Geometric Ltd is a software services and consulting company headquartered in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India

India

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. Its portfolio includes Product Lifecycle Management (PLM

Product lifecycle management

In industry, product lifecycle management is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal...

), Global Engineering Services and Offshore Product Development (OPD) solutions and technologies.

Geometric was set up as a Division of Godrej and Boyce

Godrej Group

The Godrej Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded by Ardeshir Godrej and Pirojsha Godrej in 1897, Lalbaug, Mumbai...

 in 1984-85. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange

Bombay Stock Exchange

The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located on Dalal Street, Mumbai and is the oldest stock exchange in Asia. The equity market capitalization of the companies listed on the BSE was 1.63 trillion as of December 2010, making it the 4th largest stock exchange in Asia and the 8th largest...

 and the National Stock Exchange of India

National Stock Exchange of India

The National Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is the 9th largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization and largest in India by daily turnover and number of trades, for both equities and derivative trading. NSE has a market capitalization...

. Its portfolio includes Engineering Services along with PLM. Geometric is assessed at SEI

Sei

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 CMMI

Capability Maturity Model

The Capability Maturity Model is a development model that was created after study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense, who funded the research. This model became the foundation from which CMU created the Software Engineering Institute...

 1.1 Level 5 for its software services and ISO 9001:2008 certified for engineering operations.The company’s operations are also ISO 27001:2005 certified.

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

Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

 AZ, develops and supplies productivity solutions for manufacturing operations.

Geometric has a joint venture with Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systemes

Dassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling...

, 3D PLM Software Solutions Ltd., which was set up in 2002 with an equity participation of 58% and 42% respectively.

Timeline

• 1984: Set up as a Division of Godrej and Boyce
  Godrej Group
  The Godrej Group is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai, India. It was founded by Ardeshir Godrej and Pirojsha Godrej in 1897, Lalbaug, Mumbai...
  
  , Mumbai
  Mumbai
  Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
  
  
• 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
  Pune
  Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
  
  
• 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
  MatrixOne
  ENOVIA MatrixOne or MatrixOne is a provider of Internet business collaboration software. The company is a subsidiary of Dassault Systemes....
  
  
• 2001: Partnership with PowerWay
• 2002: Set up 3D PLM Software Solutions, with Dassault Systemes
  Dassault Systemes
  Dassault Systèmes S.A. is a leading company specializing in 3D and PLM software.Dassault Systèmes develops and markets PLM application software and services that support industrial processes and provide a 3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception to maintenance to recycling...
  
  
• 2003: Set up Engineering Services Center at Bangalore
  Bangalore
  Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
  
  
• 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
• 2008: Received the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Global Engineering Design Services Emerging Company of the Year Award
• 2009: Established the eleventh delivery center in Hyderabad
• 2010: Entered the Nordic region through a sales office in Sweden

Key business verticals of this company are Aerospace, Automative, Heavy Engineering and High-Tech, Fashion. It offers services in the following domains:- Software Solutions (Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Manufacturing IT and Software Product Engineering), 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.

Products

Geometric Desktop Products (Software) for CAD Market

• CAMWorks
• GeomCaliper
• DFMPro
• 3DPaintBrush
• eDrawings

Geometric Technologies

• GeomDiff
• NestLib

Geometric Patented Technologies

• 3DSearchIT
• Feature Recognition

External links

• The Official Site of Geometric Ltd
• The Official Site of 3DPLM Software
• PLM Offerings by Geometric
• Software Product Engineering offerings by Geometric
• Engineering Solutions by Geometric
• Manufacturing IT Solutions by Geometric
• DFM (Design for Manufacturability) Tool by Geometric
• CAMWorks: Intelligent CAM product by Geometric