Nemetschek SE

Nemetschek SE
legal form	Stock corporation (SE)
ISIN	DE0006452907
founding	1963
Seat	Munich , Germany
management	Axel Kaufmann ( Spokesman for the Board of Management ) ; Viktor Várkonyi ; Jon Elliott ; Koen Matthijs; ; Kurt Dobitsch ( Chairman of the Supervisory Board );
Number of employees	2900 (2019)
sales	557 million euros (2019)
Branch	software
Website	nemetschek.com

The Nemetschek SE is a provider of software for architects, engineers and the building industry. The company develops and sells solutions for planning, designing, building and using buildings and real estate as well as for the media and entertainment industry. According to its own information, Nemetschek and all its subsidiaries have over 6 million users in 142 countries (as of 2020).

history

The company was founded in 1963 by Georg Nemetschek under the name of Ingenieurbüro für das Bauwesen with a focus on structural engineering. The engineering office was one of the first companies in the branch to use computers and develop software for its own use. In 1977 Nemetschek began selling its Statik 97/77 program system 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. For the first time, computer-aided engineering (CAE) on microcomputers was possible and the product had a unique character for many years.

The headquarters of Nemetschek in Munich

In 1981 Nemetschek Programmsystem GmbH was founded, which took over the development and sales of the software. The main product Allplan , a CAD system for architects and engineers, appeared in 1984. With it, planners could model buildings in three dimensions.

At the end of the 1980s, Nemetschek began to expand internationally: by 1996 the company had subsidiaries in eight European countries, sales partners in nine European countries and, since 1992, a further development location in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the end of the 1990s, the first company acquisitions were made, for example the structural engineering program provider Friedrich + Lochner or the Ainedtergruppe with software for the precast concrete industry, today's Precast Software Engineering.

The company, which has been trading as Nemetschek AG since 1994, went public in 1999 and is listed on the Prime Standard and the TecDAX . A number of company takeovers followed, including the largest acquisitions of the American Diehl Graphsoft (today Vectorworks with the product Vectorworks ) and Maxon Computer GmbH with its Cinema 4D software for visualization and animation. In 2006, two further pioneering acquisitions followed with the acquisition of the Hungarian Graphisoft with the main product ArchiCAD and the Belgian Scia International .

In November 2013, Nemetschek took over the supply technology solution provider Data Design System (DDS). In October 2014, the US software provider Bluebeam Software, Inc., a provider of PDF -based workflow solutions, was acquired. At the end of December 2015, Nemetschek took over the BIM specialist Solibri , the market leader in quality assurance and control for BIM. In March 2016, the name was changed from a stock corporation to a European company (SE) and in August 2016 another takeover of SDS / 2, a leading US provider of BIM-3D software for steel structures. The takeover of the Norwegian software provider dRofus followed in January 2017 . and in October 2017 that of the US structural engineering software company RISA Technologies .

In August 2018, Nemetschek took over MCS Solutions in Antwerp , which offers software solutions for real estate, facility and workplace management in large organizations and was later renamed Spacewell. The Nemetschek Group consists of sixteen independent brands that offer solutions along the entire value chain of the construction industry - from planning and construction to the use of a building or property.

In recent years there have been other takeovers at brand level, such as the acquisition of Redshift Rendering Technologies or Red Giant, both of which now belong to Maxon.

Since September 24, 2018, Nemetschek has been listed in the MDAX in addition to the TecDAX .

The Nemetschek Group and its individual brands are members of numerous leading industrial associations such as BuildingSMART eV, BVBS (Bundesverband Bausoftware), or German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) and have been advocates of open Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards ("open BIM “) In the AEC / O industry (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operation).

Business areas

Since 2008, Nemetschek SE has acted as a corporate holding company with the four business areas Planning & Design (architecture and civil engineering), Build & Construct , Manage & Operate, and Media & Entertainment . 16 product brands are largely independently managed under the umbrella of the holding company.

The subsidiaries

Allplan

Allplan GmbH, based in Munich, develops and sells the Allplan product family . It emerged from Nemetschek Programmsystem GmbH , which existed since 1981. According to its own information, the company employs around 400 people (2018).

Allplan is CAD software for architects, civil engineers and facility managers for planning and using buildings and is used across Europe. Allplan Campus , an internet platform for schoolchildren, students and teachers, is aimed at students. It offers downloads, e-learning films and training material for future architects, engineers and draftsmen.

Bluebeam

Bluebeam Software was founded in Pasadena , California (USA) in 2002 and has been part of the Nemetschek Group since 2014. The company develops PDF-based workflow and collaboration solutions that allow very document-intensive industries to work paperless, shorten schedules, reduce costs and improve overall project communication. The desktop, mobile and cloud-based solutions are aimed at architects, engineers and construction professionals worldwide and have over one million users. The company has offices in California, Texas, Illinois, New Hampshire, Denmark, Germany, England, Sweden and Australia.

Data design system

DDS is one of the largest European providers of Open BIM design and documentation tools for MEP (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing) professionals. The company was founded in Norway in 1984.

dRofus

dRofus, based in Oslo , Norway, and branches in eight other cities around the world, is one of the world's leading providers of BIM-based planning, data management and collaboration solutions for the entire building lifecycle.

Frilo

For more than 40 years, Frilo has been a leading provider of innovative calculation programs for structural tasks and structural planning. The product portfolio includes over 100 software solutions in the areas of solid construction, roof and wood, foundation and foundations, and steel construction.

Graphisoft

Graphisoft is an architecture software provider. The company was founded in 1982 and has more than 380 employees. The company headquarters is in Budapest and has offices in Germany , USA , Great Britain , Japan , Hong Kong , Brazil , China , Mexico and Singapore.

According to the company, the architecture software ArchiCAD is used in over 100 countries worldwide.

Maxon

Maxon Computer GmbH is a leading developer of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. The multiple award-winning software packages CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D are used worldwide in numerous productions in the fields of film, television, advertising, games and the visualization of architecture, medicine, product design and infographics. The one in Friedrichsdorf near Frankfurt / M. based company has offices and representative offices in the USA, Great Britain, France, Japan and Singapore.

Nevaris

The previous individual brands Nemetschek Bausoftware from Achim and the Austrian Nemetschek Auer have been operating as part of the Nemetschek Group under the company name Nevaris Bausoftware GmbH since October 2015. Nevaris offers a holistic 5D total solution that spans the arc from Building Information Modeling, classic AVA, through calculation to financial accounting and cost accounting.

Precast software engineering

Precast Software Engineering has been developing 3D BIM software for the precast concrete industry for more than 30 years; the solutions Planbar and Tim offer CAD planning and visualization of complex data for precast planning.

Risa

Risa, headquartered in California, USA, has been developing design and optimization software solutions for over 30 years. 24 of the top 25 ENR design firms in the United States and over 70 other countries around the world use RISA products.

Scia

Scia nv (the name stands for Scientific Applications ), founded in 1974 and based in Herk-de-Stad , Belgium, develops and sells structural analysis, structural planning and manufacturing software, with a focus on building information modeling . Scia is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nemetschek AG and, according to its own information, has more than 100 employees at ten locations worldwide.

SDS / 2

SDS / 2, based in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, is a leading provider of BIM software solutions for the structural steel detailing industry.

Solibri

Solibri, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, offers a universally applicable software solution for quality testing and BIM model analysis, thus increasing the efficiency of the construction process.

Spacewell

Headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, Spacewell is a software and technology company focused on making building management smarter.

Spacewell Germany

Spacewell Germany (formerly CREM Solutions GmbH) is a leading provider of software solutions for the modern management of commercial real estate.

Vectorworks

Vectorworks, the former Diehl Graphsoft based in Columbia (Maryland) , develops and sells planning software. About 90 people are employed here (2009). The product line offers planning solutions for architecture, interior design, the entertainment industry, horticulture, landscape architecture and mechanical engineering. According to the manufacturer, Vectorworks is in use in 85 countries around the world.