Intergraph acquired COADE

One of the leading companies in software engineering acquired COADE, a company dedicated to pipe stress analysis and developer of recognized CADWorx for plant design. This integration will help achieve more efficient design processes.

Intergraph acquired COADE Holdings Inc., a provider of software dedicated to the design of plants and other engineering disciplines. The products include COADE CAESAR II, PV Elite, and Tank, the software most used in the industry for stress analysis of piping, pressure liquid containers, storage containers and petrochemicals, as well as the popular CADWorx for plant design.

The expansion of SmartPlant Enterprise for Integraph by acquiring COADE, creates a robust portfolio that will offer users the ability to extend the ability to Integraph to pursue small projects.

Customers of each of the companies-Intergraph and COADE- will benefit from this acquisition. The COADE will benefit from the great teams of research, development and global support Integraph generate specialized engineering solutions with constant maintenance and software updates. SmartPlant Enterprise clients will benefit from the extended scope of COADE and additional functionality to design and model systems integrated levers analysis of pipes and containers.