3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

Feb 9, 2015 | Hot Topics

3D Systems announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Cimatron for $97 million. We all knew it was coming, after the deal was first confirmed back in November, but it’s still a bit of a shock to realize that there are just two large, pureplay CAM...
FARO acquires ARAS 360 — nope, not that Aras

FARO acquires ARAS 360 — nope, not that Aras

Feb 6, 2015 | Hot Topics

Things are so hectic right now that I read the headline quickly, did a double-take — and then read it again: FARO Technologies, the 3D measurement and laser scanning company, acquired ARAS 360 Technologies to add to its accident and crime reconstruction...
3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

Hexagon’s 2014 ended strong; PP&M, up 14%

Feb 6, 2015 | Hot Topics

Yesterday we had solid growth from DS, a company still deriving most of its revenue from discrete manufacturing industries. How did the AEC/infrastructure/metrology world fare in Q4? Hexagon says it went well, as organic revenue was up 18% as reported and up 9% on an...
3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

DS reports Q4 revenue up 19%, software up 16%

Feb 5, 2015 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes just reported a Q4 that should make investors quite happy. In Paris, the share price is up around 5% at mid-day local time. Total IFRS revenue was €673 million, up 19% as reported and up 16% in constant currency (cc), right in the middle of guidance,...
Q&A: Pre-announcing earnings, good and bad

Q&A: Pre-announcing earnings, good and bad

Feb 4, 2015 | Hot Topics

People wind up on the Schnitger Corp. website for all sorts of reasons: links from other sites, search engines, the fact that an ancestor was a famous organ builder in German (yup. Didn’t inherit that gene.) … For some reason, today’s visitors got...
3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

So much news — so little time: ADSK, ANSS, SSYS

Feb 4, 2015 | Hot Topics

Wow – what a day. And it’s not even 9AM! First up, Autodesk says that most new commercial seats of standalone software will be sold via subscription beginning on February 1, 2016. From the company’s perspective, this move creates revenue stability and...

Nemetschek Q4 up 26%, F14 up 18%, ahead of forecasts

Feb 3, 2015 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek Group, parent company of Nemetschek, Graphisoft, VectorWworks and other brands, just announced that it blew past forecasts to close out 2014 on a very high note. Q4 revenue was up 25.7% to €65.0 million on organic growth of 12.6%. Total revenue for the year...
3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

PTC’s FQ1 conference call was a masterpiece

Jan 31, 2015 | Hot Topics

PTC’s fiscal first quarter wasn’t perfect and it wasn’t a disaster — but the company’s handling of its conference call with analysts was truly masterful. As teenagers, we all learned that if we didn’t want to tell our parents something, we needed to direct the...
3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter

PTC paints a mixed picture for FQ1

Jan 28, 2015 | Hot Topics

It wasn’t the best possible Q1 but it could have been a lot worse. PTC reported that total revenue was basically flat with last year at $325 million, as it encourages customers to switch to subscriptions and copes with a discouraging manufacturing economy. On a...