About us With over 20 years in business, Visual Components is one of the pioneers of the 3D manufacturing simulation industry. Check out our story. Our history 1999 2003 2005 2016 2017 2022 2023 202X Visual Components was founded Founded in 1999 by a team of simulation experts, Visual Components started with a humble goal – to make manufacturing design and simulation technology easy to use and accessible to manufacturing organizations of all sizes. KUKA.Sim Layout KUKA released KUKA.Sim Layout, a KUKA branded robot simulation and off-line programming software, developed by Visual Components. 3D Product Family Visual Components introduced the “3D” product family; its first family of branded Visual Components products. The 3D Product Family included 3DRealize, 3DRealize R, 3DCreate, 3DSimulate and 3DAutomate. Visual Components 4.0 Visual Components introduced the Visual Components 4.0 product family, the next generation of manufacturing simulation technology. Visual Components 4.0 was built on a new software architecture and platform. The architecture was designed to take advantage of modern computing hardware and 64-bit processors. The platform was designed with open APIs to facilitate easy customization and development of 3rd party applications. Visual Components 4.0 product portfolio includes Essentials, Professional and Premium. KUKA acquisition In December 2017, KUKA – a global automation corporation – acquired Visual Components with the aim to define the next level in intelligent automation. For KUKA, Visual Components’ simulation tool was an important milestone with great potential for solutions in KUKA’s simulation ecosystem. Following the announcement, a statement was made by KUKA that Visual Components remains a hardware neutral simulation platform, and would continue to support and expand its list of robot models, currently 1,500+ models from 50+ robot brands. Visual Components Acquires Delfoi Robotics In October 2022, we proudly announced the acquisition of the robotics division from Delfoi, a global leader in offline robot programming (OLP) solutions. This move marked our ambition to further innovate in 3D simulation software, bolstering our existing offerings with Delfoi’s OLP expertise. A New Era in Offline Programming In 2023, we launched the next generation robot offline programming (OLP) software based on the powerful technology of Delfoi Robotics: Visual Components Robotics OLP, helping our customers maximize the potential of their robots with fast, accurate and error-free programming. We will continue to provide our customers with the best 3D simulation and OLP software on the market and shape the future of simulation technology for others to follow.