Sisgraph to establish Marine Excellence Centre in Brazil

HEXAGON group companies Sisgraph, a Brazilian software and services provider, and Intergraph have teamed up to form a Marine Excellence Centre in Rio de Janeiro to meet the needs of the expanding marine industry in Brazil.

Sao Paulo-based Sisgraph has been a provider of Intergraph solutions in South America for more than 30 years.

The new Marine Excellence Centre opens with a team of expert engineers and consultants to provide technical support and training for Intergraph SmartMarine 3D technology. SmartMarine 3D is the world's most advanced offshore and shipbuilding design solution, featuring breakthrough engineering technology that is knowledge-based and rule-driven to improve productivity and delivery schedules.

"The Marine Excellence Centre initiative fills a very important gap in our country, which is to capacitate the work force of Brazil's expanding marine industry," said Laelson Martins, manager of Petrobras, one of the world's largest energy companies.

The centre also will provide technical workshops throughout Brazil and cooperate with the country's universities and technical schools to produce qualified students with an opportunity to learn using the latest Intergraph and Sisgraph technologies.

Sisgraph's Marine Excellence Centre mission includes disseminating and extending knowledge about the marine and offshore industries through the diffusion of Intergraph's next-generation technologies for projects, creating a skilled labour force, and providing an unrivaled support structure ideal for large offshore and marine projects in the Brazilian industry.