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GRAITEC announces a new partnership with AECsoft in China
Bièvres, France, March 9th, 2009 - GRAITEC, a major worldwide developer for analysis and detailing software announces a new distribution agreement with AECsoft Engineering Software Co. Ltd., a leading CAD company in China. The partnership agreement signed between the two companies entitles AECsoft to promote, distribute and support the Advance Suite product line.
Established in 1997, AECsoft is a leading engineering software solutions provider with business activities across China and Hong Kong. Due to a continuous growth of the Chinese economy, AECsoft already serves over 800 customers from the power, process, marine, shipbuilding and construction industries, located all over China.
Headquartered in Beijing, AECsoft currently employs a team of 10 people. The company offers both presales and post sales services, training and technical support through a sub-dealer that also covers Eastern China.
AECsoft's mission is to provide complete software solutions for many industries including plant design, mechanical engineering, process simulation/heat balance, instrumentation, civil engineering and electrical engineering.
During the past 11 years the company has been one of the leading resellers of engineering software in China by promoting and bringing the latest and most advanced engineering solutions to local customers. AECsoft provides high quality support and training services and has built up lasting and successful relationships with both the vendors and the customers.
Alexandre Tartas, GRAITEC COO, comments:
"We are very proud and excited to start GRAITEC operations in China with our new partner AECSoft. Beijing is such a fast growing city that the potential for our solutions is impressive. The 2008 Olympic Games was a unique opportunity for Beijing to showcase its unbelievable creativity in the construction field, in such dynamic environment for construction, powerful and easy to use, and affordable solutions such as GRAITEC Advance can meet users expectations and needs. GRAITEC will provide best in class solutions for the Chinese market and we strongly believe in the capacity of AECsoft to become a key player in the construction market of Beijing and China."
Richard Wang, Managing Director of AECsoft, adds:
"It is a great pleasure to partner with GRAITEC as the Group provides the most advanced structural engineering software solutions with the latest technology. We are expecting to successfully develop business with GRAITEC as China is the largest developing country in the world, having the largest construction sites with many opportunities."