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Please tell us a little about yourself and your company (Sin- cronia)? My name if Bruno França, I am CEO of Sincronia. I am anAeronautical Engineering Graduate from Imperial College London and early on worked in the offshore engineering market as a structural engineer, before migrating to IT. Sincronia is focused on the IT demands of engineering in-tensive large scale infrastructure and equipment projects. Our market segments include shipbuilding, offshore con- struction and industrial plant.Our range of product and services include:PLM/Document Management, Enterprise Search and De-sign Review: Sincronia IFM and Autodesk Navisworks, 3D design, production detailing and integrated CAD/CAM tools for the Shipbuilding and Offshore market: Shipcon- structor & Maxsurf Suite, along with consultancy, train- ing and implementation services.42Maritime Reporter & Engineering News FEATURE MARINE DESIGN ShipConstructor helps the New Brazilian Shipbuilding Industry in Soaring to New Heights ShipConstructor tanker details.Bruno França - CEO of Sincronia. (Photo Claudio Paschoa)(Photo ShipConstructor)(Photo Claudio Paschoa)The recent growth of the Brazilian shipbuilding industry, with the construction of more than 20 new shipyards and efforts to modernize older shipyards, has highlighted the need for more efficient ship design and construction methods. With the increased reliance on production line automation, ship design soft- ware has become even more important. Maritime Reporter and EngineeringNewsspoke with Mr. Bruno França ,CEO of Brazilian IT company Sincronia and ShipConstructor representative in Brazil, about the relevance of CAD based ship design software in the new Brazilian shipbuilding industry. By Claudio Paschoa MR Oct.11 # 6 (42-49):MR Template 10/5/2011 12:58 PM Page 42