Ansys to acquire Analytical Graphics for $700 million
Ansys to acquire Analytical Graphics for $700 million Ansys just announced that it will acquire Analytical Graphics (AGI), maker of electronics simulation solutions for space applications, for a whopping $700 million, 2/3 of which will be paid in cash and the rest,...
A mixed bag: Schneider Electric and Dassault Systèmes announce very different Q3s
A mixed bag: Schneider Electric and Dassault Systèmes announce very different Q3s There’s much to parse with both of these companies, so this is a brief recital of facts while I figure out what, if anything it all means. Press releases and recaps were in the...
MuM’s Q3 down 7% — but that’s better than Q2
MuM’s Q3 down 7% — but that’s better than Q2 One of the earnings bellwethers in our PLMish universe, Mensch und Maschine (MuM), reported this morning that its Q3 was … not as bad as Q2 … and that it expects Q4 to start ramping back up....
CGTech to be acquired by Sandvik
CGTech to be acquired by Sandvik Sandvik, a global engineering company with about 40,000 employees, has announced that it will acquire CGTech, the company you probably know best as the maker of VERICUT, the CNC verification and optimization software. Sandvik is a...
Tech Soft acquires Ceetron for CAE visualization
Tech Soft acquires Ceetron for CAE visualization Now this is interesting. Just into the inbox: Tech Soft 3D, the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits, today announces that it has acquired Ceetron AS, experts in developing 3D visualization...
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure dives deep into digital twins
Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure dives deep into digital twins Depending on whom you’re speaking with, digital twins are either unfathomably complex and therefore out of reach, self-serving vendor-babble, or a really useful way of thinking about assets and...
AVEVA reports H1 revenue down 12% cc
AVEVA reports H1 revenue down 12% cc I thought we weren’t going to get an update on AVEVA earnings until Schneider Electric reports Q3 results — but, no, it came sooner. Yesterday, AVEVA said that revenue for its April to September half-year would be...
Altair acquires M-Base for plastics
Altair acquires M-Base for plastics Altair just announced that is has acquired M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH, supplier of the Material Data Center materials database and material information system, targeted at the makers and users of plastics. Altair says this...
