Best wishes from Schnitger Corp!
What a year it’s been! We’d like to wish each and every one of you only the best for the rest of 2018 and all of 2019 — and thank you for reading, commenting, emailing and keeping a lively discussion going. See you in...
More from the inbox: BIOVIA acquires plus news about Modelon, FINALCAD, Trimble, PTC + Frustum
The inbox is overflowing with news — perhaps as everyone clears the decks before heading out for year-end holidays. Here, a few more items: Dassault Systèmes announced this morning that its BIOVIA brand has acquired of COSMOlogic, maker of a predictive...
Quickie: Sad news from BETA CAE, plus updates from Altair, MuM and RIB
A quick catch-up on recent happenings, starting with the sad news that the Managing Director of BETA CAE Systems SA, Christos Kolovos, passed away on December 7. He was one of founders of BETA CAE and was a member of the Boards of Directors of several group...
Quickie: DS to acquire IQMS for SMB ERP
Yet another acronym salad; sorry about that.Dassault Systèmes just announced that it plans to acquire IQMS, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) company focusing on the small and medium enterprise portion of the manufacturing sector, for $425M in cash. From the press...
Bentley goes open, open source that is
In October, at its Year in Infrastructure event, Bentley Systems announced that part of its vision for AEC industry interoperability would go open source. It was a big deal announcement and deserves more than the mention I was able to give it at the time.First, what...
Quickie: Siemens adds to wire harness offering by acquiring COMSA & LDorado
Siemens just announced it is acquiring COMSA Computer und Software GmbH, developer of electrical systems design and wire harness engineering software. I was not aware of Its LDorado suite, but Siemens says it is the leader in harness design and engineering software...
Quickie: Aras raises another $70 million in funding
Aras just announced that it has raised another $70 million in equity funding, this time led by Goldman Sachs Private Capital Investing group with participation from Silver Lake Kraftwerk and GE Ventures, both prior investor. These funds will support global...
Just in: Envenio becomes part of JUUL
Now this is interesting. Envenio, which offered cloud based, on-demand, GPU-powered CFD simulation, just sent out an email saying they’ve been acquired by JUUL and will cease independent operations at the end of December. Envenio’s EXN/Aero, is a...

