In the sector of automotive plant design ITandFactory GmbH, together with their development "forge" called Venturis, has in recent years evolved to one of the important application providers for the German automotive industry, besides being a building technology provider. In cooperation with the VDA (Association of German Automotive Industry - Verband deutscher Automobilindustrie), ITandFactory / Venturis developed several new CAD modules as an addition to their product range of layouts for the Digital Factory. Based on the international core system MicroStation, ITandFactory now provides the automotive companies as well as their subcontractors - besides offering them building technology and plant planning - also with solutions for materials handling technology, platform technology/steel industry as well as a layout module.