3D Systems + Cimatron a done deal — circle get tighter
3D Systems announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Cimatron for $97 million. We all knew it was coming, after the deal was first confirmed back in November, but it's still a bit of a shock to realize that there are just two large, pureplay CAM...
FARO acquires ARAS 360 — nope, not that Aras
Things are so hectic right now that I read the headline quickly, did a double-take -- and then read it again: FARO Technologies, the 3D measurement and laser scanning company, acquired ARAS 360 Technologies to add to its accident and crime reconstruction offering. Not...
Hexagon’s 2014 ended strong; PP&M, up 14%
Yesterday we had solid growth from DS, a company still deriving most of its revenue from discrete manufacturing industries. How did the AEC/infrastructure/metrology world fare in Q4? Hexagon says it went well, as organic revenue was up 18% as reported and up 9% on an...
DS reports Q4 revenue up 19%, software up 16%
Dassault Systèmes just reported a Q4 that should make investors quite happy. In Paris, the share price is up around 5% at mid-day local time. Total IFRS revenue was €673 million, up 19% as reported and up 16% in constant currency (cc), right in the middle of guidance,...
Q&A: Pre-announcing earnings, good and bad
People wind up on the Schnitger Corp. website for all sorts of reasons: links from other sites, search engines, the fact that an ancestor was a famous organ builder in German (yup. Didn't inherit that gene.) ... For some reason, today's visitors got here via several...
So much news — so little time: ADSK, ANSS, SSYS
Wow - what a day. And it’s not even 9AM! First up, Autodesk says that most new commercial seats of standalone software will be sold via subscription beginning on February 1, 2016. From the company’s perspective, this move creates revenue stability and visibility,...
Nemetschek Q4 up 26%, F14 up 18%, ahead of forecasts
Nemetschek Group, parent company of Nemetschek, Graphisoft, VectorWworks and other brands, just announced that it blew past forecasts to close out 2014 on a very high note. Q4 revenue was up 25.7% to €65.0 million on organic growth of 12.6%. Total revenue for the year...
PTC’s FQ1 conference call was a masterpiece
PTC’s fiscal first quarter wasn’t perfect and it wasn’t a disaster — but the company’s handling of its conference call with analysts was truly masterful. As teenagers, we all learned that if we didn’t want to tell our parents something, we needed to direct the...
PTC paints a mixed picture for FQ1
It wasn't the best possible Q1 but it could have been a lot worse. PTC reported that total revenue was basically flat with last year at $325 million, as it encourages customers to switch to subscriptions and copes with a discouraging manufacturing economy. On a...
AVEVA sees challenges in oil & gas, growth in power vertical
Surprising, well, no one, AVEVA Group today said that parts of its business are "significantly more challenging due to the well-documented budget constraints among Owner Operator customers in the Oil & Gas industry". On the plus side, its Engineering & Design...