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AVEVA opens new office in Brazil
6 October 2008Expansion will help strengthen local customer service and grow future business
AVEVA (LSE:AVV), the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, is proud to announce a major expansion of its presence in the Latin American region. AVEVA do Brazil is officially open and operating an office in Rio de Janeiro. This new office will immediately begin providing premium product solutions and service support country wide.
AVEVA's commitment to Latin American customers is well recognized in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Venezuela, Columbia, Argentina and Peru. The Company has opened this office to better serve its growing customer base in Brazil, and looks forward to expanded delivery of its world-class technology and support that is relied upon by many regional companies, including the major Brazilian energy company. The office in Rio is strategically located, providing easy access to customers, as well as to most of the engineering contractors serving the oil and gas market.
AVEVA has reported a GBP 127 million in revenues in the last fiscal year.
About AVEVA Group plc
AVEVA Group plc is one of the world's foremost and fastest-growing lifecycle engineering IT solutions and services providers to the oil and gas, paper and pulp, power, chemical, pharmaceutical and shipbuilding industries. Listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:AVV), the Group reported pre-tax profits for the year ended March 2008 of GBP 45 million on revenues of GBP 127.6 million. The Group has grown consistently since 1967 on the strength of pioneering engineering technology that protects the information assets of its customers from the volatile nature of the IT industry.
The Group's history of innovation spans five decades and has produced most of today's major engineering IT technologies. Serving over 1700 clients, AVEVA has a dominant position in many market sectors both on and offshore. In May 2004, the Group acquired Tribon Solutions AB, the market-leading shipbuilding solution company and now serves 85% of the world's top 20 shipbuilders.
The Group's clients include leading plant owner operators, shipbuilders and engineering contractors such as Aker Solutions, Alstom, AMEC, Areva NP, Babcock Marine, BASF, BP, Chevron, China National Nuclear Co (CNNC), China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co. (CPECC), CNOOC Offshore Oil Engineering, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, EDF, ExxonMobil, Foster Wheeler Power Group, Harland & Wolff, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Jacobs, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, SBM, Shell, Sinopec Engineering, Statoil, TKMS - ThyssenKrupp Marine System, Uhde, VT Shipbuilding, Wood Group (Alliance & Mustang) and Worley Parsons.
Headquartered in Cambridge, England, AVEVA Group plc and its operating subsidiaries currently employ more than 750 staff worldwide in England, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, South Korea and the USA. http://www.aveva.com/../
© AVEVA Solutions Ltd and its subsidiaries 2008. All product names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective holders.
For further information, contact:
André Larrubia
Edelman do Brasil
Tel.: 11 3017-5300 r. 223
andre.larrubia@edelman.com
