CENIT & Softech: Mixed pictures
Yesterday was a really busy news day, what with earnings news from AVEVA, CENIT and Softech and the merger of Objet and Stratasys-- not to mention trying to write future posts about COFES, Rulestream and CD-adapco’s user conference --and so a couple of items had to be...
AVEVA’s fiscal 2012: “strong finish”
AVEVA today offered a sneak preview of its performance during the September 2011 - March 2012 portion of their fiscal year. Full results will be announced on May 28. The wording of the announcement makes it a bit difficult to parse, with not-particularly-glowing...
Makers: Objet and Stratasys merge
Last week, 3D Systems acquired My Robot Nation as it continues to broaden its reach to the consumer maker market. Today, Stratasys and Objet further heated up the 3D printing market on news that they would merge their two companies into the Stratasys brand. It’s a...
DDD acquires My Robot Nation
The move to bring ever more technology into the hands of makers picked up a bit more steam yesterday, as 3D Systems Corp. (DDD) announced that it has acquired My Robot Nation, a web platform that enables users to design and manufacture their own toy robots. It’s quite...
Why do companies preannounce?
A couple of readers have emailed and tweeted to ask: Why does a company like PTC rush to announce bad news? After all, they reason, releasing the news now or later doesn’t change the ultimate outcome: PTC’s results are what they are, the stock price probably would...
PTC hits a “substantial pothole”
I go away for a few days, and what happens? PTC starts earnings season off very early with a bit of bad news. It’s nothing fatal, and not even all that remarkable a shortfall but even so, the company’s shares fell as much as 23% on the news. Basically, a large deal in...
MuM’s 2011 shows a VAR in transition
Mensch und Maschine last week gave formal, final results for 2011 that confirmed its earlier disclosure and provides more details -- but the big takeaway is that MuM’s new strategy appears to be working. Over the last 18 months or so, MuM has sold off much of its...
CD-adapco: Bikes, cars and so much more
Did you know that the weight of a bicycle becomes relevant only when the grade of the road you're riding on is 8% or higher? The bike's aerodynamics come into play on flats, uphills and downhills and, it turns out, have a significantly greater impact on a cyclist's...
Nemetschek bullish on 2012
Nemetschek, the German provider of AEC tools including the Allplan and Graphisoft brands, published final results for 2011 that were in line with earlier figures. As anticipated, revenue grew 10% in 2011 to €164 million. Growth and profitability were driven by...
ESI: 2011 shows strong growth in base
ESI Group, with a fiscal year ending January 31, 2012, reported total revenue of €94 million, an increase of 12% over last year as its large automotive and aerospace clients ramped up spending. CEO Alain de Rouvray said, “Faced with substantial competitive pressure...