Editing Dassault Systèmes

{{Short description|French software company}}
{{Distinguish|3D Systems|Dassault Aviation|Nintendo 3DS}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Dassault Systèmes SE
| logo = Dassault Systèmes logo.svg
| image = Dassault Systèmes headquarters.jpg
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{unbulleted list|{{EuronextParis|DSY|FR0014003TT8|XPAR}}|[[CAC 40]] component}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1981}}
| founder = [[Francis Bernard (engineer)|Francis Bernard]]
| location = [[Vélizy-Villacoublay]], France
| area_served = 
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|[[Bernard Charlès]] {{nowrap|([[executive chairman]])}}|[[Charles Edelstenne]] (honorary chairman)|Pascal Daloz ([[CEO]])}}
| industry = [[Computer-aided design|CAD]]/[[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]]/[[Computer-aided engineering|CAE]]/ [[Product lifecycle management|PLM]] [[Software]]
| products = [[3D computer graphics|3D]] design software, 3D Digital Mock-up and [[Product lifecycle management]] (PLM)
| services = 
| revenue = {{increase}} {{€|6.21 billion|link=yes}} (2024)<ref name="FY2024">{{cite web |url=https://investor.3ds.com/static-files/2f711c81-d38f-4d2b-a84b-4643f76705d9 |title=2024 Earnings Presentation|access-date= 4 February 2025 |publisher=Dassault Systèmes}}</ref>
| operating_income = {{increase}} €1.35 billion (2024)<ref name="FY2024" />
| net_income = {{increase}} €1.19 billion (2024)<ref name="FY2024" />
| assets = {{increase}} €15.54 billion (2024)<ref name="FY2024" />
| equity = {{increase}} €9.06 billion (2024)<ref name="FY2024" />
| num_employees = 23,811 (2023)<ref name="FY2023">{{cite web |url=https://investor.3ds.com/static-files/6b8ff6ea-51c7-4c49-893a-4b3f33e54459 |title=2023 Universal registration document |access-date= 22 March 2024 |publisher=Dassault Systèmes}}</ref>
| parent = [[Dassault Group]]
| divisions = 
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|3ds.com}}
}}

'''Dassault Systèmes SE''' ({{IPA|fr|daso sistɛm}}) (abbreviated '''3DS''') is a French [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] software corporation which develops software for 3D product design, simulation, manufacturing and other 3D related products.

Founded in 1981, it is headquartered in [[Vélizy-Villacoublay]], France, and has 23,811 employees across 194 global offices.<ref name="auto">{{Cite press release |title=Dassault Systèmes 2023 Annual Report |date=18 March 2024 |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/03/18/2848100/0/en/Dassault-Syst%C3%A8mes-Filing-of-the-2023-Universal-Registration-Document.html}}</ref>

== History ==

=== 1980s ===
Dassault Systèmes (also known as 3DS) grew out of the aerospace industry's search for more sophisticated drafting tools to streamline the development process and aid in the increasing complexity of aviation design. Dassault Systèmes spun out in 1981 (as part of [[Dassault Group]]) to develop and market their 3D surface design software CATI, later renamed [[CATIA]]. That same year, Dassault Systèmes signed a sales and marketing agreement with [[IBM]], allowing IBM to resell the CATIA [[Computer-aided design|CAD]] software.<ref name="DS">{{cite web |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/dassault-syst%C3%A8mes-s-a-history/ |title=Dassault Systèmes S.A. History |access-date= July 9, 2022 | website=fundinguniverse.com}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===
In the 1990s, Dassault Systèmes' software was used to develop seven out of every ten new airplanes and four out of every ten new cars worldwide. Major players in the aviation and automotive industries, including [[Honda]], [[Mercedes-Benz]], [[BMW]] and [[Boeing]], were able to design and mock-up their products in CATIA rather than using CAD programs and physical prototypes. The [[Boeing 777]], the [[Falcon 2000]] business jet, and the Rafale jet fighter were designed using CATIA.<ref name="DS" />

Dassault Systèmes launched an initial public offering (IPO) on both the [[Paris Bourse]] and [[Nasdaq]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Richard |date=23 February 1998 |title=Taking Flight |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB888036583666118000 |work=Barron's |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240323042710/https://www.barrons.com/amp/articles/SB888036583666118000 |archive-date=23 March 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following its success, the next year, the company acquired [[SolidWorks]] and Deneb Robotics, which later became part of the [[DELMIA]] brand, and additional software to build toward product lifecycle management (PLM). The SolidWorks acquisition strengthened Dassault Systèmes' 2D drafting capacity and provided entry into the [[Microsoft]] market, while other acquisitions added digital manufacturing software to the product lineup. These acquisitions paved the way for Dassault Systèmes to introduce a total manufacturing system with their subsidiary brand, DELMIA, in 1998. The new offering enabled access to data across the spectrum of manufacturing processes, while remaining independent of the CAD environment.<ref name="DS" />

By the end of 1998, the CAD software industry vendors were devising strategies to become internet-enabled. The main focus was to enable the viewing of 3D models in web browsers and build interfaces to product data management (PDM) systems. Dassault Systèmes was one of the leaders in enabling these functions for its users. The company benefited from their experience integrating CAD software across networks for the Boeing 777 project, and had already made moves toward internet-enabled CAD software in 1996 with CATIA Conferencing Groupware; which enabled review and annotation of models using the internet. The introduction of ENOVIA further marked their industry-leading place by providing internet-enabled PDM and 3D product lifecycle management. Dassault Systèmes' acquisitions continued into 1999, when two CAD software vendors were purchased: Matra Datavision and Smart Solutions. Also in 1999, Dassault Systèmes released CATIA Version 5, which was the first version to be fully implemented in the [[Microsoft Windows]] environment.<ref name="Cadazz">{{cite web |url=http://cadazz.com/cad-software-history-1998-1999.htm |title=CAD software history, 1998-99 |access-date= July 17, 2022 | website=cadazz.com}}</ref>

=== 2000–2011 ===
As the demand for digital and virtual experiences increased in 2000, Dassault Systèmes launched DELMIA, which provides digital manufacturing tools for virtual planning, simulating, and modeling of production processes.<ref name="Technia">{{cite web |url=https://www.technia.us/blog/what-is-delmia/ |title=What is DELMIA? |access-date= July 17, 2022 | website=technia.us|date=30 July 2021 }}</ref>

The mid-2000s heralded a series of acquisitions for Dassault Systèmes to improve their product offerings and expand their market reach, and Dassault Systèmes launched new software and tools. In 2005, Dassault Systèmes sought to improve the quality of 3D interactions and simulations. First they acquired Abaqus, a US-based company specializing in software that allows engineers to simulate and observe the performance of components in products.<ref name="FT">{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/087eb1c4-c6a2-11d9-a700-00000e2511c8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/087eb1c4-c6a2-11d9-a700-00000e2511c8 |archive-date=2022-12-10 |url-access=subscription |title=Dassault Systemes counts on Abaqus acquisition |access-date= July 17, 2022 | website=ft.com}}</ref>

Then they acquired Virtools, software that enables companies to create 3D applications.<ref name="Mergr1">{{cite web |url=https://mergr.com/dassault-systemes-sa-acquires-virtools-s.a |title=Dassault Systemes SA Acquires Virtools S.A. |access-date= July 17, 2022 | website=mergr.com}}</ref> The following year, the company extended its market reach into high-tech, consumer products, and medical devices through the acquisition of MatrixOne, which would be linked with ENOVIA.<ref name="Cadalyst">{{cite web |url=https://www.cadalyst.com/collaboration/product-lifecycle-management/news/dassault-systamp232mes-acquire-matrixone-11553 |title=Dassault Systemes SA Acquires Virtools S.A. |access-date= July 17, 2022 | website=cadalyst.com}}</ref> In 2007, subsidiary brand [[3dvia|3DVIA]] was launched to create a social network and content community for 3D artists and modelers.

=== 2012–2019 ===
As the 2000s progressed, Dassault Systèmes began to enter online applications and build toward more online applications for product data management, collaboration, realistic simulation and more. Examples of this strategy include the purchase or launch of brands such as EXALEAD for information intelligence, NETVIBES for business analytics, 3DEXCITE for marketing, and GEOVIA for modeling the planet. In 2012, the company launched the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to connect its software applications.  

CATIA under the 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables users to go beyond physical product definition to model any product in the context of its real-life behavior. Systems, architects, engineers, designers and all contributors collaborate on fit, form, function, and customer experience.<ref name="Adaptive Corporation">{{cite web |title=CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE Software for Product Design |url=https://www.adaptivecorp.com/products/dassault-systemes/catia/ |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=adaptivecorp.com}}</ref> 

Dassault Systèmes also began to offer its version of [[digital twin]]s, which the company calls virtual twin experiences and are powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Virtual twins help companies visualize, model and simulate an entire environment to explore how a product or process will behave when assembled, operated or subjected to a range of events. 

To expand their capabilities and industries served through the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Dassault Systèmes completed additional acquisitions, including:

* Dynasim AB (2006)<ref name="Dynasim">{{cite web|url=https://www.3ds.com/newsroom/press-releases/dassault-systemes-presents-catia-systems |title=Dassault Systèmes Presents CATIA Systems |website=3ds.com |date=27 June 2006}}</ref>
* Simpoe S.A.S. (2013)<ref name="Mergr2">{{cite web |url=https://mergr.com/dassault-systemes-sa-acquires-simpoe-sas |title=Dassault Systemes SA Acquires SIMPOE SAS |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=mergr.com}}</ref>
* Realtime Technology (2014)<ref name="Automationmag">{{cite web |url=https://www.automationmag.com/dassault-systemes-completes-acquisition-of-realtime-technology-4046/ |title=Dassault Systèmes completes acquisition of Realtime Technology |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=automationmag.com|date=14 January 2014 }}</ref>
* Accelrys (2014)<ref name="Cen">{{cite web |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i5/Accelrys-Acquired-French-Software-Firm.html |title=Accelrys Acquired By French Software Firm |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=cen.acs.org}}</ref>
* Quintiq (2014)<ref name="LLRpartners">{{cite web |url=https://www.llrpartners.com/quintiq-acquisition-named-deal-of-the-year/ |title=Quintiq Acquisition Named Deal of the Year |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=llrpartners.com|date=15 May 2015 }}</ref>
* CST (2016)<ref name="Cimdata1">{{cite web |url=https://www.cimdata.com/zh/industry-summary-articles/item/6958-dassault-systemes-completes-cstacquisition |title=Dassault Systèmes Completes CST Acquisition |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=cimdata.com}}</ref>
* Outscale (majority stake, 2016)<ref name="Bloomberg">{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2017-06-20/dassault-syst-mes-acquires-majority-stake-in-outscale |title=Dassault Systèmes Acquires Majority Stake in Outscale |access-date= August 8, 2022 | newspaper=Bloomberg|date=20 June 2017 }}</ref>
* Centric (majority stake, 2018)<ref name="Cimdata2">{{cite web |url=https://www.cimdata.com/zh/resources/complimentary-reports-research/commentaries/item/10348-dassault-systemes-acquires-majority-stake-in-centric-software-highlight |title=Dassault Systèmes Acquires Majority Stake in Centric Software (Highlight) |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=cimdata.com}}</ref>
* IQMS (2018)<ref name="Diginomica">{{cite web |url=https://diginomica.com/exclusive-iqms-ceo-gary-nemmers-on-why-iqms-was-acquired-by-dassault-systemes-and-whats-next |title=Exclusive - IQMS' CEO on why IQMS was acquired by Dassault Systèmes - and what's next |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=diginomica.com|date=18 December 2018 }}</ref>
* Medidata Solutions (2019)<ref name="HCN">{{cite web |url=https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/medidata-acquired-dassault-syst-mes-58-billion |title=Medidata acquired by Dassault Systèmes for $5.8 billion |access-date= August 8, 2022 | website=healthcareitnews.com|date=13 June 2019 }}</ref>
* Argosim<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemondeinformatique.fr/actualites/lire-dassault-systemes-acquiert-le-francais-argosim-74570.html|title=Dassault Systèmes acquiert le Français Argosim - Le Monde Informatique|website=LeMondeInformatique|date=7 March 2019 }}</ref>
Throughout the decade, Dassault Systèmes advanced into the life sciences and healthcare industry, including launching the Living Heart Project<ref name="Sciencedirect">{{cite journal |last1=Baillargeon |first1=Brian |last2=Rebelo |first2=Nuno |last3=Fox |first3=David D. |last4=Taylor |first4=Robert L. |last5=Kuhl |first5=Ellen |year=2014 |title=The Living Heart Project: A robust and integrative simulator for human heart function |journal=European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids |volume=48 |pages=38–47 |bibcode=2014EJMS...48...38B |doi=10.1016/j.euromechsol.2014.04.001 |pmc=4175454 |pmid=25267880}}</ref> for simulating heart function in 2014 and acquiring subsidiary brand [[Medidata Solutions|MEDIDATA]] for managing clinical trials, in 2019.

=== 2020–present ===
In 2020, Dassault Systèmes expanded its focus from “Things to Life” by applying what they have learned over the past four decades and applying it to the human body. By developing a virtual twin experience of the human body, they can model, search, test and treat a human body as precisely, safely and effectively as cars, buildings or airplanes and customize the care of each individual.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dassault Systèmes Opens Up New Horizons: 3DEXPERIENCE from Things to Life |url=https://www.biospace.com/article/dassault-systemes-opens-up-new-horizons-3dexperience-from-things-to-life/ |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=BioSpace |language=en-US}}</ref> 

To expand the capabilities served through the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, Dassault Systèmes completed additional acquisitions, including:

*NuoDB (2020)<ref name="Businesswire">{{cite press release |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211121005087/en/Dassault-Syst%C3%A8mes-Enters-the-SP-Dow-Jones-Sustainability-World-Index |title=Dassault Systèmes Enters the S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World Index |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=businesswire.com |date=22 November 2021}}</ref>
* Proxem (2020)<ref name="Thesoftwarereport">{{cite web |title=Dassault Systèmes Revitalizes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform With Acquisition Of Proxem |url=https://www.thesoftwarereport.com/dassault-systemes-revitalizes-3dexperience-platform-with-acquisition-of-proxem/ |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=thesoftwarereport.com|date=12 August 2020 }}</ref>
* Diota (2022)<ref name="Tracxn">{{cite web |title=Acquisitions by Dassault Systems |url=https://tracxn.com/d/acquisitions/acquisitionsbyDassault-Systems |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=tracxn.com}}</ref>

In late 2022, Dassault Systèmes, along with French companies Docaposte, Bouygues Telecom and Banque des Territoires, announced plans to create Numspot, a joint effort to build a European sovereign cloud service for the financial, health and public sectors that would rely on the infrastructure of 3DS Outscale.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

In 2022, the company named Philippine de T'Serclaes as its chief sustainability officer.<ref name="Complianceweek">{{cite web |url=https://www.complianceweek.com/grc-appointments/dassault-systemes-names-chief-sustainability-officer/32374.article#:~:text=French%20software%20corporation%20Dassault%20Syst%C3%A8mes,its%20portfolio%20and%20business%20deployment. |title=Dassault Systemes names chief sustainability officer |access-date= January 16, 2023 | website=complianceweek.com}}</ref>

== Products and brands ==

Dassault Systèmes' currently supported roster of brands and industries served ({{asof|2024|05|lc=y}}):
{| class="wikitable noresize"
|+ 3DS Brands<ref>{{cite web |title=Brands |url=https://blog.3ds.com/brands/ |website=3Ds.com |publisher=2002-2024 Dassault Systèmes – All rights reserved |access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dassault Systèmes SE (DASTY) |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DASTY/profile/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH1VqGi19OeXoMcMRy_O7p0vS_HCUIuKPcW_VRXQwRTGXJUhl35i-379alJetqnGD7UwBtI5r6L0ON-77gUqjG2D49N9SP4K_4tplmSxi0qNgdMh3K9Cwl48qgtma-cc_iGuAwruPnVEy3QRC4_-0BTZDjdyWmr5xnnuZwGZUDgf |website=finance.yahoo.com |publisher=yahoo!finance 2024 |access-date=7 May 2024}}</ref>
! Name
! Industry
! Slogan
|-
| 3DEXCITE || [[Engagement marketing]] || "Engineer the excitement"
|-
| [[3DVIA]] || [[Virtual home design software|Virtual Home Design Software]] || "Shape your dream"
|-
| [[BIOVIA]] || [[Scientific Software]] || "Model the biosphere"
|-
| [[CATIA]] || [[Computer-aided design|Computer-Aided Design]]  || "Shape the world we live in"
|-
| Centric PLM || [[Product lifecycle|PLM Software]] || "Plan your collection's success"
|-
| [[DELMIA]] || [[Manufacturing operations management|Manufacturing Operations Software]] || "Make it happen"
|-
| [[ENOVIA]] || [[Product lifecycle|PLM Software]] || "Plan your definition of success"
|-
| [[GEOVIA]] || Geology Modeling Software || "Model the sustainable planet"
|-
| MEDIDATA || SaaS for [[Clinical trial|Clinical Trials]] || "Power smarter treatments and healthier people"
|-
|[[Netvibes | NETVIBES]] || [[Data science]] || "Reveal information intelligence"
|-
| OUTSCALE<ref name="Aithority">{{cite web |url=https://aithority.com/it-and-devops/cloud/3ds-outscale-french-leader-guaranteeing-fully-trusted-cloud-around-the-world/ |title=3DS Outscale, French Leader Guaranteeing Fully-trusted Cloud Around The World |access-date= January 16, 2023 | website=aithority.com|date=20 December 2021 }}</ref> || [[Cloud computing]] || "The leading sovereign and sustainable operator of trusted business experience as a service"
|-
|[[SIMULIA]] || [[Simulation software|Simulation Software]] || “Reveal the world we live in”
|-
|[[SOLIDWORKS]] || [[Computer-Aided Design]] || “Authentic design experience”
|}

== Corporate information ==
===Company management===
Dassault Systèmes is led by Chief Executive Officer Pascal Daloz. He succeeded [[Bernard Charles|Bernard Charlès]] on January 1, 2024.<ref name="WSJ 2024">{{cite news  |title=Dassault Systemes Targets Significant Mid-Term Growth; Names Pascal  Daloz CEO |last1=Petroni |first1=Giulia  |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/dassault-systemes-targets-significant-mid-term-growth-names-pascal-daloz-ceo-3cd2e08a  |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=June 9, 2023 |access-date=February 13,  2025}}</ref> Charlès, who had held the position since 1995,<ref  name="IBT 2017">{{cite news |title=Meet Bernard Charles:  Dassault Systèmes CEO, strategist and chief scientist rolled into one  |last1=Sharma |first1=Gaurav  |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/meet-bernard-charles-dassault-systems-ceo-strategist-chief-scientist-rolled-into-one-1622114  |work=[[International Business Times]] |date=May 18, 2017  |access-date=February 13, 2025}}</ref> remains the chairman of the board.<ref name="WSJ 2024"/> 
===Market data===
As of 2024, public shares accounted for more than 50 percent of Dassault Systèmes' ownership. Other major shareholders included [[Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault]], [[Charles Edelstenne]], Bernard Charlès and Pascal Daloz.<ref name="auto">{{Cite  press release |title=Dassault Systèmes 2024 Annual Report |date=18 March 2025  |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/03/18/3044804/0/en/Dassault-Syst%C3%A8mes-Filing-of-the-2024-Universal-Registration-Document.html}}</ref>
===People and culture===
 
Dassault Systèmes has 25,000 employees across 184 global offices: 41% are based in Europe; 32% in Asia-Oceania; and 27% in the Americas. Geographic headquarters are located in Paris ([[Vélizy-Villacoublay]], [[France]]), Shanghai, and Boston ([[Waltham, Massachusetts]]). As of December 31, 2024, approximately 41% of employees worked in R&D.<ref name="2024Report">{{cite web |title=2024  Universal Registration Document |last1= |first1=  |url=https://investor.3ds.com/static-files/f4610f80-970f-4a88-ab8e-0df492444765  |work=Dassault Systèmes |date=March 18, 2025 |access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>

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