Sandvik kicks off PLMish earnings with flair
Sandvik kicks off PLMish earnings with flair Sandvik announced its fiscal third quarter earnings today, and the manufacturing solutions business led the way. Recall that the company is both acquiring (adding 5 cutting tool companies in Q3 alone) and divesting at the...
Deals, Deals, Deals: Hexagon & Ansys acquire tuck-ins, even as VCs slow their roll
Deals, Deals, Deals: Hexagon & Ansys acquire tuck-ins, even as VCs slow their roll PLMish companies continue to add incrementally to their offerings, though none has made a big, game-changing acquisition in a while. Today, Ansys said that it was adding thermal...
Travel, tech adoption & news from Tech Soft 3D, Hexagon & Sandvik
Travel, tech adoption & news from Tech Soft 3D, Hexagon & Sandvik I’ve been traveling for work for the last two weeks. When time permits, I’ll write about ESI LIVE 2022 and Autodesk University (AU), but I owe you a little catchup. It’s been...
Schneider Electric to buy rest of AVEVA
Schneider Electric to buy rest of AVEVA Schneider Electric announced today that it is going to go ahead with its plan to buy the 40% or so of AVEVA that it doesn’t already own. The company said that it will offer AVEVA shareholders £31 per share, which would...
3 on a Wednesday: Altair, Dassault Systèmes, and Trimble all acquire tech tuck-ins
3 on a Wednesday: Altair, Dassault Systèmes, and Trimble all acquire tech tuck-ins Venture funding may be drying up a bit, and valuations coming down just a little mean acquisition time. Three deals were announced in the last 40 hours or so: Altair announced that it...
4 on a Friday: Altair Radioss goes open source; PTC & TechSoft 3D acquire; and thank you, Ma’am
4 on a Friday: Altair Radioss goes open source; PTC & TechSoft 3D acquire; and thank you, Ma’am A lot is going on, so let’s get right to it: Altair has made the Radioss solver available via open source as OpenRadioss, available at www.openradioss.org....
ESI momentum may finally be building: H1 revenue up 6%
ESI momentum may finally be building: H1 revenue up 6% ESI Group today reported results for the second quarter and half year ending on June 30th. The details, then some comments: Revenue for the first six months of 2022 was €84 million, up 6% as reported and up 4% at...
And one more: Hexagon adds iConstruct
And one more: Hexagon adds iConstruct Ever have this feeling? You KNOW you forgot something but have no idea what? Well, here’s what I just forgot: Hexagon yesterday announced that it has acquired iConstruct, makers of construction automation solutions used in...
