Historia Fine

We have introduced a new logo, which incorporates the colors of our three product groups  GEO5,  FIN EC,  TRUSS4.

We took over Altap, a well-known supplier of the Salamander software. This acquisition gave us an experienced development team for file and document management.

GEO5 Stratigraphy with its modules Logs and Cross Sections integrates geological data modeling with the solution of all advanced geotechnical tasks.

Over 30 participants from 25 companies worldwide gathered in the Pyramida Hotel. The meeting featured selected talks from geotechnical engineers and developers from Fine company.

Fine is looking back at 25 years of success. More than 4000 satisfied customers in 120 countries all over the world. Our software is available in 17 language localizations and is supported by more than 50 local dealers.

The German localization of GEO5 software was released as a result of cooperation with our local partners.  Eurocode 7 (EN 1997) including national annexes (DIN, ÖNORM) was introduced to the software.

Chinese approaches and standards were introduced to GEO5 software. The Chinese certification was obtained by our partner in China, Nanjing Kulun software company.

The 4^thDealers’ Meeting was attended by 15 dealers from all over the world. 

An Argentina-based branch office was founded to support local customers and dealers in the region.

The French version of GEO5 was prepared in cooperation with itech, a software development company from France. Find further information about the French version of our geotechnical software.

GEO5 software was launched on the US market under Bentley GSA (Geotechnical Structural Analysis). LRFD, AASHTO and other US standards were introduced during the cooperation with Bentley Inc. Furthermore, freeware software developed for Redi-Rock Inc., our partner and producer of retaining block wall system, was also released.

GEO5 software obtained the Russian government GOST-R Certificate of Conformity, which guarantees that it abides by the Russian State Standard. The Russian version of GEO5 software was introduced in cooperation with our Russian partner, JSC Reconstruktsiya.

Eurocodes (EN1997, EN1992, EN1993, EN1995) including all available National Annexes were implemented to the GEO5 software suite. Eurocode implementation together with the introduction of the local versions strongly boosted the usage of GEO5 software in European Countries (UK, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Spain etc.)

The first Dealers’ Meeting took place in our new Prague office in 2006. We met our worldwide dealers from the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Poland, Spain, Philippines, Hungary etc.

The first version of GEO5 software supporting international standards brought more new possibilities for further development.

The new corporate identity of Fine software was introduced along with the launch of a new website. Web-marketing activities were also supported by our new Online Shop.

The first international dealers were established in Poland, Hungary, India, United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia.

The first MS Windows version of GEO was released. The English version of GEO4 was also released and first international sales were realized. The migration from MS-DOS to the Windows operating system was one of the greatest milestones in the history of Fine.

The tradition of “Fine Roast Pig&Beer” weekends started. All employees and their families are brought together every year.

The first version with a full graphical user interface and the concept of a “step-by-step” toolbar on the right side of the screen was unveiled. The interface was similar to MS Windows, but still under MS DOS. The first FE program named SLAB was released.

Fine presented its software on exhibitions in the Czech Republic (this photo is from ForArch). The first colored marketing handouts were introduced as well!

A partnership was established with Bova Březnice, a Czech producer of steel fasteners for timber structures, along with the release of TRUSS software for the analysis of timber roof structures. The complex technology for manufacturing timber structures assembled with punched metal plate fasteners was named Bova-Nail.

The software was enhanced by adding slope stability analysis, sheeting design and pile foundation analysis. The first graphical outputs were also introduced.

The company Fine was registered in February 1991 by Jiri Laurin and Milos Vodolan.

Programs for retaining wall and spread footing analysis were released. The software was available in Czech language and used the Czechoslovak CSN standards.

FIN software for structural analysis (steel, timber and concrete) was developed in cooperation with the Faculty of Civil Engineering of CTU in Prague.