Nemetschek


Nemetschek Group is a vendor of software for architects, engineers and the construction industry. The company develops and distributes software for planning, designing, building and managing buildings and real estate as well as for media and entertainment.

History

The company was founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963 and went by the name of Ingenieurbüro für das Bauwesen, 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 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: by 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 and the TecDAX in Frankfurt ever since. A series of company takeovers were to follow, the largest acquisitions including the American Diehl Graphsoft and MAXON Computer GmbH with its Cinema 4D software for visualization and animation. The next major takeovers occurred in 2006 with the purchases of the Hungarian Graphisoft with its key product ArchiCAD and the Belgian SCIA International.
In November 2013 Nemetschek acquired the MEP software provider Data Design System. On 31 October 2014 the acquisition of Bluebeam Software, Inc. was concluded. At the end of 2015 Solibri was acquired. Since 2016, the company is operating as Nemetschek SE. Later that year SDS/2 was acquired. dRofus and RISA became members of the Nemetschek Group in 2017. MCS Solutions was acquired in 2018 and later rebranded 'Spacewell'. Currently, the Nemetschek Group consists of 16 brands which are located along the whole building lifecycle - from planning to operating a building.
In the last years, further acquisitions were completed on brand level, such as Redshift Rendering Technologies or Red Giant who both were acquired by Maxon.
Since Sept. 18, 2018, Nemetschek is listed in the MDAX in addition to its TecDAX listing.
Among others, Nemetschek is a member of the BuildingSMART e.V. and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen , actively advocating for open Building Information Modeling standards in the AEC/O industry.

Business units

Since 2008 Nemetschek AG has been acting as a holding company with four business units: Planning & Design, Build & Construct, Manage & Operate as well as Media & Entertainment. The holding company maintains 16 product brands.

Subsidiaries

Allplan: Headquartered in Munich, Allplan was founded on January 1, 2008. It develops and distributes the Allplan product family. The company has 400 employees.
Allplan is a platform software for architects, civil engineers, contractors and facility managers for designing and managing buildings, and is used throughout Europe.
Bluebeam, Inc.: Since 2002, Bluebeam has made desktop, mobile and cloud-based software for architects, engineers and construction professionals worldwide. Over 1 million users use Bluebeam software for project collaboration and digital construction document processing. The company has offices in California, Texas, Illinois, New Hampshire, Denmark, Germany, England, Sweden and Australia.
Data Design System: Data Design System AS is one of Europe's largest vendors of Open BIM design and documentation tools for MEP professionals. DDS was founded in Norway in 1984.
dRofus, based in Oslo, Norway, but with offices in eight other metropoles worldwide, is one of the world’s leading providers of BIM-based planning, data-management and collaboration tools for the entire building lifecycle.
Frilo Software has been, for more than 40 years, one of the leading providers of innovative calculation programs for structural engineering tasks.
Graphisoft: Graphisoft is an international vendor of architecture software ArchiCad" The company was founded in 1982 and now has more than 600 employees. The company is headquartered in Budapest and has international subsidiaries in the USA, Great Britain, Spain, Japan, Russia, Singapore and Latin America. According to the company, ArchiCAD architecture software is used in more than 80 countries.
Maxon: Headquartered in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, MAXON Computer is a developer of Cinema 4D, a software for visualization and animation.professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering software. MAXON has offices in Germany, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Japan and Singapore.
Nevaris develops integrated commercial and construction business software and advanced apps for the construction site.
Precast Software Engineering, headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, is a leading software company in the precast concrete parts industry.
RISA is a leading provider of structural design and analysis software for the structural engineering industry.
Scia: Scia 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. Scia is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Nemetschek SE and claims to employ a staff of more than 100 at ten sites worldwide.
SDS/2, located in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, is a leading provider of BIM software for the structural steel detailing industry.
Solibri, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, offers a universally applicable software for quality check and BIM model analysis for an efficient construction workflow process.
Spacewell, headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, is a software and technology firm focused on making building management smarter.
Spacewell Germany is a leading provider of software for modern, commercial property management.
Vectorworks: Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland and employing around 240 people as of 2020, has been developing and distributing design software for more than 20 years. The Vectorworks product line offers professional design for architecture, interior construction, the entertainment industry, landscaping, landscape architecture and mechanical engineering. According to the manufacturer, Vectorworks is used in 85 countries worldwide.