ASCON (also ASCON Group, russian: АСКОН) is
Russia
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n developer of
CAD
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and
PDM software and a
systems integrator headquartered in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. The name of the company originates from an abbreviation of an "Automated System for Construction (russian: Автоматизированная система конструирования).
The company was founded in 1989 by Alexander Golikov and Tatyana Yankina who previously worked at
KB Mashinostroyeniya
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in
Kolomna
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History
Mentioned for the first time in 1177, Ko ...
. In 1993, ASCON signed its first major contract with
Zheldorremmash which fueled its development.
By 2014, the company had over 7000 industrial customers including
AutoVAZ
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,
Severstal
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,
Kazzinc
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, and others. On its home market, ASCON holds a dominant position over its core competitor
Autodesk
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.
Subsidiaries
* C3D Labs
* DEXMA Labs
* Renga Software
Products
*
C3D Toolkit
C3D Toolkit is a geometric modeling kernel, geometric modeling kit originally developed by ASCON , ASCON Group, now by C3D Labs, using C++ and written in Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio. C3D Toolkit responsible for constructing and editin ...
* Renga Architecture
* Renga Structure
* Renga MEP
* KOMPAS-3D
* KOMPAS-Builder
* KOMPAS Graphic
* Pilot-ICE
* Loodsman:PLM
* PDM online
* GulfStream-MRP
* KOMPAS:24 (mobile)
* Machinator (mobile)
* SubDivFormer (mobile)
References
External links
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Companies based in Saint Petersburg
Software companies established in 1989
Russian brands
Multinational companies headquartered in Russia
Technology companies of Russia
1989 establishments in the Soviet Union