Bentley Plant Debuts; New Vertical Organization at AEC Software Leader Consolidates Efforts and Intensifies Focus on Industrial and Process Plant Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers daratechPLANT2003 HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated today announced the company has consolidated its efforts and intensified its focus on the industrial and process plant market with the creation of the Bentley Plant vertical organization. Bentley senior vice president and plant market veteran Dr. Jeff Hollings will lead the cross-functional team In business, a cross-functional team is a group of people with different functional expertise working toward a common goal. It may include people from finance, marketing, operations, and human resources departments. of 165 people. Bentley Plant will champion the company's PlantSpace(R) (DGN-based) and AutoPLANT(R) (DWG-based) 2D/3D product lines. This announcement comes coincident with Daratech placing Bentley Plant #1 in platform software revenue and fastest growing in overall design software revenue within the plant market. Hollings comments, "Our Bentley Plant mission is to help unify the plant community and lifecycle. With that goal, we are committed to proven, deployable, and cost-effective solutions for large ECO E·co , Umberto Born 1932. Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. firms and owner operators." He concludes, "We believe the new Bentley Plant organization provides the intensity to deliver these values and leverage content throughout the plant lifecycle." Hollings joined Bentley upon the company's 2002 acquisition of Rebis, where he was a founder and served as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chief technology officer. Dr. Malcolm Davies Malcolm Davies is a retired Welsh professional darts player who competed in the 1980s. He competed in the 1986 BDO World Darts Championship and succeeded in reaching the second round by defeating Australian Russell Stewart but lost to Englishman Eric Bristow in the opening round. , also formerly of Rebis and a 20-year veteran of the plant market, has been appointed Director of Industry Marketing for the new organization. Bentley Plant will be headquartered in Walnut Creek, California Walnut Creek is a largely affluent suburb several miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. While not as large as the neighboring Concord, Walnut Creek serves as the business and entertainment hub for the and includes operations Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the ; Calgary, Alberta; and Louisiana. Bentley Plant service offerings will be expanded with the creation of a Center of Excellence, located in Houston, Texas, USA. The Center is designed to be the leading research, technology and integration center in the plant market. The Center offers a test bed for certification and benchmarking, client meeting space and a state-of-the-art technical presentation center for workshops and training. Furthermore, the Center will be used to highlight the latest Bentley Plant interoperable design solutions from functional and physical design through to life cycle management. In related news, Bentley recently acquired WorkPlace Wisdom, a Calgary-based systems integrator with 13 years of experience in deploying large-scale engineering solutions. All of the employees from WorkPlace Wisdom will join the Bentley Plant team. The move makes Bentley Plant the largest plant and process software provider for the fast-growing industrial market of Calgary. Separately at this conference, Bentley outlined its 2002 results, which included revenues rising by 14% to $230 million, sustained and increased profitability, expansion of its subscription licensing program, and future-growth investments including verticalization and several strategic acquisitions. For more information about Bentley's integrated solutions for plant design and operations, visit www.bentley.com/plant. About Bentley Bentley Systems, Inc., a global software vendor founded in 1984, provides software solutions to create, manage, and publish architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) content. Bentley enables leading AEC firms and owners to design, build, and operate facilities, industrial plants, roadways, and other essential infrastructure assets. Bentley delivers integrated building design, plant design, civil engineering, and geospatial solutions for transportation, process and discrete manufacturing Fabricating products by assembling components and subsystems into larger systems. The automated assembly line is the prime example of discrete manufacturing such as in the making of automobiles, household appliances and computer systems. , government and public works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. , building, and utilities. Bentley's 2002 revenues reached $230 million. Bentley software plays a mission-critical role in over two-thirds of the work of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms. For more information, call 1-800-BENTLEY or visit us on the Web at www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" logo, and PlantSpace are registered trademarks; of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or Bentley Software, Inc. AutoPLANT is a registered trademark of Rebis. Rebis is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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