Geometric Limited

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Geometric Limited
Type Public (BSE: 532312, NSE: GEOMETRIC)
Founded 1984
Headquarters Mumbai, India
Key people Ravi Gopinath (CEO & MD),
Rajaramana Macha(COO),
Ravishankar G.(CFO)
Industry Engineering Services, PLM Solutions, Technology
Employees ~3000 (2007)
Website www.geometricglobal.com

Geometric Ltd is a IT services company.

Geometric was set up as a Division of Godrej and Boyce in 1984-85. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE: 532312) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE: GEOMETRIC) in India.

The company has two main business subsidiaries. Geometric Engineering, Inc., formerly Modern Engineering, Inc., headquartered in Rochester Hills MI, provides product engineering and manufacturing engineering solutions to the automotive and industrial sectors. Geometric Technologies, Inc., formerly Teksoft, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix AZ, develops and supplies productivity solutions for manufacturing operations.

Geometric has a joint venture with Dassault Systèmes, 3D PLM Software Solutions Ltd., which was set up in 2002 with an equity participation of 70% and 30% respectively.

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  • 1984: Set up as a Division of Godrej and Boyce, Mumbai
  • 1985: Developed its drafting software
  • 1987: Launched its solid modeling software
  • 1991: Launched its "Virtual Engineer"
  • 1994: Geometric Incorporated as an independent company
  • 1995: Set up its Development Center at Pune
  • 1996: Launched its Automatic Feature Recognition software
  • 1997: Formation of US subsidiary Geometric Software Solutions, INC
  • 1998: Established Europe Sales operations in Germany
  • 1999: UG Solutions launches Feature Recognition on SolidEdge
  • 2000: Partnership with MatrixOne
  • 2001: Partnership with PowerWay
  • 2002: Set up 3D PLM Software Solutions, with Dassault Systemes
  • 2003: Set up Engineering Services Center at Bangalore
  • 2004: Received ISO 9001:2000 and Assessed at SEI CMMI Level 5
  • 2005: Acquired TekSoft Inc USA
  • 2006: Acquired Modern Engineering Inc USA
  • 2007: Geometric Software Solutions rebranded as Geometric.

Key business verticals of this company are Aerospace, Automative, Heavy Engineering and Hi-Tech. It offers services in the following domains:- Software Solutions, Engineering Solutions and Technology Solutions. Its key technologies include Feature Recognition, NestLib (nesting software), and GeomDiff. The key products include GeomCaliper, eDrawings Publishers, CAMWorks, DFMPro and 3dPaintBrush.

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