Intergraph has signed a five-year contact with STX Europe, one of the major international players in the shipbuilding industry. STX France Solutions has purchased SmartMarine® Enterprise to improve its shipbuilding design efficiency and quality, while achieving better project stages coordination and accurate material management.

The agreement includes Intergraph SmartMarine 3D and SmartPlant® Foundation, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical Basic & Detailed, SmartPlant Materials, SmartPlant Foundation, SmartPlant Review and SmartPlant Review Publisher. The new system will help STX to reduce design man-hours and to improve its design quality with integration between disciplines and by sharing standard catalogs along the project lifecycle. This will also enable STX to reduce costs.

Intergraph’s SmartMarine Enterprise suite is the world’s most advanced, integrated offshore and shipbuilding solution, driving improvements in design efficiency, production schedule, handover and overall lifecycle cost control for enhanced global competitiveness. Intergraph is a world leader in marine structure design and data management, endorsed and used by the world’s leading offshore and marine companies, including the most productive shipyard, the top offshore owner operator, the top fabrication yard and the top classification society in the world.