Industrial software encompasses the plant-level and enterprise-level applications that give engineering teams visibility, control and analytical insight into production operations — SCADA systems that visualise and supervise entire plants in real time, MES platforms that manage production orders, track quality and calculate OEE, HMI applications that provide operators with machine-level touchscreen interfaces, process historians that archive time-series process data for analysis and compliance, and electrical CAD platforms that automate the engineering documentation of control panels and automation systems. DAS Company is an authorised AVEVA software partner and Cofaso implementation specialist for the Balkan and Eastern European market — supplying licences, providing application engineering and implementing industrial software projects alongside the automation hardware we distribute.
Industrial software is distinct from hardware configuration tools (TIA Portal, Studio 5000, FR Configurator) in that it operates above the PLC layer — connecting to multiple controllers, field devices and enterprise systems simultaneously, aggregating data, providing role-based operator access and generating reports and analytics that support operational decision-making. For manufacturing businesses transitioning from paper-based production records, disconnected spreadsheets and manual KPI reporting to real-time digital operations, industrial software is the enabling technology — and AVEVA's platform, built on 35+ years of Wonderware heritage, is the world's most widely installed industrial software suite with over one million licences in production globally.
AVEVA (Cambridge, UK, part of Schneider Electric) is the world leader in industrial software — formed through the merger of the original AVEVA engineering software company with Schneider Electric's Wonderware software business in 2018, and subsequently incorporating OSIsoft (PI System historian) in 2021. The result is the most comprehensive industrial software platform available: a unified product line spanning machine-level HMI through plant-wide SCADA, MES production execution and enterprise data analytics, all sharing a common data model and engineering environment.
AVEVA InTouch HMI is the world's most widely installed industrial operator interface — the direct successor to Wonderware InTouch, which introduced Windows-based plant HMI in 1987 and defined the category for the following four decades. InTouch 2023 R2 provides real-time process visualisation, ISA-101 compliant situational awareness graphics, native OPC UA server, web browser access without client installation and Personal Workspaces for operator-customised runtime displays. Over 100,000 plants and facilities worldwide run InTouch, and AVEVA's guaranteed backward compatibility allows applications created in any previous InTouch version to migrate to the current release — protecting decades of application investment.
AVEVA System Platform (formerly Wonderware System Platform / ArchestrA) is the scalable industrial software foundation for enterprise SCADA, MES and IIoT — the only platform that deploys all three functions simultaneously from a single engineering environment (the Galaxy Repository). System Platform's object-oriented template model reduces engineering effort by up to 80% on large standardised plant applications: modify one template and all instances update automatically. The OMI (Operations Management Interface) delivers responsive operator displays that automatically adapt from desktop to tablet to mobile. Built-in native Historian captures process data without a separate historian licence. Extension applications — MES, Teamwork, Quality, Batch, Insight — add Manufacturing Execution System and analytics capability without replacing the SCADA foundation.
AVEVA Historian (incorporating OSIsoft PI System) archives time-series process data at rates and volumes that SQL databases cannot match, using industrial compression algorithms that store months of high-frequency data cost-efficiently. Historian provides the data foundation for OEE dashboards, energy monitoring, quality trend analysis, regulatory compliance reporting and predictive maintenance programmes. AVEVA Reports for Operations generates compliance-ready production reports, shift performance summaries and ad-hoc troubleshooting queries directly from Historian data without IT or BI tool involvement.
AVEVA Edge HMI (formerly InduSoft Web Studio, AVEVA InTouch Machine Edition) is the embedded HMI and SCADA platform for OEM machine builders and distributed machine applications — providing HTML5 web-accessible operator interfaces on panel PCs, thin clients and smartphones, with built-in PLC drivers for 300+ device types and IEC 61131-3 embedded logic alongside graphical HMI development.
Cofaso is DAS Company's specialised electrical engineering software platform — automating the creation of control panel schematics (eSchematic), cable management documentation, digital prototype verification and panel engineering standardisation across engineering organisations. Where AVEVA addresses the operational layer of industrial software (what happens at runtime on the plant floor), Cofaso addresses the engineering layer — the design, documentation and standardisation of the electrical systems that the AVEVA software ultimately monitors and controls. Together, the two platforms cover the complete industrial digitalisation lifecycle: Cofaso engineers the panel, AVEVA operates it.
Cofaso is used by major industrial manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz Türk and Erdemir (OYAK Group integrated flat steel production) for standardising panel engineering documentation across large multi-site manufacturing facilities — eliminating the manual draughting, disconnected cable lists and undocumented as-built drawings that increase panel build time, commissioning errors and maintenance costs. DAS Company provides Cofaso implementation services including component library configuration, standard template creation, engineering workflow setup and engineer training from our Bulgaria engineering team.
Process manufacturing (chemical, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, water and wastewater) is the primary market for SCADA and historian software — continuous processes with large tag counts, regulatory data retention requirements and 24/7 unattended operation that demand the reliability, historian depth and alarm management of a mature platform like AVEVA System Platform. Discrete manufacturing (automotive, food and beverage, packaging, electronics) uses AVEVA MES for production order execution, genealogy tracing, quality data collection and OEE calculation alongside InTouch or System Platform SCADA for machine monitoring. Energy and utilities (power generation, grid management, water utilities) deploy System Platform for multi-site plant SCADA with enterprise historian aggregation. Pharmaceutical and life sciences require AVEVA MES with 21 CFR Part 11 electronic batch records, audit trails and electronic signature workflows for FDA and EU GMP Annex 11 validation. Building and infrastructure use AVEVA Edge for BMS visualisation and remote monitoring on industrial PCs and edge devices.
A significant number of industrial facilities in Eastern Europe operate legacy Wonderware installations — InTouch versions from the 2000s and early 2010s, running on Windows XP and Windows 7 platforms that have reached end of support. These installations face growing cyber-security risk from unsupported operating systems, disconnection from current OPC UA standards, and inability to access AVEVA's cloud connectivity and IIoT features. AVEVA's guaranteed backward compatibility — which allows InTouch applications from any previous version to migrate to AVEVA InTouch 2023 R2 in hours rather than weeks — makes migration from legacy Wonderware to the current AVEVA platform one of the most accessible and high-value digital upgrade projects available to Eastern European industrial operators. DAS Company provides Wonderware migration assessments — evaluating existing InTouch and System Platform applications, confirming upgrade path compatibility and providing implementation services for the complete migration project from legacy hardware and OS through to commissioned current-version AVEVA platform.
AVEVA Flex is the subscription licensing model that replaces the traditional perpetual licence and periodic major upgrade cycle with continuous current-version access through an annual subscription. AVEVA Flex covers InTouch HMI, System Platform, Historian, MES and Edge under a single subscription framework scaled by I/O point count, node count or application type. Continuous version updates are included — engineering teams always work with the current AVEVA release without separate upgrade licence purchases. For businesses evaluating perpetual versus subscription, DAS Company's sales team provides TCO analysis comparing the five-year cost of perpetual licences plus upgrade cycles against AVEVA Flex subscription, accounting for the engineering time saved by eliminating periodic major migration projects.
DAS Company supplies industrial software as an authorised partner with implementation capability — not as a licence-only reseller. The distinction matters: an AVEVA licence purchased through a reseller that cannot implement the platform leaves the buyer needing to source a separate system integrator for engineering, training and support. DAS Company's engineering team provides AVEVA InTouch application development, System Platform Galaxy design, Historian configuration, AVEVA Edge OEM integration and Cofaso engineering implementation — delivered by certified engineers from our Bulgaria base for Eastern European projects. For projects requiring on-site commissioning, our team travels to the installation site. For remote support, AVEVA's remote access tools and our team's familiarity with the platform enable efficient online assistance for application debugging, driver configuration and version upgrade support. All licences are genuine AVEVA and Cofaso authorised supply with full vendor technical support entitlement.
Contact DAS Company's engineering team for AVEVA licence pricing, I/O point sizing for InTouch and System Platform projects, Wonderware migration assessment, Cofaso demonstration and industrial software implementation quotations for Eastern European projects.
