A wander through PLMish earnings so far
This has been an unusually long and somewhat fraught earnings season. We started with Dassault Systèmes' preannouncement, wandered through the drama around Autodesk's delayed publication of its fiscal 2024 (ended 31 January) annual report and subsequent Q1 filings...
Super-quick: Renesas completes Altium acquisition
Renesas announced yesterday that it had completed the AUS$9.1 billion (Yen 887.9 billion; US$6 billion or so) acquisition of Altium and that Altium is now a Renesas subsidiary. In announcing the closing, Renesas CEO Hidetoshi Shibata said, "The integrated and open...
Hexagon reports flat Q2 2023, looks ahead to economic recovery
Last week, Hexagon reported Q2 total revenue of €1,353 million, flat year/year, amid global weakness in the construction sector and slowing investments in automotive, affecting sales of sensing and robotic systems. Bright spot? Mining in Latin America. The company...
PLMish earnings update: Nemetschek, Cadence, SAP all hold steady
The first real week of PLMish earnings went reasonably well. Dassault Systèmes gave more detail on the disappointing news from a few weeks ago but didn’t fundamentally change anything. Hexagon saw a "challenging demand environment", with overall revenue down 1% to...
Super quick schnitgercorp.com RSS update
Do you still use RSS, Real Simple Syndication? I do -- it's an old-fashioned way of finding out who's written what without going to each blog site. Unfortunately, fewer websites are creating RSS feeds, and so the tools that we used to rely on no longer work (ahem ......
MuM didn’t see problems in Q2; reports record half-year
Mensch und Maschine (MuM) today reported results for the second quarter—and the good news is that it was the strongest H1 in the company's history. Of course, it is not selling megadeals to aerospace and defense companies as Dassault Systemes is, but I’m taking...
DS starts PLMish earnings on a down note
And here we go—it’s the start of the third calendar quarter, which means we’ll hear from the publicly traded PLMish companies about how the second quarter went and what they expect for the rest of 2025. I admit, I didn’t see this one coming since general trends had...
Autodesk’s FQ1 overshadowed by accounting – but it was actually really good
Before we get into it: I titled my last blog about Autodesk’s earnings “Nothing to see here” — meaning, literally, nothing to see here, since Autodesk said its accounting review led them to conclude that nothing needed to be restated in any financial statements it had...
Nemetschek to acquire GoCanvas for over USD700 million
Deal news is flowing fast right now … Today, the Nemetschek Group announced that it will acquire the shares of GoCanvas Holdings, a US-based company that makes field worker collaboration solutions -- so, on a construction site. GoCanvas connects the job site on one...
Tech Soft 3D adds Theorem to its portfolio
Tech Soft 3D just announced that it's buying Theorem Solutions, makers of advanced CAD data translators and publishing tools. I'm most recently aware of their Theorem XR, which builds on their 30 years of repurposing 3D data via translators and publishing tools. At a...
Autodesk: everything is fine; nothing to see here
A quick update since so many of you have asked: On Friday, Autodesk said it had concluded its investigation into free cash flow and operating margin calculations and that there would be no restatement or adjustment of any previously released financial statements. In...
So much news: acquisitions, divestitures, non-deals and an appreciation
Last week, I was in the Cotswolds in England. It was gorgeous; I’ll tell you more about it some other time — but, oh my goodness, the PLMish world kept going! Yes, there’s lots of earnings news, much of which isn’t the most upbeat, but we also have other things to...
Even Siemens’ hardware is going software
Last month, I spent a few days with Siemens at its Karlsruhe facility, home to the Process Automation division (as well as a canteen, manufacturing plant, and I don’t know what else—it’s a massive complex where thousands of people work). Here’s what I learned during...
Bentley goes Blyncsy for AI
(Sorry - I’m truly terrible at headlines.) Do you remember // did you listen to Bentley’s Q4 earnings call? CEO Greg Bentley was very excited about the potential of the company’s asset analytics offerings, specifically its 2023 acquisition of Blyncsy. You may remember...
Q4 earnings wrap: Altair, Ansys, Autodesk, Bentley, Hexagon, PTC, Siemens DI Software — and what I want to know about Q1
The earnings news cycle is about to kick off again, and I owe you a recap of what we learned about the December quarter. I always start these earnings seasons with high hopes and a plan to get out timely recaps … and every quarter, something derails me. So let’s recap...
Catchup: Bentley gets a new CEO, Francisco acquires Jama, JDM buys Penta and STRUXI, Stratasys snaps up Arevo’s IP, Synopsys+Ansys still a go
Happy Spring! While you've been out gathering daffodils (not us - we had snow last weekend here in New England), the PLMish world has kept up a steady stream of news. In no particular order, Bentley Systems announced that Nicholas Cumins will become CEO as of 1 July...
Quickies: Mensch und Maschine on digital twins for machining — and have pie for Pi Day
Last month, at the start of earnings season in our PLMish world, Germany's Mensch und Maschine (MuM) released preliminary figures for 2023 that showed solid business execution, even as Autodesk fiddles with its pricing and changes how buyers will work with it and its...
Cadence to buy BETA CAE for $1.24 billion
Wow. Cadence just announced that it is buying all of the shares of BETA CAE Systems for --hold on-- $1.24 billion in a cash (60%) and Cadence common stock (40%) deal. That's a lot of money (IMHO, even for a terrific asset like BETA) - why is Cadence doing this?...
Sandvik to acquire Cimquest, the CAM & 3DP reseller
We interrupt space and earnings news to tell you about another acquisition: Sandvik has announced that it will acquire Cimquest, the largest Mastercam reseller. (Remember that Sandvik acquired CNC Software, the maker of Mastercam, in 2021.) In the press release,...
“Welcome to the Moon”
Yesterday was SUCH a strange day. It started normally enough for a Thursday during earnings season: try to catch up on the earnings released the evening before — while answering emails about them and other recent doings. Oh, and all of the non-earning stuff, too. I...
