Aveva

AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology

AVEVA Group plc
company headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It provides
engineering and industrial software.

AVEVA grew out of the government-funded Computer-Aided Design Centre,

which was established in 1967. Type Holding company
(Public limited
AVEVA is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the company)
FTSE 100 Index. Traded as LSE: AVV (https://w
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Schneider Electric’s Industrial Software Business Combines with Technology
AVEVA consulting
Stadium CAD/CAM Software
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Founded 1967 (Cambridge)

Early history Headquarters High Cross,

Madingley Road,
The origins of AVEVA start in 1967 in Cambridge, UK, with the establishment
Cambridge, UK
of the Computer-Aided Design Centre or CADCentre as it was more
Area served Worldwide
commonly referred to, and later formally became. It was a government-funded
Key people Philip Aiken
research institute created by the UK Ministry of Technology, with a mission to
(Chairman)
develop computer-aided design techniques, and promote their take-up by
Craig Hayman
British industry. Its first director was Arthur Llewelyn, who initially contracted
(CEO)
out the recruitment and management of specialist staff to ICL.[2]
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The centre carried out CAD research, and some of its early staff members, such Revenue £499.1 million
as brothers Dick Newell and Martin Newell, went on to become well known in (2018)[1]
the worldwide CAD community. Dick Newell oversaw the creation of the Plant Operating £49.0 million
Design Management System (PDMS) for 3D process plant design. He later co- income (2018)[1]
founded two software companies – Cambridge Interactive Systems (CIS) which Net income £47.7 million
was known for its Medusa 2D/3D CAD system, and Smallworld with its (2018)[1]
Website www.aveva.com (ht