Book review: Bentley Annual Report
Bentley Systems is an unusual company, in that it's privately held yet gives an annual update on how the business is doing. The company held a conference call last month (blogged about here) and recently published its Annual Report which provides a bit more detail...
My dentist does CAD/CAM!
Like many people, I don't particularly like going to the dentist. But I'm lucky: my dentist is excellent and I especially like how he's always been on the leading edge of whatever is new in oral health. My last checkup showed that I had managed to crack a filling,...
MuM 2012: Off to a strong start
Mensch and Maschine Software (MuM) today reported that preliminary Q1 figures indicate that revenue from its continuing operations were up about 17%, but in total were about half of that recorded in Q1, 2011. Sales from the proprietary software segment, M + M Software...
Robots and boilers: automating ETO
Sometimes the universe just whacks you on the head and says "Pay attention!". I was at SolidWorks World back in February, having lunch with a guy who designs robots that paint cars, cabinets, furniture - anything that moves slowly down a conveyor belt, or into and...
COFES 2012: Clouds in the desert
COFES, the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, takes place in the Arizona desert each April. Usually, the sun is glorious, the birds sing, the rabbits hop and the 300 or so attendees scurry between sessions and meetings, with the occasional pause by a pool...
3D Systems expands into aero, medical
The news just keeps on coming -- clearly, the engineering software space is in the throws of a massive acquisition binge. Today, 3D Systems announced that it has acquired Paramount Industries, a direct manufacturing and product development solutions provider to the...
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...