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Dassault Systèmes S.A.
Company typeSociété Anonyme
Euronext: DSY
IndustrySoftware
Founded1981
HeadquartersVélizy-Villacoublay, France
Number of locations
Waltham, United States of America
Key people
Bernard Charlès (President and CEO), Charles Edelstenne (Chairman)
Products3D design software, 3D Digital Mock-up and PLM Product Lifecycle Management
Revenue€1.783 billion (2011)[1]
€428.0 million (2011)[1]
€289.2 million (2011)[1]
Total assets€3.516 billion (end 2011)[1]
Total equity€2.087 billion (end 2011)[1]
Number of employees
9,552 (end 2011)[1]
ParentDassault Group
Websitewww.3ds.com

Dassault Systèmes S.A. (French pronunciation: [daˈso]) is world-leading 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock-up and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solutions.

Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling. Its customers include companies in Aerospace & Defense, Architecture, Engineering & Construction, Consumer Goods & Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods & Retail, Energy, Process & Utilities, Financial & Businesss Services, High-Tech, Industrial Equipement, Life Sciences, Marine & Offshore, Natural Resources,and Transportation & Mobility industries.

Dassault Systèmes share is listed on the Euronext Paris stock market. 42.2% of the share is owned by Dassault Group. The company is headquartered in Vélizy-Villacoublay, located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France and also in Waltham, Massachussets in the west of Boston, United States of America.

History

CAD/CAM Period

Dassault Systèmes was created in 1981 but really started in 1977 with 15 engineers of Avions Marcel Dassault who were in charge of helping the plane building process. While they were initially supposed to develop a 3D Computer-aided Design software (CATIA, then called CATI) to help designing planes only, the engineers brought it up to another level to provide help to other industry sectors.

At the end of 1980, the CATIA rumor reached the very top of the company and Marcel Dassault, then aged 88, asked for a demonstration of the software capabilities.[2] The company management understood the engineers’ vision and started to debate on how to leverage such an innovation.[3] They quickly realized they could not afford to keep and develop this invention internally and decided to create a new company to explore the Computer-aided Design and Computer-aided Manufacturing market (CAD/CAM).

Dassault Systèmes thus got started in 1981 with only one customer (Avions Marcel Dassault). They were only 25 engineers and didn’t know how to sell and market their product.[4] As a result, since the Dassault Group was one of IBM major clients in France, they negotiated a deal so that IBM markets CATIA. It was a non-exclusive, 50/50 revenue share agreement where CATIA would be sold by IBM as an IBM product. This deal had been extremely successful for both companies and it is considered as “one of the fundamental drivers of the Dassault Systèmes success story”.[5]

CATIA started getting noticed in other sectors than the initial plane manufacturing one mainly with the automotive sector (BMW, Mercedes and Honda). This was a step by step approach that was used to progressively address all the other industries such as consumer goods, machinery and shipbuilding. IBM also became a customer in the mid 1980’s and deployed CATIA in its engineering and manufacturing plants.[6]

Over the years, Dassault Systèmes improved its software and expanded to the US, Japan and Germany. This rapid growth triggered a chain of products, acquisitions, and partnerships beyond the company's core 3D CAD/CAM software and led to what is known today as Dassault Systèmes.

PLM Period

By the end of the 20th century, CAD/CAM had become too restrictive to identify the Dassault Systèmes products. Then, in the early 2000’s, it was replaced by PLM, the acronym for Product Lifecycle Management.[7] New brand names were added to address the full PLM spectrum: DELMIA to support the manufacturing plant, ENOVIA to support the collaboration internally and with the extended enterprise of customers, SIMULIA for Analysis and Simulation, SolidWorks for 3D modeling and 3DVIA for 3D visualization.

In 2007, along with the creation of the new brand 3DVIA, Dassault Systèmes started to get into online applications, what is now called PLM 2.0, as a reference to the Web 2.0. The company took advantages of the Internet possibilities and introduced online PLM with its Version 6 platform.[8] This strategy has been followed by many other acquisitions such as the 2010 Exalead purchase to dive deeper into Internet search technologies, the 2012 Netvibes purchase to monitor social media through dashboards and the 2012 Gemcom purchase to model and simulate our planet..

Key Dates

1981: Dassault Systèmes creation.

1992: Dassault Systèmes acquires CADAM, a 2-Dimensional CAD/CAM software from IBM and from it creates Dassault Systèmes Americas Corp.

1997: Dassault Systèmes acquires SolidWorks, developer of mechanical design solutions.[9]

1998: Dassault Systèmes purchases IBM Product Data Management (PDM) assets and establishes Enovia Corp.[10]

2000: the DELMIA brand is launched in order to address the digital manufacturing domain following a series of three acquisitions, including (i) Deneb Robotics, a U.S. company specialized in robotic simulation, (ii) Safework, a Canadian company specialized in human modeling technology, and (iii) EAI-DELTA, a German company specialized in manufacturing process management software. In the same year, Dassault Systèmes also acquires Spatial Technology, a U.S. company developing and selling software components, including ACIS.

2002: Geometric has a joint venture with Dassault Systèmes, 3D PLM Software Solutions Ltd., which was set up in 2002 with an equity participation of 58% and 42% respectively.

2005: Dassault Systèmes acquires Abaqus Inc. [11] and from it creates the SIMULIA brand. On the same year it also acquires Virtools SA.

2006: Dassault Systèmes acquires MatrixOne Inc. to create the next generation of its ENOVIA brand.[12] On the same year, Dassault Systèmes also acquires Dynasim AB, a Swedish company specializing in modeling and simulation software for embedded systems, in connection with the development of its CATIA Systems strategy.

2007: Dassault Systèmes launches the 3DVIA brand. It also acquires Seemage,[13] a leader in the creation of 3D interactive product documentation, and from it launches the 3DVIA Composer product line. Virtools is added to the 3DVIA brand and becomes 3DVIA Virtools. On the same year, Dassault Systèmes also acquires ICEM Ltd, a UK company well known in the automotive industry for its styling, surface modeling and rendering software.

2010: Dassault Systèmes acquires Exalead Inc.[14] On the same year, it also acquires IBM's sales and support force (all support contracts and around 700 employees) for PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software business

2011: Dassault Systèmes acquires Intercim LLC and Enguinity PLM.[15][16]

2011: Dassault Systèmes and Gehry Technology sign an agreement allowing them to sell Digital Project through their own channels[17]

2012: Dassault Systèmes acquires Netvibes.[18][19]

2012: Dassault Systèmes acquires Gemcom.[20]

Products

CATIA is Dassault Système's initial product(which stands for Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application). It is its PLM solution for 3D collaborative creation. CATIA addresses the product development process, from early product concept specification through product in service.

SolidWorks products span 3D mechanical design software, simulation, product data management and design communication and collaboration. They are generally offered as a suite of products, scaled to the customer’s needs. Customers can choose to add other SolidWorks products providing additional simulation and PDM capabilities. They are used by companies in the machinery, medical, consumer, mold, tool and die, electrical and power sectors and by suppliers to the aerospace and automotive industries.

DELMIA covers the Company’s PLM digital manufacturing software. It allows manufacturers to virtually define, plan, create, monitor and control all production processes, from the early process planning and assembly simulation to a complete definition of the production facility and equipment.

SIMULIA automates standard simulation processes, deploys them across organizations, distributes workloads across computing resources and manages the simulation results to improve collaborative decision making. It is designed to meet companies’ need for realistic product and process simulation software and to make realistic simulation more readily accessible through integrated and collaborative simulation applications.

ENOVIA provides the collaborative framework for the Company’s PLM software. It is an online environment that involves creators, collaborators and consumers in the product lifecycle.

3DVIA’s objective is to bring 3D technology to new users, businesses and consumers. The Company’s 3DVIA portfolio includes, among other software: 3DLive, a suite of products designed to help individuals across the enterprise to search, navigate and collaborate in 3D in real-time over the Internet; 3DVIA Composer, which enables users to deliver assembly procedures, technical illustrations and marketing materials utilizing 3D images and other 3D data that remains consistent with product data. The Company also launched 3DVIA.com, a community Web site dedicated to 3D enthusiasts and digital content creators to showcase 3D interactive experiences.

EXALEAD is a global provider of information access software for the enterprise and the Web.

DRAFTSIGHT is a 2D CAD program that is free to individuals that is compatible with the .DWG format. It runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX.

Netvibes provides dashboards to monitor and manage Web information on real-time.

GEOVIA delivers mining software solutions.

3DSWYM is a social application to share internal and external information.

Corporate Culture

Passion for Innovation Programme

Passion for Innovation is a corporate patronage which aims at giving free access to Dassault Systèmes’ software to non-profit organizations and individuals.[21]

The program started with a disabled employee who couldn’t drive a sports car because of his physical issue.[22] He developed his own clutch idea but needed to test it virtually beforehand: driving with such a vital part of a car modified being very dangerous. He was granted a free access to CATIA and designed his idea which allowed him to eventually drive a sports car.

Such a story fomented the creation of Passion for Innovation and since then it helped on several projects such as Xplorair, Khufu or Ice Dream for example.[23][24][25]

Dassault Systèmes Campus

Dassault Systèmes has two sites as headquarters: first one based in Europe and second one based in North America.

Dassault Systèmes headquarters are in Vélizy-Villacoublay, located in the south-western suburbs of Paris, France. With most of its employees under 40, the actual number of buildings (4) and green areas (11.12 acres (45,000 m2)) within the complex, it is often referred as the Dassault Systèmes campus, an allusion to its look and feel.[26]

Each building is named after one of the four main elements (water, earth, air and fire) and these represent 57,000 square meters of office space. They house what is called the “LIVES” (Lifelike Immersive Virtual Experience Space) which is a demo center equipped with virtual reality technologies.[27]

Dassault Systèmes headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts, located in the west of Boston, United States of America. 800 employees and contractors work in a building designed as a arc into a green area (27-acres (~110,000 m2).[28]

Holdings

The list below sets forth the Company’s main subsidiaries and also indicates the percentage equity interest and voting rights directly or indirectly held by Dassault Systèmes SA.[29]

  • Dassault Data Services SAS (France) – 95%
  • Dassault Systèmes Americas Corp. (US) – 100%
  • Exalead SA (France) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Services LLC (US) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Deutschland GmbH (Germany) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp. (US) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes K.K. (Japan) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Enovia Corp. (US) – 100%
  • SolidWorks Japan K.K. (Japan) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Delmia Corp. (US) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Korea Corp. (Korea) – 100%
  • Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp. (US) – 100%

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Annual Results 2011" (PDF). Dassault Systèmes. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4908 Marcel Dassault Asks for a CATIA Demonstration
  3. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4908 Avions Marcel Dassault Decides to Create Dassault Systemes
  4. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4911 Dassault Systemes Starts with 25 Engineers
  5. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4911 Dassault Systemes Partners with IBM
  6. ^ IBM Becomes one of Dassault Systemes’ Customers
  7. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4920 Dassault Systemes Turns into a PLM Company
  8. ^ http://www.deelip.com/?p=4920 Dassault Systemes Introduces PLM 2.0
  9. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-signs-definitive-agreement-to-acquire/single/783/?cHash=87a72a6508a8528080cdf0da26bc2718 Dassault Systemes Acquires SolidWorks
  10. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/ibm-and-dassault-systemes-create-new-strategic-alliance-to/single/139/?cHash=83a678ca491331dfeb0ea8e390a20de3 Dassault Systemes Creates ENOVIA
  11. ^ Dassault Systèmes Completes the Acquisition of ABAQUS Inc. and Introduces the SIMULIA Brand
  12. ^ http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=270212 Dassault Systemes creates ENOVIA
  13. ^ Template:FrDassault Systèmes rachète Seemage, spécialiste de la documentation produit 3D
  14. ^ http://www.exalead.com/software/news/press-releases/2010/06-09.php Dassault Systemes Acquires Exalead
  15. ^ http://www.intercim.com/news_events/press_releases_2011/DS_PR_03172011.pdf Dassault Systemes Acquires Intercim LLC
  16. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-acquires-enginuity-plm-to-accelerate/single/3536/?cHash=6d0ce66d2f4207ce4b897eb7e54558bf Dassault Systemes Acquires Enginuity PLM
  17. ^ "Partnering for success". Gehry Technologies Experiences Exponential 25 Percent Year over Year Revenue Growth. Gehry Technologies. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  18. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-acquires-netvibes/single/4030/?cHash=178d04bbe3a12ba5b48277b113cccc3f Dassault Systèmes Acquires Netvibes
  19. ^ http://blog.netvibes.com/netvibes-is-now-part-of-dassault-systemes/ Netvibes is now part of Dassault Systèmes
  20. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/news-media/press-releases-detail/release/dassault-systemes-to-acquire-gemcom-software-international/single/4173/?cHash=40bab7e9fb471edb2bb58cf8c9b995f6&xtmc=gemcom&xtcr=2
  21. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/passion-for-innovation/program/ Dassault Systemes’ patronage: Passion for Innovation
  22. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/passion-for-innovation/the-projects/the-neoclutch-driving-system/ Passion for Innovation First Project
  23. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/passion-for-innovation/the-projects/xplorair/ Xplorair Project
  24. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/passion-for-innovation/the-projects/khufu-revealed/ Khufu Project
  25. ^ http://www.3ds.com/icedream/ Ice Dream Project
  26. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/about-dassault-systemes/our-global-headquarters/ds-velizy-campus/ Dassault Systèmes Campus at Paris
  27. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/about-dassault-systemes/our-global-headquarters/ds-velizy-campus/ Lifelike Immersive Virtual Experience Space Lab at Dassault Systèmes Campus
  28. ^ http://www.3ds.com/company/about-dassault-systemes/our-global-headquarters/3ds-boston-campus/ Dassault Systèmes Campus at Boston
  29. ^ http://www.3ds.com/fileadmin/COMPANY/FINANCE/PDF/DDR/DS_Annualreport2011_02042012.pdf

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