From poet Kate Baer: What to Write After Yet Another School Shooting
It’s been a ridiculously busy week, but I can’t get the Nashville school shooting off my mind. This, from poet Kate J Baer via https://www.instagram.com/p/CeOfd76uKep/, says what I can’t. We’ll be back to PLMish news next week, I hope. If you happen...
Happy Pi Day!
Happy Pi Day! Have I ever told you my butter ruler story? No? Well … In the US, butter typically comes in sticks wrapped in wax paper. The paper usually has the maker’s logo, the stick’s weight and a magical butter ruler. We (in the US) do things...
Nano Dimension offers to buy rest of Stratasys
Nano Dimension offers to buy rest of Stratasys Nano Dimension just announced that it wants to buy the 85% or so of Stratasys shares it doesn’t already own for about $1.1 billion. You might remember that Nano Dimension disclosed a 12% stake in Stratasys last...
Deal roundup: Extension not reinvention at Bentley, Hexagon, Altair, Nemetschek, and Trimble
Deal roundup: Extension not reinvention at Bentley, Hexagon, Altair, Nemetschek, and Trimble There has been so much earnings news –generally good retrospectively with varying degrees of caution looking ahead– that I’ve lost sight of one of the...
Earnings catch up: Dassault Systèmes reports solid Q4, guides to slow start to 2023
Earnings catch up: Dassault Systèmes reports solid Q4, guides to slow start to 2023 Dassault Systèmes recently reported Q4 2022 revenue of €1,584 million, up 16% as reported and up 10% in constant currencies (cc). Software revenue was €1,429 million, up 15% (up 9%...
Earnings catch up: Siemens reports FQ1, ups DI growth targets
Earnings catch up: Siemens reports FQ1, ups DI growth targets Siemens recently announced upbeat results for its fiscal first quarter — so good, in fact, that the company raised guidance for Digital Industries (DI) and Smart Infrastructure and, as a result, for the...
Nemetschek hits 2022 revenue target — just
Nemetschek hits 2022 revenue target — just Nemetschek announced preliminary results for fiscal 2022 earlier today, indicating that business slowed slightly in Q4. For 2022, the company reported revenue of €802 million, which means Q4 revenue of €203 million...
PTC’s FQ1 was good, but macroeconomic worries loom
PTC’s FQ1 was good, but macroeconomic worries loom PTC announced fiscal Q1 2023 results last night that were better than expected in some areas. Profit was up but not as much as expected, and ARR was bigger than expected even though growth slowed a bit …...

