Dassault Systems SuccessStory

A Brief Profile

Dassault systems is a company that provides a 3D experience to its customers. It provides consumers with virtual universes through which to imagine innovative innovations. Its top of the line 3D software application has transformed the way products are designed, manufactured, sold and distributed. Through such innovative applications, businesses seek to provide their clients a delightful experience while they do business with them. This company is a subsidiary of the Dassault group, which was created in the year 1981 by Avions Marcel Dassault with the purpose of developing the next generation computer aided design software, which was named CATIA.

Operations

Dassault Systems is in the business of developing and marketing PLM software solutions. These solutions in turn support industrial processes by providing their operators with a 3D vision of the whole life cycle of products starting from conception to maintenance. This company caters to customers in industries as diverse as Aerospace and Defense, Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Consumer Goods, Finance and Corporate services, Industrial Equipment, Natural Resources, Transport and mobility, Marine and offshore and many others

Trajectory

Dassault Systems was incorporated in the year 1981, but it had started business way back in 1977. In 1992, the company acquired CADAM, a two-dimensional CAD/CAM software from IBM to incorporate Dassault Systems Americas Corp. Then, in the year 1997, the company further acquired SOLIDWORKS, a developer of mechanical design solutions. In the year 2005, it acquired first Abacus Inc, from which it created the Simulia brand and then Virtools SA. Gradually, in the year 2010, Dassault acquired Exalead Inc, and later it acquired IBM’s sales and support team for the PLM business.