GRAITEC and Paras Cadd Pvt. Ltd. have entered into a strategic partnership agreement in India

Bièvres, France - GRAITEC, a major worldwide developer for analysis and detailing software, announces a new distribution agreement with Paras Cadd Private Limited, a leading Indian AEC company. The partnership agreement signed between the two companies entitles Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd. to promote, distribute and support the whole Advance Suite in India.

Established in 2000, Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd. is a complete software solution provider in plant design, steel detailing and AEC markets in India and it has become a trusted business partner for all software needs in plant, steel and AEC markets in India. It has extensive pre-sales, post-sales, implementation and project experience for structural steel, concrete detailing, piping, plant design, fabrication, and construction.

The company delivers additional value on top of existing software through customization, integration with existing software, IT infrastructure, consultancy, training, support and implementation services. Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd is located in major cities including Mumbai and New Delhi and employs 50 people.

Its clients range from small consulting firms to global engineering / procurement / construction contracting firms and owner-operators. Among them are UHDE India Limited, Aker Solutions, Engineers India Limited, Indian Oil Corporation, IPCL, SNC-Lavalin India Ltd, Tecnimont ICB, Technip KTI, Punj Lloyds , Larsen and Toubro Limited and Toyo Engineering.

Alexandre Tartas, GRAITEC COO, comments: "We are confident that this partnership will help us quickly develop a successful business in India. Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd has indeed the expertise, infrastructure and resources necessary to best serve our customers in this area of the world. India is the first step of GRAITEC's aggressive growth strategy through Value Added Resellers. North America, Asia and the Middle East are our priority targets for 2009."

Amit Borele, Managing Director of Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd, adds: "We are extremely pleased to be associated with the GRAITEC team. This partnership will contribute significantly in steel fabrication, plant design, steel & RCC buildings, offshore platforms, marine structures, pre fabricated structures, transmission towers, steel stacks, tower structures, steel bridges Industrial structural (oil & gas, chemical plant, pharmaceutical, paper & pulp etc.) and others.

The state of art solution from GRAITEC will provide effectiveness, accuracy and higher productivity in the above areas. There is a great potential for its use in our fast developing economy."

Paras Cadd Pvt Ltd, PCPL is a complete software solution provider established in 2000. The company is active in the plant design, steel detailing and AEC market in India. With a proven track record of making various international products as de-facto standard in the Indian industry, Paras Cadd is the leading name in the Indian industry for providing and assisting customers to implement the jobs using technological software to achieve better ROI. PCPL has developed various interfaces for integration with existing and standard software. PCPL also conducts full training on structural, concrete engineering in order to give industry specific solutions. Paras Cadd serves over 400 customers in India.
For further information, please visit www.parascadd.com

Founded in 1986, GRAITEC is a major software developer for CAD and structural design solutions for civil engineering. Used by more than 20,000 customers worldwide, GRAITEC software have helped in creating outstanding projects: Cœur Défense tower, Stade De France stadium, Cairo Subway. The GRAITEC Group has now more than 240 employees working in 12 companies (France, Germany, Spain, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Canada and USA). GRAITEC also manages an international network of more than 30 resellers.
For more information, please visit www.graitec.com