Prague, Feb 20th 2012 – CAD Studio Inc., one of the largest specialized provider of CAD, GIS and PLM solutions in Central Europe, elevated its Autodesk partnership level to Platinum Partner, the highest level of cooperation.

Autodesk changes the tiers for value added resellers – in addition to the existing Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers, there is a new one - Platinum. The Platinum Partner tier was awarded to only few partners in the whole world. It demonstrates deep knowledge of products and business, high marks in customer satisfaction surveys, close cooperation with Autodesk experts and high investments of the partner to its consulting services, technical support and customizations. CAD Studio has also received the Autodesk Consulting Specialization status.

“Platinum Tier partners represent the top five percent of all Autodesk VARs, and understand that a healthy business is achieved through the success of their customers,” said Bill Griffin, vice president of worldwide channel sales at Autodesk. ”CAD Studio has raised the bar by developing a deep understanding of their customers’ business, pain points, and goals. They also have a solid understanding of solution selling and implementation.”

Thanks to CAD Studio, the Czech Republic now joined the prestigious club of countries with this level of support for Autodesk products. Across Europe, there are currently only 7 partners of this importance. CAD Studio’s offerings cover all types of Autodesk industries with about 150 individual software products. These products are accompanied with professional services, training (Autodesk Authorized Training Center, ATC), customization and application development, but also with web community services such as the portal CADforum.cz with nearly 300,000 registered users.

“Autodesk sets high criteria for Platinum tiers so that only limited number of partners will reach it. We were able to join this elite club mainly because we focus on professionalism and high specialization of our experts. This enables us to deliver solutions with very good return of investment, so emphasized by customers in these economically uncertain times. So we could overcome the bar set high even for resellers operating in much larger economies than that of the Czech Republic,“ says Jan Binter, CEO of CAD Studio.

“An important parameter we had to meet to achieve the Platinum Partner was long-term customer satisfaction. It proves that our accent on customizations and implementation services does pay off. Our customers share their satisfaction and personal experience with CAD Studio’s experts and they are willingly helping us to continuously improve the level of services we provide to Autodesk users across all industries,“ adds Vladimír Michl, business development manager at CAD Studio.

About CAD Studio
CAD Studio is one of the leading suppliers of CAD, CAM, PLM and GIS solutions in Central Europe. The company's portfolio covers all CAD solutions for engineering and manufacturing, construction and architecture, surveying and mapping, visualization and animation as well as geographic information systems for facility management.

CAD Studio is a member of the AutoCont holding and the top Autodesk partner in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

More information: www.cadstudio.cz, www.cadforum.cz, budweiser.cadstudio.cz

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