Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Aug 21, 2012 | Hot Topics

For a company that very few people have heard of, Hexagon is doing quite well. Its engineering-related brands include Leica Geosystems, Intergraph, CADWorx and its customers include process plants operators, EPCs, surveyors, NASA, auto makers and aircraft...
What is an industry analyst, anyway?

What is an industry analyst, anyway?

Aug 15, 2012 | Hot Topics

Thanks for all of the positive feedback on the schnitgercorp.com site redesign. We really appreciate your comments, emails and tweets.  Keep ’em coming so that we can continue to improve. One thing we didn’t anticipate was that you might want our new...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Quickies: Cimatron and SGI earnings

Aug 13, 2012 | Hot Topics

Last week had a slew of earnings news, some of which was good and some, not so great. We learned a bit more about how Cimatron’s revenue stacks up, and heard about SGI’s plans for reinvention (again). Read on … Cimatron’s growth driven by...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

PTC bolsters SLM offering with Servigistics

Aug 8, 2012 | Hot Topics

PTC today announced that it will acquire Servigistics for $220 million in cash to further fill out its offering for the very long services tail of a product’s life — an area where manufacturers are increasingly looking for revenue opportunities....
Gemcom and GEOVIA, a tale of two brands

Gemcom and GEOVIA, a tale of two brands

Aug 6, 2012 | Hot Topics

During its earnings call last week, Dassault Systèmes (DS) continued to explain its vision of  moving beyond “product experience” (engineering and design), to the larger concept of 3DEXPERIENCE, which adds business intelligence and other apps to its offering in...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

ANSYS customers “receptive to LT vision”, boost Q2

Aug 2, 2012 | Hot Topics

ANSYS reported results today that were at worst in line with and often ahead of expectations, causing shareholders to drive the stock price up 12% in early trading. CEO Jim Cashman summed it up this way: “All key metrics of our business were strong, including...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Quickies: 3D Systems, CENIT, FARO & Stratasys

Aug 1, 2012 | Hot Topics

While you’re undoubtedly thinking “beach”, earnings news continues to roll. In general, Q2 seems to have been quite strong but there is concern about the rest of the year, with some companies reporting that activity in Europe started to drop off...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

DS’ great Q2 – a step closer to €2 billion

Jul 27, 2012 | Hot Topics

Dassault Systèmes yesterday reported on its second quarter results and raised its guidance for the full year to €2 billion — quite a milestone. But much of the content of the presentation and conference calls wasn’t about last quarter, but about how DS...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

PTC: refreshing candor, good results

Jul 26, 2012 | Hot Topics

At the end of the March earnings call, we were left with a couple of questions about PTC. First, can the company improve its sales methodology — forecasting through closing — so that the missed opportunities that bedeviled last quarter don’t...
Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Nemetschek also sees Europe slowing

Jul 25, 2012 | Hot Topics

Nemetschek’s earnings release today did  little to calm concerns about a slide in engineering software sales in Europe, as it sees customers dealing with a projected economic slowdown. Second quarter results were good, as revenue rose 6% to €43 million to lift...