MUNICH, Germany, Feb 21, 2024 – The Nemetschek Group, one of the leading software providers for the AEC/O and media industries, today announced that it will further harmonize its portfolio: Three of the Groups brands, ALLPLAN, FRILO and SCIA (both part of Nemetschek Engineering), will use their strength of experience and expertise in the AEC industry to cover the entire design-to-build workflow even better by bringing the companies together under the umbrella of the larger ALLPLAN brand.
Through the merger, ALLPLAN, a German-headquartered global provider of BIM solutions for the AEC industry, is not only enriching its portfolio but also solidifying its leading position as an expert in platform-based BIM solutions across the entire construction lifecycle. Meanwhile, for SCIA, based in Hasselt, Belgium, and FRILO, located in Stuttgart, Germany, this union spurs innovation and offers powerful as well as comprehensive end-to-end design-to-build workflows, with a strong focus on structural engineering. The collaborative effort also includes a new, unified go-to-market strategy aimed at accelerating the path to data-driven multi-material design and prefabrication and providing significant productivity benefits for customers.
Strengthening the portfolio while keeping the customer in mind
At the core of the three Nemetschek companies is a customer-focused, OPEN BIM-based approach for seamless and free collaboration among various disciplines across all projects, regardless of the software in use. With numerous established methods for structured and well-organized collaboration, architects and engineers already benefit from advantages such as direct interfaces, structural to analytical model conversion, and OPEN BIM based workflows. As a result, products from ALLPLAN, SCIA, and FRILO are uniquely positioned to provide users with unparalleled OPEN BIM flexibility across engineering and detailing disciplines right from the start.
“This merger gives us additional opportunities to drive and expand our business with a common go-to-market approach and a joint product roadmap strategy. This will allow us to better leverage the strengths of the three brands for our customers, while increasing our scalability and thus our efficiency. Moreover, the three companies share a strong specific customer focus, so they fit together very well,” says César Flores Rodríguez, Chief Division Officer Planning & Design and Digital Twin.
Dr. Detlef Schneider, CEO of ALLPLAN, emphasizes: “By merging modeling and structural engineering competence, we are crafting a unique solution technology stack in the market from conceptual design through structural analysis and design to structural detailing and prefabrication that supports the growing demand for lean delivery processes. This initiative will significantly drive digitalization within the AEC industry, empowering engineering professionals with the end-to-end workflows they need to enhance project productivity, quality, and sustainability.”
Markus Gallenberger, previously CEO of Nemetschek Engineering, will be taking on the role of Chief Marketing & Sales Enablement Officer (CMSO) at ALLPLAN: “Today marks a major milestone for ALLPLAN, SCIA, and FRILO. This alliance will integrate the best of each company, focusing on customer needs and optimizing product performance and interoperability to enhance user productivity while strengthening the company’s market position in Europe.”
About ALLPLAN
As a global provider of BIM solutions for the AEC industry, ALLPLAN covers the entire planning and construction process from initial design to execution planning for the construction site and precast design, in line with the motto “Design to Build”. Thanks to lean workflows, users create planning documents of the highest quality and detail. In the process, ALLPLAN supports interdisciplinary collaboration on projects in building construction and infrastructure engineering with integrated cloud technology. Over 600 employees worldwide continue the company’s success story with passion. ALLPLAN, headquartered in Munich, is part of the Nemetschek Group, the pioneer for digital transformation in the construction industry. For more information, visit www.allplan.com.
About FRILO
FRILO has been offering powerful and user-friendly software solutions for structural engineers for over 40 years and has become a leading provider of innovative calculation programs on the German market. The software supports structural engineers in efficiently calculating the load-bearing capacity and stability of building structures. Our component-oriented calculation approach significantly reduces the modelling effort and enables particularly simple, fast and precise verification. With over 150 calculation programs, it is ensured that the available solutions meet the requirements of the everyday work of a structural engineer accurately. FRILO, with its headquarters in Stuttgart, has been integrated into the Nemetschek Group as an independent brand since 1999. In 2022, FRILO acquired DC-Software, a software for foundation engineering. For more information, visit www.frilo.eu.
About SCIA
Founded in 1974, SCIA has become one of the world’s leading developers of structural design and analysis software that supports the Open BIM process. SCIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the globally operating Nemetschek Group, a pioneer for digital transformation in the AEC industry. SCIA’s core purpose is to help users to create their best structural designs. To do so, the company provides powerful, cutting-edge software through a continual process of improvement, innovation and customer input. For more information, visit www.scia.net.
About Nemetschek Group
The Nemetschek Group is a globally leading software provider for digital transformation in the AEC/O and media industries. Its intelligent software solutions cover the entire lifecycle of building and infrastructure projects and enable creatives to optimize their workflows. Customers can design, build, and manage buildings and infrastructures more efficiently and sustainably and develop digital content such as visualizations, films and computer games more creatively. The software provider is driving innovations such as digital twins as well as open standards (OPEN BIM), and sustainability in the AEC/O industry, constantly expanding its portfolio by also investing in deep-tech startups. Currently more than seven million users worldwide are shaping the world with the customer-focused solutions of our four divisions. Founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963, the Nemetschek Group today employs around 3,600 experts globally.
Publicly listed since 1999 and quoted on the MDAX and TecDAX, the company generated revenues amounting to EUR 801.8 million and an EBITDA of EUR 257.0 million in 2022. For more information, visit https://www.nemetschek.com.