MAXON

MAXON Computer GmbH was founded in 1986 by the current CEOs Harald Egel, Harald Schneider and Uwe Bärtels. The company's headquarters is located in Friedrichsdorf, Germany, just north of Frankfurt Main.

In 1998 MAXON opened its U.S. subsidiary, MAXON Computer, Inc., in California and added its U.K. subsidiary, MAXON Computer Ltd., in 2001. Additional offices are located in Paris / Boulogne-Billancourt in France, in Tokyo in Japan and Singapore. MAXON products are sold by over 40 distributors in over 70 countries worldwide.

MAXON's product line is centered around its core applications CINEMA 4D, a leading animation package for media production, and BodyPaint 3D, its pioneering 3D painting package.