Nemetschek
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The Nemetschek group is world leading 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 approx. 300,000 customers in more than 140 countries (as of 2009).
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.
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 Nemetschek Vectorworks
) and MAXON Computer with its Cinema 4D
software for visualization and animation. After a period of consolidation, the next takeovers occurred in 2006: with the purchases of the Hungarian Graphisoft
and the Belgian SCIA International, Nemetschek moved on to become one of the leading vendors of AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) software solutions in Europe. The company is active on numerous boards in the industry: For instance, Nemetschek is a member of the BuildingSMART e.V. and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) (the German Sustainable Building Council).
and Nemetschek Vectorworks with the design and architecture software Vectorworks.
In addition to Allplan, the vendors of civil engineering software in the Design business unit include Nemetschek Scia in Belgium as well as Friedrich + Lochner, Nemetschek Deutschland GmbH and Glaser in Germany. The companies mentioned merged to form the Nemetschek Engineering Group in 2008 in order to collaborate on research and development as well as on marketing.
The Building business unit includes all products and solutions which involve commercial and technical cost and performance accounting, cost planning and scheduling as well as invitations to bid, the awarding of tenders and accounting (AVA) for building services. This business unit includes the companies Nemetschek Bausoftware GmbH, the Austrian Auer – Die Bausoftware GmbH and the product line Allplan BCM from Nemetschek Allplan GmbH. They cooperate as the Nemetschek Construction Group in marketing as well as in the development of future products.
The subsidiary Nemetschek Crem Solutions is part of the Management business unit. It offers software for commercial and technical real estate management. Its main product, iX-Haus, is a complete solution for the administration of commercial real estate. Furthermore, the company also offers software for the management of housing associations and building administrators.
The fourth business unit, Multimedia, includes MAXON Computer in Germany and its subsidiaries in the USA and England. The Maxon Group is vendor of professional 3D software for visualization and animation.
Nemetschek Allplan GmbH, headquartered in Munich, was founded on January 1, 2008. It develops and distributes the Allplan product family, which has been Nemetschek’s core product for many years. The company claims to have just under 400 employees (2009). Allplan is a platform software for architects, civil engineers, contractors and facility managers for designing and managing buildings, and is used throughout Europe. Especially geared to students, Allplan Campus is an Internet platform for students and teachers. It offers downloads, e-learning videos and training materials for future architects, technical drawers and engineers.
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 by approximately 100,000 customers.
Nemetschek Vectorworks
Nemetschek Vectorworks (formerly Diehl Graphsoft), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland
and employing around 90 people as of 2009, 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.
Nemetschek 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 AG and claims to employ a staff of more than 100 at ten sites worldwide.
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
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
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
. According to Nemetschek, the company with all of its subsidiaries serves approx. 300,000 customers in more than 140 countries (as of 2009).
History
The company was founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963 and went by the name of Ingenieurbüro für 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
Computer-aided engineering
Computer-aided engineering is the broad usage of computer software to aid in engineering tasks. It includes computer-aided design , computer-aided analysis , computer-integrated manufacturing , computer-aided manufacturing , material requirements planning , and computer-aided planning .- Overview...
(CAE) on microcomputers, and the product remained unique on the market for many years.
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
Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design , also known as computer-aided design and drafting , is the use of computer technology for the process of design and design-documentation. Computer Aided Drafting describes the process of drafting with a computer...
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
Prime Standard
Prime Standard is a market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange that lists German companies which comply with international transparency standards. The requirements are higher than in General Standard which is regulated by law...
market segment in Frankfurt ever since. A series of company takeovers were to follow, the largest acquisitions including the American Diehl Graphsoft (now Nemetschek Vectorworks
VectorWorks
Vectorworks is a computer-aided design and Building Information Modeling software program developed by Nemetschek Vectorworks that is used for drafting, technical drawing and 3D modeling. Vectorworks offers 2D, 3D, production management, and presentation capabilities for all phases of the design...
) and MAXON Computer with its Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D
CINEMA 4D is a 3D modeling, animation and rendering application developed by MAXON Computer GmbH of Friedrichsdorf, Germany. It is capable of procedural and polygonal/subd modeling, animating, lighting, texturing, rendering, and common features found in 3d modelling applications.- Overview:The...
software for visualization and animation. After a period of consolidation, the next takeovers occurred in 2006: with the purchases of the Hungarian Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Graphisoft SE develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. The company is headquartered in Graphisoft Park Budapest, Hungary. Graphisoft has subsidiaries in Germany, USA, UK, Spain, Japan and representative offices in Russia and Singapore...
and the Belgian SCIA International, Nemetschek moved on to become one of the leading vendors of AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) software solutions in Europe. The company is active on numerous boards in the industry: For instance, Nemetschek is a member of the BuildingSMART e.V. and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB) (the German Sustainable Building Council).
Business Units
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 ten product brands, for the most part independently. The Design segment is the strongest in terms of revenue and the most global of the business units: among its major subsidiaries is Nemetschek Allplan GmbH with the Allplan product family, the core of the Nemetschek group. Its range of services covers architecture and civil engineering software as well as cost management and facility management solutions. This range is supplemented by the international subsidiaries Graphisoft R&D zrt. with its architecture program ArchiCADArchiCAD
ArchiCAD is an architectural BIM CAD software for Macintosh and Windows developed by the Hungarian company Graphisoft. ArchiCAD offers specialized solutions for handling all common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the whole design process of the built environment — buildings, interiors,...
and Nemetschek Vectorworks with the design and architecture software Vectorworks.
In addition to Allplan, the vendors of civil engineering software in the Design business unit include Nemetschek Scia in Belgium as well as Friedrich + Lochner, Nemetschek Deutschland GmbH and Glaser in Germany. The companies mentioned merged to form the Nemetschek Engineering Group in 2008 in order to collaborate on research and development as well as on marketing.
The Building business unit includes all products and solutions which involve commercial and technical cost and performance accounting, cost planning and scheduling as well as invitations to bid, the awarding of tenders and accounting (AVA) for building services. This business unit includes the companies Nemetschek Bausoftware GmbH, the Austrian Auer – Die Bausoftware GmbH and the product line Allplan BCM from Nemetschek Allplan GmbH. They cooperate as the Nemetschek Construction Group in marketing as well as in the development of future products.
The subsidiary Nemetschek Crem Solutions is part of the Management business unit. It offers software for commercial and technical real estate management. Its main product, iX-Haus, is a complete solution for the administration of commercial real estate. Furthermore, the company also offers software for the management of housing associations and building administrators.
The fourth business unit, Multimedia, includes MAXON Computer in Germany and its subsidiaries in the USA and England. The Maxon Group is vendor of professional 3D software for visualization and animation.
The biggest subsidiaries
Nemetschek Allplan GmbHNemetschek Allplan GmbH, headquartered in Munich, was founded on January 1, 2008. It develops and distributes the Allplan product family, which has been Nemetschek’s core product for many years. The company claims to have just under 400 employees (2009). Allplan is a platform software for architects, civil engineers, contractors and facility managers for designing and managing buildings, and is used throughout Europe. Especially geared to students, Allplan Campus is an Internet platform for students and teachers. It offers downloads, e-learning videos and training materials for future architects, technical drawers and engineers.
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Graphisoft
Graphisoft SE develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. The company is headquartered in Graphisoft Park Budapest, Hungary. Graphisoft has subsidiaries in Germany, USA, UK, Spain, Japan and representative offices in Russia and Singapore...
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
ArchiCAD
ArchiCAD is an architectural BIM CAD software for Macintosh and Windows developed by the Hungarian company Graphisoft. ArchiCAD offers specialized solutions for handling all common aspects of aesthetics and engineering during the whole design process of the built environment — buildings, interiors,...
architecture software is used in more than 80 countries by approximately 100,000 customers.
Nemetschek Vectorworks
Nemetschek Vectorworks (formerly Diehl Graphsoft), headquartered in Columbia, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland
Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...
and employing around 90 people as of 2009, has been developing and distributing design software for more than 20 years. The Vectorworks
VectorWorks
Vectorworks is a computer-aided design and Building Information Modeling software program developed by Nemetschek Vectorworks that is used for drafting, technical drawing and 3D modeling. Vectorworks offers 2D, 3D, production management, and presentation capabilities for all phases of the design...
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.
Nemetschek 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
Building Information Modeling
Building information modeling is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle.BIM involves representing a design as objects – vague and undefined, generic or product-specific, solid shapes or void-space oriented , that carry their geometry, relations and attributes...
. Nemetschek Scia is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Nemetschek AG and claims to employ a staff of more than 100 at ten sites worldwide.