing and branding 5 leadership 6 references 7 external links 7.1 official 7.2 other history edit the origins of aveva start in 1967 in cambridge uk with the establishment of the computer aided design centre or cadcentre as it was more commonly referred to and later formally became . it was a government funded research institute created by the uk ministry of technology 5 6 with a mission to develop computer aided design techniques and promote their take up by british industry . its first director was arthur llewelyn who initially contracted out the recruitment and management of specialist staff to icl . the centre carried out cad research and some of its early staff members such as brothers dick newell and martin newell went on to become well known in the worldwide cad community . dick newell oversaw the creation of the plant design management system pdms 6 for 3d process plant design . he later co founded two software companies cambridge interactive systems cis which was known for its medusa 2d 3d cad system and smallworld with its eponymous smallworld gis geographical information system . martin newell later went to the university of utah where he did pioneering 3d solid modelling work ; he was also one of the progenitors of postscript . along with the cambridge science park cadcentre was one of the original companies involved in what became known as the cambridge phenomenon 5 the transformation of cambridge from a university town into one of the world s high technology centres within a few years in the late 1970s and early 1980s . cadcentre became a private company in 1983 6 was the subject of a management buyout 7 in 1994 8 and became a publicly quoted company in 1996 . 8 it changed its name to aveva in 2001 . 9 acquisitions edit on 21 april 2004 the company acquired tribon solutions a global supplier of tribon an it solution for shipbuilding and marine design for us 35 million . the acquisition was completed on 19 may 2004 . 10 on 31 march 2005 the company acquired realitywave inc. developers of a web collaboration and streaming platform for 3.2 million . 11 on 30 march 2009 aveva announced the acquisition of idesignoffice pty ltd an instrumentation engineering technology company based in melbourne australia specialising in products for plant and marine industries . 12 on 3 june 2010 aveva solutions ltd a wholly owned unit of aveva group plc announced the acquisition of logimatic s mars business from logimatic holdings a s for gbp12 .8 million . this acquisition was completed on 30 june 2010 and mars products and services were merged into aveva s enterprise solutions group and aligned with its flagship aveva net solution . 13 on 3 june 2010 aveva solutions ltd acquired the oil and gas business from adb systemer as a sola based provider of operations integrity management software aimed at owner operators in the oil and gas industry . 13 on 3 october 2011 aveva announced the acquisition of lfm light form modeller software division of z f uk limited which allowed it to expand into the 3d data capture market . 14 on 23 may 2012 aveva announced the acquisition of the belgium and germany based bocad group of companies a provider of building information modeling 15 software for gbp14 million . the acquisition strengthened aveva s 3d structural detailing capabilities for the plant marine and construction markets . 16 on 17 december 2012 aveva announced the acquisition of all assets relating to the advanced visualisation and simulation software of huntsville alabama based global majic software inc. 17 on 5 january 2015 aveva announced the acquisition of derry based 8over8 limited for gbp26 .9 million . 8over8 provides contract risk management software procon for the oil gas and mining and other infrastructure industries . 18 19 operations edit aveva has about 55 offices in more than 37 countries . 20 it is organised as follows 21 americas based in houston united states asia pacific based in kuala lumpur malaysia europe middle east and africa based in sulzbach germany aveva is currently seeking to improve its market share in the united states 22 and bric 23 24 countries . products and services edit the company provides engineering design information management solutions technology services and cad cam software for the engineering industries . it is organised into three divisions plant solutions 25 marine solutions 26 and enterprise solutions . 27 marketing and branding edit aveva marketing campaigns slogan is continual progression . leadership edit recent leadership of the company has been chairman non executive richard king august 1994 march 2006 28 29 nick prest march 2006 july 2012 29 30 31 philip aiken july 2012 present 31 chief executive officer ceo richard longdon dec 1999 present 7 32 references edit a b c aveva board of directors . aveva.com . retrieved 23 march 2015 . a b aveva executive team . aveva.com . retrieved 23 march 2015 . a b c annual report 2015 pdf . aveva . retrieved 28 march 2016 . about aveva group plc . aveva . archived from the original on 10 may 2011 . retrieved 17 april 2011 . a b exploding the myths of uk innovation policy how soft companies and r & d contracts for customers drive the growth of the hi tech economy pdf . aveva.com . january 2010 . retrieved 18 july 2012 . by david connell and jocelyn probert centre for business research university of cambridge a b c aveva group history 1967 1984 . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . a b aveva 3d with a difference cambridge news.co.uk . cambridge news.co.uk . retrieved 24 oct 2011 . a b aveva group history 1985 1999 . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . aveva group history 2000 2005 . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . aveva buys tribon for 19m . citywire . 21 april 2004 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . viva aveva . citywire . 18 may 2005 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . aveva acquires ido software from idesignoffice . the engineer . 31 march 2009 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . a b aveva acquires logimatic s mars business and oil and gas business of adb systemer as . desktop engineering . 7 june 2010 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . aveva acquires the lfm software division of z f uk . sharecast . retrieved 25 october 2011 . innovation and creativity with bocad software . mssa.org.my . retrieved 23 may 2012 . aveva acquires bocad . globalprintmonitor.info . 23 may 2012 . retrieved 23 may 2012 . aveva acquires global majic s simulation software suite . mining.com . 17 december 2012 . retrieved 17 december 2012 . aveva acquires software business 8over8 for gbp26 .9 million . morningstar.co.uk . 5 january 2015 . retrieved 5 january 2015 . press release aveva acquires 8over8 limited . aveva.com . 5 january 2015 . retrieved 5 january 2015 . aveva celebrates its first 45 years . 13 june 2012 . retrieved 18 july 2012 . regional . aveva . retrieved 17 april 2011 . aveva is capable of engineering some impressive returns . the independent . uk . 28 may 2008 . retrieved 17 april 2011 . aveva growth will get nuclear charge . businessweekly.co.uk . 23 may 2013 . retrieved 25 may 2013 . aveva global expansion strategy in latin america china and india was on track . . businessweekly.co.uk . uk . 25 may 2011 . retrieved 25 oct 2011 . aveva plant solutions . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . aveva marine solutions . aveva . retrieved 12 october 2011 . aveva enterprise solutions . aveva . retrieved 17 april 2011 . aveva board of directors annual report 2004 pdf . aveva . retrieved 24 oct 2011 . a b richard king cbe retires from aveva board on 31 march 2006 . . investegate.co.uk . retrieved 24 oct 2011 . appointment of nick prest as chairman aveva press release 12 january 2006 . aveva . retrieved 24 oct 2011 . a b press release aveva announces a change of chairman . aveva.com . 26 april 2012 . retrieved 26 april 2012 . richard longdon appointed chief executive cadcentre group plc investegate.co.uk 1 december 1999 . investegate.co.uk . retrieved 24 oct 2011 . 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