Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB How interesting: Schneider Electric just announced that it is buying RIB Software, the German maker of cloud and desktop solutions for AEC/construction projects, for €1.4 billion (a 6.5x revenue multiple). Why?...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor

Koch Equity buys rest of Infor It’s not as though this is a slow news week … here’s one more, super quick: Infor, the ERP vendor, is being acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC, the investment subsidiary of Koch Industries, the huge conglomerate...
MuM’s prelim results for 2019 show organic revenue up 25%

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019

Nemetschek reports revenue up 21% in 2019 It’s a big day for PLMish earnings, with Siemens, Hexagon and Nemetschek all announcing results for the year ending quarter, so let’s get right to it. Nemetschek issued preliminary results which include only...
Schneider Electric gets into construction, buys RIB

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering

Hexagon adds to its GIS CaaS offering You could be forgiven for not realizing that Hexagon, besides offering lots of design, engineering and manufacturing technology, also sells data. In fact, that was a major feature of Hexagon’s Capital Markets Day back in...
MuM’s prelim results for 2019 show organic revenue up 25%

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal

A bit more on the ANSYS / Aras OEM deal I had a number of questions about the new / upgraded relationship between ANSYS and Aras that was announced last week and reached out to both companies for more details. ANSYS VP Strategy and Partnerships Sin Min Yap told me the...
PLM goes green?

PLM goes green?

PLM goes green? I believe in science. In the null hypothesis. In finding the root cause. And science says we are not doing nearly enough to reverse the damage already done to our planet by our homes, factories, cars, ships and planes, and to prevent further climate...