TechniGraphics
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Wooster, Ohio
Wooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...
. It is involved in Geospatial Services. In November 2010, the company was acquired by CACI
CACI
CACI International Inc is a professional services and information technology company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. CACI is a member of the Fortune 1000 Largest Companies and the Russell 2000 index. The company has approximately 13,700 employees in over 120 offices in the U.S. and...
International Inc.
History
TechniGraphics started out as Technicolor Graphic Services (TGS), a division of the "Color by Technicolor" company. The company began working with early GIS systems like GRASSGrass
Grasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns ...
and MOSS
Map Overlay and Statistical System
The Map Overlay and Statistical System , is a GIS software technology. Development of MOSS began in late 1977 and was first deployed for use in 1979. MOSS represents a very early public domain, open source GIS development - predating the better known GRASS by 5 years...
in 1982, progressing with the maturing industry to ESRI's ArcInfo in 1989, and most recently to the object-based GIS embodied in ArcGIS 9.0. The company abbreviated its name to TechniGraphics, Inc. in 2005.
The company was acquired by Dee and Mary Vaidya in 1993 and turned around with the help of former Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid
Rubbermaid is an American manufacturer and distributor of many household items. It is a subsidiary of Newell Rubbermaid. It is most well known for producing food storage containers and trash cans...
CEO, Donald E. Noble
Donald E. Noble
Donald E. Noble was a former CEO of Rubbermaid from 1959 up to his retirement in 1980. During his tenure, Rubbermaid made the transformation from rubber products to plastic products, increased sales and developed a business plan which provided innovation through research and development. Donald E....
, who became a shareholder, when he purchased the shares of an earlier partner of the Vaidya's. The Fort Collins, CO, company was a federal contractor and produced digital maps for the United States Geological Survey and the Defense Mapping Agency.
In 2002, to win additional volume of work for the same kind of digital maps it had produced since inception, TechniGraphics again applied to be a prime contractor, this time to the United States Department of Defense, and in 2003 was awarded a 10-year, $200 million Prime Contract that led to explosive growth for the organization. TechniGraphics has leveraged this contract and increased infrastructure to diversify into complementary visual data management technologies.
In 2006, the company purchased the $10 million per year Product Lifecycle Management
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...
business of MSC Software
MSC Software
-History:MSC.Software Corporation was formed in 1963 under the name MacNeal-Schwendler Corporation . The company developed its first structural analysis software called SADSAM at that time, and was deeply involved in the early efforts of the aerospace industry to improve early finite element...
and another $5 million per year company, Axiom Systems. These purchases added six offices, almost 100 people and expanded the company into Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. TechniGraphics acquired another similar company, CUTit, in Germany in 2007, which firmly established it in the Engineering Services field.
In 2010, TechniGraphics' Geospatial activity was purchased by CACI. The Engineering Services activity was spun off to form a new company, Noble Technologies, d.b.a NobleTek.
Data Conversion
TechniGraphics assists with unlocking the value contained in legacy engineering data and enables accurate conversion of CAD information between different CAD platforms. Utilizing ISO certified processes, TechniGraphics migrates design information between digital formats so that it is accessible to current 3D CAD systems and enterprise data management systemsEnterprise Data Management
Enterprise Data Management or EDM is:#A concept – referring to the ability of an organization to precisely define, easily integrate and effectively retrieve data for both internal applications and external communication....
Conversion Services
- Legacy CAD Data TaxonomyTaxonomyTaxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
- New CAD Environment Goals
- Security Requirements
- Automated Data Conversion
- Model Assembly
- Automated Quality ControlQuality controlQuality control, or QC for short, is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. This approach places an emphasis on three aspects:...
- Loading of 3D Data into a PDM System
- Production and Quality Reports
Geospatial Products & Services
TechniGraphics is a Prime Contractor to the United States Department of Defense and has over two decades serving government and private sector customers in imagery and geospatial data processing, data verification and gap analysis.Data Capture & Conversion
- General thematic map data of cultural, transportation, hydrographic, vegetation and other types of features - from diverse sources
- Nautical data for safety of navigation from U.S. Dept. of Defense and National Ocean Service charts and worldwide foreign source charts
- Tax and parcel mapping data from plats, surveys, textual descriptions, assessor's records, and features extracted from aerial photography and imagery by photogrammetric methods
- Critical Infrastructure data from non-geospatial databases and other sources
- Utility Infrastructure data, including water lines, road networks, rights-of-way, easements, urban drainage, and other utilities - including aerial photography, engineering drawings, CAD files, plats, surveys, and change order records
- Geologic data from original and published geologic maps
- Natural resource data from ground and aerial surveys, and legacy digital data
TechniGraphics has the capability to import from - and to deliver finished data in - most GIS, CAD, and/or graphic file formats.
TechniGraphics is ISO 9001:2008 certified and follows very rigorous and comprehensive quality control procedures to ensure that data is accurately captured.
Data Verification & Validation
TechniGraphics offers services to improve the completeness and correctness of third party or customer data sets by filling in missing data fields of attribute information, catching and modifying inaccurate data already filled.The company performs such tasks in support of Homeland Security
Homeland security
Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...
to improve the quality of data on the nation's critical infrastructure.
Data Verification and Validation includes the following -
- Attribution completeness
- Attribution currency
- Scale and accuracy
- Comparison against multiple sources
- Removal of duplicate or erroneous records
- Providing of MetadataMetadataThe term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...
regarding all changes
Data Conversion & 3D Content Building
TechniGraphics routinely converts geospatial data between various 2D and 3D formats. The company also has extensive experience creating content, geospatial or otherwise, from unstructured sources. With a long history of geospatial data manipulation, TechniGraphics can build new data sets, conflate those data with other information, and eliminate duplication.Furthermore, TechniGraphics has developed a robust conversion toolset to automatically populate detailed 3D CAD datasets from 2D or 2.5D geospatial sources. Buildings collected as simple footprints with a height attribute can be converted into structurally-realistic simulations of those buildings that can then be used for visualization studies, structural deformation and inclusion in virtual-reality environments.
Freedom Web Data
www.FreedomWebData.com- Allows maximum use of geospatial data by government personnel
- Permits any user to see, create, and edit data
- Authorized users get up-to-date information through web services and data downloads
- Only open to officials of government entities within the United States (including U.S. Territories)
Company
Mission Statement - To build the best process-driven team in the world dedicated to offering innovative graphical software products and services that address the needs of customers so effectively that we become the leading Visual Information Systems company of the 21st century.Locations
- Wooster, OhioWooster, OhioWooster is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio approximately SSW of Cleveland and SW of Akron. Wooster is noted as the location of The College of Wooster...
- Fort Collins, ColoradoFort Collins, ColoradoFort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
- St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
- Madrid, Spain
Corporate Culture
TechniGraphics’ culture is structured to acknowledge individual effort, stimulate new ideas, encourage outstanding performance and promote teamwork. They are committed to taking care of their employees and their families with a comprehensive benefits. At TechniGraphics, employees get both, along with rewards and recognition like "Employee of the Month" and "Achievement of Excellence". The headquarters in Wooster, Ohio has brightly colored walls, an employee lounge, an exercise room, and a ping pong table.TechniGraphics encourages intellectual curiosity and for the employee to maximize their potential. Their talented people share the basic qualities of honesty, high ethical standards, enthusiasm, creativity and respect for co-workers and customers. Their management team practices an open door policy with its employees.
Some TechniGraphics' Clients
Engineering Customers- Accuride InternationalAccuride InternationalAccuride International Inc. is a manufacturer of drawer slides for commercial, residential and industrial applications, based in Santa Fe Springs, California and has about 2000 employees....
- AirbusAirbusAirbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
- Ajax Tocco Magnethermic, Corp.
- AMCORAmcorAmcor Limited is an Australian-based multinational packaging company. Its headquarters are in Hawthorn, Victoria ; and it is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange....
Pet Packaging - BoeingBoeingThe Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
- Butler Service Group
- CessnaCessnaThe Cessna Aircraft Company is an airplane manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, USA. Their main products are general aviation aircraft. Although they are the most well known for their small, piston-powered aircraft, they also produce business jets. The company is a subsidiary...
- Computer Sciences CorporationComputer Sciences CorporationComputer Sciences Corporation is an American information technology and business services company headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, USA...
- Dassault FalconDassault FalconThe Dassault Falcon is a family of business jets, manufactured by Dassault Aviation.Aircraft include:* Dassault Falcon 10 Scaled down Falcon 20...
Jet - GulfstreamGulfstream AerospaceGulfstream Aerospace Corporation is a producer of several models of jet aircraft. Gulfstream has been a unit of General Dynamics since 1999.The company has produced more than 1,500 aircraft for corporate, government, private, and military customers around the world...
- HiLex
- HoneywellHoneywellHoneywell International, Inc. is a major conglomerate company that produces a variety of consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major corporations and governments....
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
- Inalfa Roof Systems
- Mayflower Vehicle SystemsMayflower TransitMayflower Transit, LLC is a moving company, now part of UniGroup, Inc. Founded in 1927, it is the nation's oldest van line and has the most recognized name in moving.- History :...
- Northrop GrummanNorthrop GrummanNorthrop Grumman Corporation is an American global aerospace and defense technology company formed by the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company was the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world as of 2010, and the largest builder of naval vessels. Northrop Grumman employs over...
- Pacific CyclePacific CycleFor the Taiwan-based folding bicycle company see: Pacific CyclesPacific Cycle, Inc. is an American bicycle importer and distributor founded in 1977 by Chris Hornung. The company owns the following brands; Schwinn, Mongoose, Roadmaster DYNO , InSTEP, Pacific Outdoors, Powerlite and Cannondale....
- Panasonic
- ParkerParker HannifinParker Hannifin Corporation , originally Parker Appliance Company, usually referred to as just Parker, of Mayfield Heights, Ohio , is the global leader in motion and control technologies. The company was founded in 1918, and has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964...
- Southern California EdisonSouthern California EdisonSouthern California Edison , the largest subsidiary of Edison International , is the primary electricity supply company for much of Southern California, USA. It provides 14 million people with electricity...
- TataTata GroupTata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...
- United TechnologiesUnited Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corporation is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in the United Technologies Building in Hartford, Connecticut...
- Wyman Gordon
GIS Customers
- United States Department of Defense
- DHSUnited States Department of Homeland SecurityThe United States Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet department of the United States federal government, created in response to the September 11 attacks, and with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the United States and protectorates from and responding to...
- NOAANational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , pronounced , like "noah", is a scientific agency within the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere...
- USGSUnited States Geological SurveyThe United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
- USDAUnited States Department of AgricultureThe United States Department of Agriculture is the United States federal executive department responsible for developing and executing U.S. federal government policy on farming, agriculture, and food...
- State and Local Governments
- MGCP Partners