Meeting with Olivier Verger, Managing Director of ZW France

Batinfo: Can you briefly introduce ZW France?

Olivier Verger: ZW France markets Computer Aided Design software for the production of 2D/3D plans.

We operate in many sectors such as construction, architecture, building, industry, local communities.

We have exclusive partnerships with companies ZWSOFT et CADLINE which allow us to offer a whole series of CAD and BIM tools that are consistent, reliable, efficient, and at very reasonable prices.

Over the years, our flagship software ZWCAD, which has 1,4 million users worldwide, has established itself as the benchmark alternative to AutoCAD®

We also cover the 2D CAD in DWG format that Industrial parametric 3D CAD, through a BIM product dedicated to architects, contractors and fitters.

ZW France has been able to build a unique ecosystem for more than 10 years with passionate trainers, developers and resellers.

We also provide technical support and software training.

All our teams are based in France, in the Nantes region.

In addition, we recently received a distinction of "Champions of Growth" with a 136th place out of 500 French companies. This rewards the growth achieved thanks to the work and professionalism of our teams over the past few years.

In 2023, ZW France joins the Geomesure group to offer new services and continue its development.

The group's technological know-how has developed considerably, with unique skills in the world of geospatial and software.

Batinfo: What differentiates you today from the main competing offers on the market?

Olivier Verger: We are refocusing on our core business and we are reaffirming more than ever what makes up the DNA of ZW France:

• The freedom to choose perpetual licenses, so as not to be subject to annual subscription models often imposed by the market.
• The transparency of our offer, which contains no hidden prices, no maintenance fees, no recurring charges, unlike most offers on the market.
• The simplicity of migrating to our software solutions in a few hours, without impacting the efficiency of our customers who will find a familiar interface.
• Compatibility with a large majority of file formats on the market, thus opening the door to the use of many "business applications".
• The quality of our support through dedicated training (Qualiopi certified).
• The responsiveness of our support, offered by our technicians, all based in France, near Nantes, and who are accessible free of charge by telephone and email.

Batinfo: What about the company today?

Olivier Verger: We are recruiting new talent, the teams have grown by 30% this year to try to support our growth.

We can thus affirm true values ​​of diversity and inclusion, because it is by allowing different and complementary profiles to work together that team dynamics, synergies and new ideas are created.

ZW France is also a breeding ground for major innovations. Our teams are in constant contact with publishers to develop our software solutions very quickly in order to meet the new expectations of our customers.

The responsiveness of our publishers sometimes makes it possible to update specific versions of the software in a few weeks to meet a customer's expectations.

Batinfo: How do you see the future for ZW France?

Olivier Verger: The merger with Geomesure offers new perspectives.

We have made a fundamental technological leap in the environment of geospatial solutions, topography and 3D scanning.

ZW France's skills have been reinforced by tremendous cohesion between the teams.

Our offer will therefore cover even more specifically trades such as the Surveyor-Expert, the Topographer, Design Offices or Administrations, but also Public Works, Energy and Transport, without forgetting the trades of the Architecture and many more.

Batinfo: Do you have any future projects that you can already tell us about?

Olivier Verger: The magic of the ZW France model lies in the fact that we can meet the expectations of craftsmen, SMEs, local authorities, international groups... And I am fascinated to see how much our software solutions contribute to improve the daily lives of our users.

Thanks to our products, and through our customers, we are helping to build hospitals in Mayotte, to renovate Rennes station, to build a new high-speed line between Brittany and Pays de la Loire, we are contributing to the construction of buildings, schools, sports halls.

Thanks to our solutions, and through our customers, we contribute to the design of tailor-made revolutionary sand yachts for world and European champions, we participate indirectly in the international experimental project ITER for the production of energy by thermonuclear fusion , we participate in the design of unique musical instruments in the world….

Thanks to our solutions, and through our customers, we contribute to reintegration projects to renovate historical monuments of French heritage such as the enclosure of the Château de Chambord or the citadel of Marseilles, we bring our brick to the development of electricity networks in Senegal, or even the design of the largest photovoltaic power plant in Europe.

Thanks to our solutions, and through our customers, we contribute to the reintegration of people in difficulty, to the training of young "companions" in CAD-DAO software, to the optimized cutting of French luxury leather goods or even the reconstruction of the spire of Notre Dame.

What pride for our teams!