Autodesk Launches European Clean Tech Partner Program
 LONDON,
UK, Mar 18, 2010 - Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a world
leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced it
is expanding the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program to European clean
technology companies working to address some of the world's most pressing
environmental challenges. The Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program grants Digital
Prototyping software to clean technology companies to help them innovate more
rapidly.
"Europe is at the forefront of many exciting alternative energy advances,
together with some of the world's most ambitious clean energy policies, so
it's a natural evolution for Autodesk to partner with innovative clean tech
companies in the region," said Erwin Burth, director, industry development
at Autodesk. "Regardless of where they are in their product development
lifecycle, Autodesk recognizes the imperative that all clean tech companies
face to bring their products to market faster and more cost-effectively."
According to a 2010 survey* conducted by KPMG LLP, three-quarters of the
venture capital community believe clean tech investments will increase in
2010 compared with last year. In 2008, Europe invested an estimated US$49.7
billion in renewable energy.** Autodesk already counts more than 600 clean
tech industry companies in Europe among its customers. The Clean Tech
Partner Program now will provide further opportunity for emerging companies,
in particular, to jump-start their product development by reducing the
number of costly physical prototypes in the design-to-manufacture process.
"Until recently, consumers, businesses, and governments have had
insufficient energy alternatives to satisfy increasing energy demands, but
viable new options are emerging," said Simon Cook, partner at Draper Fisher
Jurvetson's European team DFJ Esprit. "Today, energy uses will increasingly
be met by a renewable energy source whether it's solar, wind or biodiesel.
To meet this demand, the DFJ Global Network counts more than 70 clean tech
companies in our investment portfolio globally. We recognize that technology
plays a pivotal role in getting emerging businesses to the next stage, which
is why a number of our portfolio companies are already members of the
Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program, and we look forward to extending this
opportunity to our European-based investments."
Reflecting its support for Europe's clean tech industry, Autodesk is a
sponsor of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit's first New Energy
Pioneers Programme, which yesterday honored the top five companies
considered by New Energy Finance analysts to be the most promising and
progressive in the field of clean energy technology and innovation. The
award recognized the future "game changers" in the wind, solar, smart grid,
bioenergy and building sectors that are most likely to see industrial-scale
adoption, including:
"Technology has a vital role to play in driving down the cost of clean
energy," said Michael Liebreich, chief executive of Bloomberg New Energy
Finance. "So it is very positive to see a software leader such as Autodesk
stepping up with its expertise in sustainable design to help Europe's
emerging clean energy firms realize their R&D vision. Making clean energy
technology more competitive with fossil fuels -- with no subsidies on either
side -- would be the single best way to reduce global greenhouse gas
emissions."
About the Clean Tech Partner Program
The Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program grants Digital Prototyping
software to clean technology companies to help them innovate more rapidly
and get to market faster and at lower cost. Each Autodesk Clean Tech Grant
recipient receives up to EUR 120.000 (US$150,000) of design software,
including up to five licenses of:
Full program information, including application process details for the
Clean Tech software grant in Europe, is available at
www.autodesk.de/cleantech or
www.autodesk.co.uk/cleantech.
About Autodesk
Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and
entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and
media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software
in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of
state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally
before they are built. Fortune 100 companies -- as well as the last 15
Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software tools
to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money,
enhance quality and foster innovation for competitive advantage.
For more information about Autodesk, visit
www.autodesk.com.
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