HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 3, 2014 — (PRNewswire) —  Intergraph announces that Saipem, a leading engineering, procurement, project management and construction company, has chosen to standardize on Intergraph^® SmartPlant^® and SmartMarine^®  Enterprise engineering solutions. The agreement includes Intergraph next-generation 3D design software Smart^™ 3D.

Smart 3D is used for both onshore plant design and offshore and ship design. Smart 3D is the industry's most advanced and most productive next-generation 3D design system on the market, offering numerous unique capabilities including automated, rule-based design. Users can reuse FEED or old designs with different catalogs and specifications by leveraging Smart 3D's unique rule re-use, tag renaming and specification interchange. Also, enhanced 3D interoperability capabilities enable the use of 3D data from multiple foreign CAD systems in conjunction with native Smart 3D models.

SmartPlant/SmartMarine Enterprise is an integrated solutions suite that provides full design, construction, materials and engineering data management capabilities needed for the creation, safe operation and maintenance, and capital Project Life Cycle Management (cPLM) of process, power, offshore and shipbuilding projects.

The ARC Advisory Group, a leading industry analyst firm, ranked Intergraph as the No. 1 overall worldwide provider of engineering design tools for plant design according to its global market research study, "Engineering Design Tools for Plants and Infrastructure: Market Analysis and Forecast Through 2017."

About Intergraph

Intergraph helps the world work smarter. The company's software and solutions improve the lives of millions of people through better facilities, safer communities and more reliable operations.

Intergraph Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) is the world's leading provider of enterprise engineering software enabling smarter design and operation of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I) is the leader in smart solutions for emergency response, utilities, transportation and other global challenges. For more information, visit www.intergraph.com.

Intergraph is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B; www.hexagon.com), a leading global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data.

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