▁as ▁a ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁G RA ITE C ▁SA , ▁which ▁become ▁the ▁holding ▁business ▁unit ▁of ▁the ▁group . ▁The ▁regional ▁organization ▁of ▁G RA ITE C ▁France ▁is ▁further ▁bol ster ed , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁with ▁additional ▁local ▁engine ers ▁trained ▁to ▁perform ▁local ▁hot line ▁and ▁on - site ▁assistance . ▁ ▁G RA ITE C ▁GmbH ▁Germany . ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁D SC ▁C AD / C AM - Te chn olog ien ▁GmbH ▁was ▁acquired ▁by ▁G RA ITE C ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁thus ▁becoming ▁the ▁German ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁the ▁Group . ▁As ▁a ▁German ▁special ist ▁in ▁steel ▁construction , ▁the ▁company ▁developed ▁two ▁software ▁packages : ▁S DD P ▁and ▁Hyper Ste el . ▁When ▁D SC ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁G RA ITE C ▁Group , ▁Hyper Ste el ▁was ▁further ▁developed ▁and ▁market ed ▁as ▁Adv ance ▁Ste el ▁by ▁G RA ITE C . ▁The ▁Software ▁is ▁distributed ▁world wide . ▁ ▁G RA ITE C ▁Roman ia ▁S RL . ▁F ounded ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁in ▁Buch ar est , ▁G RA ITE C ▁Roman ia ▁is ▁mainly ▁the ▁Research ▁& ▁Development ▁division ▁of ▁the ▁Group . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁developing ▁software ▁for ▁the ▁entire ▁group , ▁G RA ITE C ▁Roman ia ▁also ▁provides ▁design ▁and ▁detail ing ▁services ▁for ▁international ▁customers ▁using ▁client ▁feedback ▁to ▁fine - t