About us
CENIT and FASTSUITE
FASTSUITE is the CENIT group’s brand for offline programming, simulation and digital-twin software for industrial robots and CNC machines
- Founded
- 1988
Stuttgart, Germany - Listed
- 1998
German stock exchange - Dassault Systèmes
- Largest global
Platinum partner
- Headquarters
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Listed
- 1998, Prime Standard of the German stock exchange
- Global network
- 29 branches and offices in 9 countries, about 900 employees
- Digital manufacturing
- 30+ years, 1,000+ manufacturers served, 1,500+ software installations
What is FASTSUITE
CENIT’s core brand: offline programming, simulation and digital-twin software for industrial robots and CNC machine tools, developed under Germany’s Industrie 4.0 framework
A complete, standalone digital CAM solution that needs no third-party software and builds a digital twin of a single work cell or an entire production line
Industries served
- Sheet metal
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Components
- General manufacturing
- Heavy machinery
- Energy
- Defense
- Tooling and fixtures
Milestones
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1988
CENIT is founded in Stuttgart, Germany
-
1994
Receives IBM Germany’s award for best CATIA partner
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1998
Listed on the German stock exchange
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2000
Swiss subsidiary opens
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2001
North American subsidiary opens; Airbus becomes a CENIT customer
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2003
Becomes an SAP partner
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2006
Romanian subsidiary opens; CENIT becomes a preferred supplier to Airbus
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2007
French subsidiary opens; receives the IBM Innovation Award
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2011
Japanese subsidiary opens
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2017
Becomes Dassault Systèmes’ largest global Platinum partner
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2018
CENIT celebrates its 30th anniversary
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2020
CENIT China subsidiary is founded in Suzhou, Jiangsu
China subsidiary
CENIT Software Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is CENIT’s only wholly-owned subsidiary in China, founded in Suzhou in 2020, with its Suzhou Industrial Park office opened in February 2021
The team combines Chinese and German engineers and provides Chinese-language software, training, validation and service, with technical support responding within four hours on working days
Address: Rm 702, South Tower, Huihu Building, No.10 Moon Bay Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, next to Dushu Lake. Visitors welcome
Phone: +86 512 6272 1568 · +86 199 6281 0358 Email: info.cn@cenit.com
Education
FASTSUITE Academic Edition is built for students in automation, mechanical engineering and robotics, and includes every module of the commercial edition. FASTSUITE works with GAMI (Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute), the official representative in China of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, founded 1825), which runs a Sino-German Industrie 4.0 demonstration and innovation center in China.
