HUNTSVILLE, AL, Dec 18, 2014- Finnish multidisciplinary engineering and information management company Citec has announced its expansion of Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise throughout several projects and regions. The decision was in response to client demand and is expected to further increase Citec’s reach and accessibility to other potential clients preferably implementing Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions.
The multi-year agreement will see Citec expand their current license agreements and purchase additional software licenses for upcoming, client-based projects. The initiative will begin in Finland with the aim of multi-regional expansion.
“Citec’s vision is to become the most efficient and trusted partner of engineering and project services to the energy industry. One of our key aims is to further enlarge and strongly match Citec’s engineering services with engineering software solutions according to our growing customer demand. We see that Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise fulfills our customers’ needs and consequently raises our competitiveness in energy and oil and gas projects worldwide,” said Sakari Koivuniemi, director, Oil & Gas Industry Area at Citec.
Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, “It is a priority for Intergraph to foster the success of our clients and their partners. It’s a testament to Intergraph’s position in the market and the increasing implementation and success of our solutions that this agreement with Citec has taken place.”
Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise offers a powerful portfolio of industry-leading, best-in-class design and data management solutions, enabling companies in the process, power, and marine industries to capture integrated engineering knowledge at the enterprise level for the competitive advantage needed in today’s and tomorrow’s market. SmartPlant Enterprise solutions enable proven productivity gains, improving engineering efficiency by up to 30 percent.
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The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering solutions for plant design (process, power and marine), according to its “Engineering Design Tools for Plants and Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2018.”
About Citec
Citec provides multi-discipline engineering and information management services to the Energy and Power industry, and other technology-dependent industries. The number of employees of Citec currently amounts to approximately 1300 and the turnover for 2013 was about 70 million Euro. Citec is headquartered in Vaasa, Finland, and has offices in Finland, India, Sweden, Norway, the UK,France, Germany, Russia and Singapore. www.citec.com
About Intergraph
Intergraph helps the world work smarter. The company’s software and solutions improve the lives of millions of people through better facilities, safer communities and more reliable operations.
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) is the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software enabling smarter design and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) is the leader in smart solutions for emergency response, utilities, transportation and other global challenges. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.
Intergraph is part of Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B; hexagon.com), a leading global provider of information technologies that drive productivity and quality across industrial and geospatial applications.