History

Boeing signed a 30-year contract worth a billion dollars, renewable every 10 years and extends its use of Dassault Systèmes to include 3DEXPERIENCE Platform for manufacturing operations management and product lifecycle management

Dassault Systèmes strengthens its position as one of the fastest growing cloud companies.

Brings the capability to evaluate highly dynamic fluid flow throughout the design process. Creates a new industry standard for multi-physics and multiscale simulation. Integrated into the SIMULIA portfolio.

Brings production planning and scheduling into the DELMIA portfolio, extending the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its industry solution experiences for next generation manufacturing, supply chain and delivery.

Extends SIMULIA’s multi‑physics, multi‑scale offer in computational fluid dynamics simulation.

Brings expert “read-to-experience” content for systems modeling and simulation to transform the transportation and mobility industry. Integrated into the CATIA portfolio.

Dassault Systèmes completed the change of the legal status of the parent company. The adoption of the status of European company well reflected the international dimension of the Company and its growing presence throughout Europe.

Adds on-premise and on-cloud supply chain and operations and optimization software into the DELMIA portfolio.

Creation of a new brand, BIOVIA, dedicated to Virtual Biosphere and Materials, provides global, collaborative product lifecycle experiences to transform scientific innovation, with the acquisition of Accelrys.

Expansion of the resources and planet modeling through the acquisition of Archivideo to enrich the GEOVIA applications.

Broadens Dassault Systèmes’ manufacturing offerings to manufacturing operations management. Integrated into DELMIA portfolio and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s virtual reality capabilities.

Creation of a new brand, GEOVIA, dedicated to model our planet, focus on a new industrial sector, Natural Resources, with the acquisition of Gemcom Software International Inc. ("Gemcom") in the mining sector.

Expansion of the Company's strategy to 3DEXPERIENCE.

Brings customers intelligent & personalized dashboard capabilities for real-time monitoring, social analytics, knowledge sharing and decision support critical to their innovation process.

Introduction of the Company's first Industry Solution Experiences

Brings manufacturing & production management software to advanced, highly-regulated industries. Allows customers to demonstrate that what they’ve built aligns with what they planned, defining a new step for PLM. Integrated into the DELMIA portfolio.

ENOVIA's industry offering for formula-based industries expanded with the acquisition of Enginuity.

Dassault Systèmes and Amazon Web Services (AWS) enter into a Cloud services agreement.

The Company acquires full control of its distribution sales channels with the acquisition of IBM PLM, the IBM business unit dedicated exclusively to the marketing, sale and support of the Company's PLM software.

Adds advanced search capabilities & semantic processing to industries where easy access to information is essential. Supports Dassault Systèmes’ long-term objective surrounding data analytics and search-based applications.

Acquisition of Geensoft, a leading provider of innovative embedded systems development solutions.

Diversification strategy targeting 11 industries by signing contracts with Procter & Gamble, Guess and ITER.

Extends SIMULIA's leadership in Simulation Lifecycle Management solutions.

2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Global ISV Technology Innovation Special Recognition Award.

Launch of PLM 2.0 - PLM online for all - and introduction of the next generation Version 6 technology to the market.

Amendment of the IBM PLM partnership agreement, outlining the progressive assumption of full responsibility for the Company's PLM Value Solutions channel.

Building upon several years of research and investment 3DVIA was launched to bring 3D technology to new users to imagine, communicate and experience in 3D.

Brings high-quality surface modeling and rendering solutions to broad and highly diversified styling communities. Adds a new level of integrated process performance and styling concepts to 3D and PLM customers. Integrated into the CATIA portfolio.

Brings collaborative PLM software and services to medium-to-large organizations and the value chain. Extends the value of PLM to a significantly larger audience across a broader range of industries. Integrated into the ENOVIA portfolio.

Expansion of the Company's industry focus from seven to eleven industries.

Addressing realistic simulation, representing a significant expansion of the Company's simulation capabilities, leveraging the acquisition of Abaqus, as the core of its realistic simulation offerings and the Company's existing simulation products.

Sales generated through the long-standing distribution agreement with IBM account for 52% of the Company's total revenues.

Creation of the Company's PLM Value Solutions sales channel, an indirect channel for the PLM market specifically focused on supporting SMB companies in the PLM market.

Introduces comprehensive solutions that give live behavior and game-like interactivity to 3D content. Adds pioneers in 3D interactivity and breakthrough technology to accelerate the use of 3D for all types of real-time, interactive consumer applications.

Strategic partnership with Boeing, creating the Global Collaborative Environment (GCE) virtual platform for Boeing and its suppliers for the development of the revolutionary new 787 Dreamliner.

Strategic partnership with Gehry Technologies (GT) for development of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions for the building industry.

Wins major automotive industry contracts (BMW Group, Ford Motor Company) and aerospace industry contracts (AVIC, ENAER, Liebherr).

Wins two contracts : with Toyota Motor Corporation and with Volvo Group.

Wins Sony Corporation contract - Home Network Company - Home Visual Company

Creation of the DELMIA brand, addressing the digital manufacturing domain (digital process planning, robotic simulation and human modeling technology).

Introduces ACIS solid modeling technology and interoperability solutions to the market. Simplifies 3D data exchange across the industry and help customers build and enhance their products.

The Company expands its ENOVIA product line with the acquisition of Smarteam focused on product data management for the small and mid-size companies ("SMB") market.

Purchasing of Matra Datavision development laboratory; establishment of DS Provence.

Initial launch of Version 5 ("V5"), new architecture software platform for the Product Lifecycle Management market designed for both Windows NT and UNIX environments.

Creation of the ENOVIA brand, focused on management of CATIA product data with the acquisition of IBM's Product Manager Software.

Brings cost-effective, easy-to-use production solid modeling solutions to the mainstream design-centric market. Offers dedicated solutions to a greater market segment to meet the needs of customers at all levels of product and process complexity.

Formation of the company's professional channel, focused on marketing, sales and support of SolidWorks.

Organization of the Company into two business segments, process-centric (Product Lifecycle Management), supporting its customers' end-to-end product development process and design-centric (Mainstream/Solidworks).

Expansion of the Company's industry focus to seven industries, adding fabrication and assembly, consumer goods, high-tech, shipbuilding and energy.

Creation of Dassault Systèmes Kabushiki Kaisha (DS K.K.) in Tokyo, Japan.

Version 4 introduced offering a new technology enabling the full digital mock-up of a product, enabling customers to significantly reduce the number of physical prototypes and to have a complete virtual understanding of the product.

Launch of CATIA Version 3, with AEC functionality on UNIX and mainframe platforms.

Introduces CATIA Version 2, which integrates 2D and 3D functions

Introduces CATIA Version 1 as an add-on product for 3D design, surface modeling and NC programming.

Dassault Systèmes begins working with major automobile manufacturers - BMW, Mercedes and Honda.

Worldwide marketing, sales and support agreement with IBM, beginning of a long-standing partnership.

The Company's flagship brand, CATIA, is launched.

Creation of Dassault Systèmes to design products in three dimensions through the spin-off of a team of engineers from Dassault Aviation.