RIB Software

Last updated
RIB Software SE
Company type Ltd
Industry Computer software
Founded Stuttgart, Germany (1961)
Headquarters
Stuttgart, Germany
Key people
René Wolf (CEO)
ProductsConstruction software & BIM software
Number of employees
2,600 (2024) [1]
Website rib-software.com

RIB Software GmbH, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, provides construction and building information modeling (BIM) software to customers in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. In 2020, it became a subsidiary of French multinational Schneider Electric.

Contents

RIB has subsidiaries in the EMEA, APAC and North America regions. In total, RIB has more than 20 branches worldwide.

History

1961–1967: Founding [2]

RIB was founded in 1961 by Volker Hahn, Fritz Leonhardt, F.W. Bornscheuer and six other employees at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. With the IBM 1620 the systematic application of EDP for structural analysis begins.

1968–1978: Infrastructure & Structural Design [2]

In 1968, RIB developed a program for the calculation of visibility on planned roads, and started to extend automatic drawing on other areas of construction work, like tunneling and hydraulic engineering. Shortly afterwards, the first finite element program (FEM) was applied in the German construction industry for plates, discs, and folding units.

1979 [2]

In 1979, RIB launched its first program system, IDEALOG for AVA and cost estimation. It was used for all public construction administrations of the federal and state governments.

Later, the programs for road construction and civil engineering are combined for structural engineering. RIB also developed software for tendering, awarding, accounting, calculation, and construction management.

2004–2010: International Expansion & Launch of iTWO [2]

In 2004, RIB established an international R&D center in Guangzhou, China. At the end of 2009 and 2010, RIB opened 10 new regional offices, three in the USA, two in mainland China, and one each in Dubai, India, Singapore, Australia, and Hong Kong.

In October 2009, RIB introduced the German version of RIB iTWO, the English version of RIB iTWO was introduced in April 2010, and the Simplified Chinese version in July 2010.

2011–2016: IPO & iTWO World [2]

On February 8, 2011, RIB Software AG shares have been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The issue price of the RIB share was €9.25.

In November 2013, RIB Software AG hosted the first iTWO World Conference in Hong Kong, China, which has been held annually since then and has established itself as an integral part of the iTWO community.

2017: Conversion into A European Company (SE) [2]

On April 3 2017, RIB Software AG completed its conversion into a European Company (Societas Europaea/SE) and from then on traded under the name RIB Software SE.

2018–2019: Launch of MTWO

On April 20, at the Signing Ceremony of MTWO in Hong Kong, China, RIB, and Microsoft jointly announced that they would work together on a Proof of Concept of MTWO. [3]

2020–Present: Takeover by Schneider Electric

In July 2020, the French group Schneider Electric announced a complete transaction of a public takeover offer for RIB with the offer of €29 per share. RIB was valued at €1.4 billion. [4]

Products

Acquisitions

In 2012, RIB made three acquisitions: firstly, it purchased Memphis, Tennessee, United States-based estimating software business, MC². [5] Secondly, on 30 September it announced that it had taken a majority stake in Sydney, Australia–based project management software company, ProjectCentre. [6] Lastly, RIB acquired the controlling interest of U.S.COST in November. [7]

In August 2013, RIB acquired a majority stake in Cosinus Informationssysteme GmbH, a provider of Microsoft Dynamics NAV. [8]

In July 2014, RIB acquired Denmark-based SaaS construction collaboration technology provider Docia, [9] and a 75% stake in Iceprice, provider of an E-Commerce platform for the building and construction industry. [10]

In July 2015, RIB acquired Spanish construction software company Soft SA. [11]

In February 2018, RIB acquired 100% of the shares of Exactal Group Limited, a Hong Kong-based software producer for the construction industry. [12]

In November 2018, RIB acquired SaaSplaza, a global cloud Managed Service Provider (MSP) focusing on Microsoft technologies, with offices in Amsterdam, Munich, Toronto, San Diego, Shanghai, Singapore, and Sydney. [13]

In April 2019, RIB acquired Datengut GmbH, a German mobile provider [14] and Cadline Ltd, a British consultancy and IT service provider. [15]

In June 2019, RIB acquired BSD, a US-based provider of construction specification data. [16]

In July 2019, it acquired Construction Computer Software (CCS), a software provider in South Africa. [17]

In August 2019, RIB made a strategic investment into Winjit, an IoT, AI, ML, and blockchain software provider, with offices in US, South Africa, and India. [18] It also acquired CCS UK, a British distributor of CCSSA’s construction management software [19] and Capricot, an Indian BIM technology provider. [20]

In October 2019, RIB acquired Australian technology service provider Redstack Pty Ltd through subsidiary A2K Technologies. It also acquired German business intelligence company Datapine. [21]

In November 2019, RIB acquired SoftTech Engineers Limited, an Indian software provider for automation of building permits. [22]

In January 2020, RIB made an investment into VIM AEC, an American technology provider. [23]

In June 2020, RIB made an investment into Bochaosoft, a Chinese electric power and engineering design software company, and acquired 51% stakes of Bochaosoft. [24]

In July 2021, RIB acquired Levtech Ltd, a UAE-based IT consulting company. [25]

Related Research Articles

Autodesk, Inc. is an American multinational software corporation that provides software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has offices worldwide. Its U.S. offices are located in the states of California, Oregon, Colorado, Texas, Michigan, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Its Canada offices are located in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bentley Systems</span> American software development

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is an American-based software development company that develops, manufactures, licenses, sells and supports computer software and services for the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure. The company's software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. Their software products are used to design, engineer, build, and operate large constructed assets such as roadways, railways, bridges, buildings, industrial plants, power plants, and utility networks. The company re-invests 20% of their revenues in research and development.

Software AG is a German multinational software corporation that develops enterprise software for business process management, integration, and big data analytics. Founded in 1969, the company is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and has offices worldwide.

Nemetschek Group is a vendor of software for architects, engineers and the construction industry. The company develops and distributes software for planning, designing, building and managing buildings and real estate, as well as for media and entertainment.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Schneider Electric</span> French multinational digital automation and energy management company

Schneider Electric SE is a French multinational corporation that specializes in digital automation and energy management.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SUSE S.A.</span> Open-source software company

SUSE S.A. is a German multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for enterprise. It is the developer of SUSE Linux Enterprise and the primary sponsor of the community-supported openSUSE Linux distribution project.

Trimble Inc. is an American software, hardware, and services technology company. Trimble supports global industries in building & construction, agriculture, geospatial, natural resources and utilities, governments, transportation and others. Trimble also does hardware development of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers, scanners, total stations, laser rangefinders, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), inertial navigation systems and software processing tools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aveva</span> Software company in United Kingdom

AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology consulting company headquartered in Cambridge, England. The company started as the Computer-Aided Design Centre which was created in Cambridge in 1967 by the UK Ministry of Technology and Cambridge University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graphisoft</span> Software company

Graphisoft SE is a European multinational corporation that designs software, and is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. As a subsidiary of Nemetschek, Graphisoft develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. Graphisoft has subsidiaries in Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Japan and a representative office in Singapore. The company's flagship product is Archicad — an architectural design software developed since 1984 for Windows and Mac platforms.

The Siemens Energy Sector was one of the four sectors of German industrial conglomerate Siemens. Founded on January 1, 2009, it generated and delivered power from numerous sources including the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and natural gas in addition to renewable and alternative energy sources. As of October 1, 2014, the sector level has been eliminated, including the Siemens Energy Sector.

Sitecore is a customer experience management company that provides web content management, and multichannel marketing automation software. The company was founded in 2001 in Denmark.

Unify is a Mitel company headquartered in Munich, Germany and is present in over 100 countries. It provides software-based enterprise unified communications including voice, Web collaboration, video conferencing and contact center, networking product and services.

The Kapsch Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, is an international corporation specializing in telematics, information technology and telecommunication.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">DocuWare</span>

DocuWare is cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) provider. DocuWare software provides document management, repository, and workflow automation functions.

Noventiq Holdings plc is an Information technology company focusing on digital transformation and cybersecurity. Headquartered in London, and incorporated in Cayman Islands, the company operates in roughly 60 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America, India, and the Middle East.

PTV Planung Transport Verkehr GmbH is a German company specializing in software and consulting services for traffic and transportation and mobility. Their transport planning software, Vision Traffic Suite comprise the PTV Group's product portfolio. According to the manufacturer; over 2,500 customers in more than 120 countries use the Vision Traffic Suite in the fields of transport modelling and traffic flow calculation. PTV ranks among the top 1,000 global market leaders in Germany according to Germany's Manager Magazine.

Frequentis is an Austrian high-tech company that develops communication and information systems in fields such as air traffic management and public safety & transport.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ServiceMax</span>

ServiceMax is a Service Execution Management company. It provides a cloud-based software platform designed to improve the productivity of complex, equipment-centric service execution for OEMs, operators, and 3rd-party service providers.

Idera, Inc. is the parent company of a portfolio of brands that offer B2B software including database tools, application development tools, test management tools, and DevOps tools. It is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has offices in Australia, Austria, and the United Kingdom. It is owned by the private equity firms HGGC, Partners Group and TA Associates.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynatrace</span> American technology company

Dynatrace, Inc. is a global technology company that provides a software observability platform based on artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Dynatrace technologies are used to monitor, analyze, and optimize application performance, software development and security practices, IT infrastructure, and user experience for businesses and government agencies throughout the world.

References

  1. ↑ "RIB Annual Report 2020" (PDF).
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About Us - RIB Group".
  3. ↑ "Microsoft and RIB join forces to create the world's No.1 vertical cloud for the construction and real estate industries". Microsoft News Center Hong Kong. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Schneider Electric completes transaction for voluntary public takeover of RIB Software | Schneider Electric Global". www.se.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  5. ↑ "RIB Software acquires Memphis-based MC2".
  6. ↑ Wilkinson, Paul. "ProjectCentre acquired by RIB Software".
  7. ↑ "RIB Software AG: Strategic Acquisition of U.S. COST, Atlanta, Georgia".
  8. ↑ "RIB Software AG : RIB Software AG: M&A Deal No.4, Strategic Acquisition of Cosinus Informationssysteme GmbH, Freiburg".
  9. ↑ "RIB Software acquires Docia".
  10. ↑ "RIB Software AG (RSTA) starts xTWO market, the first independent B2B marketplace for the construction".
  11. ↑ "RIB Makes a Big Move into Spanish Speaking Markets by Acquiring Soft SA, the Spanish and Latin American Market Leader".
  12. ↑ "RIB 100% subsidiary Exactal Group signs Phase-II-contract for the delivery of the CostX solution".
  13. ↑ "SaaSplaza announces acquisition by RIB Software and strengthens its Microsoft Cloud strategy".
  14. ↑ "RIB Software SE expands its stake in DATENGUT GmbH, one of the leading German providers of mobile solutions for the construction industry, to 75% - RIB Group". www.rib-software.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  15. ↑ AEC, Paul Wilkinson in; Business/Financial; Collaboration; Marketing; SaaS; Vendors (2019-04-30). "RIB invests in UK's Cadline". Extranet Evolution. Retrieved 2021-08-03.{{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ "Spec provider BSD merges with RIB Group". Construction Specifier. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  17. ↑ "RIB Software SE acquires 70% of Construction Computer Software (CCS) in Johannesburg (South Africa) - RIB Group". www.rib-software.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  18. ↑ "RIB invests into leading emerging tech software provider Winjit".
  19. ↑ "RIB acquires 100% of the shares in CCS UK | iTWO" . Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  20. ↑ GmbH, finanzen net. "DGAP-News: RIB Invests into Capricot, an Indian BIM technology leader with over 20,000 active construction software USERS and thousands of IT clients in the building vertical". markets.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  21. ↑ "RIB Software strengthens German business with acquisition of BI startup datapine". mountain.partners. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  22. ↑ "RIB invests into SoftTech Engineers Limited | iTWO" . Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  23. ↑ "News detail - RIB Group". www.rib-software.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  24. ↑ "News detail - RIB Group". www.rib-software.com. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  25. ↑ Carcano, Sonia. "RIB International's Acquisition of Remaining Stake in Levtech Consulting Group" . Retrieved 2021-08-03.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.