5 on a Friday: Aras, Hexagon, Sandvik acquire; Nemetschek invests and earnings are a GO
One year ends and another begins ... pretty much as the old one left off. While we were eating too many cookies in late December, Nemetschek and Sandvik announced deals; Aras and Hexagon started the year off with acquisitions of their own: On Tuesday, Aras announced...
Really? Are AI & CAE tied for impact on design over the next 5 years?
Digital Engineering magazine surveyed its readers late last year about the future of design and came up with a slew of interesting findings. You can read their summary of the overall results here, but I'd like to focus on just one aspect: When answering the question,...
Can the auto industry change to build-to-order?
Happy New Year! I hope you were able to chill at least a little in that magic time between "got to get it all done", "oops, too late" and "it's a brand new year of possibilities". Speaking of ... I watched far too much football (the US type, NFL) over my break, and...
May your 2022 …
... be filled with health, happiness, joy, and success. We'll see you then! This lovely dawn was photographed by ErikTanghe. You can see more of their work here.
Quickie: Autodesk adds more estimating, Nemetschek adds digital sculpting
It feels a bit like a year-end flush of deal pipelines, with Nemetschek and Autodesk announcing the fourth and fifth acquisitions just this week in our PLMish world: First, Autodesk said that it is acquiring ProEst, a cloud-based construction estimating solution that...
Quickie: Altair and Trimble acquire to expand their reaches
Super quick, since it's a busy day: Altair announced this morning that it has acquired World Programming, a company that makes data analytics software used in financial services and insurance. Altair CEO Jim Scapa said that "[w]e ... see this acquisition as a...
Bentley adds geostatistics with AR2Tech acquisition
Bentley Systems last night announced that its Seequent business acquired Advanced Resources and Risk Technology (aka AR2Tech), makers of geostatistical software applications. Remember that Seequent makes 3D subsurface modeling and collaboration tools, sold into...
3 on a Thursday: Gamma and Xometry acquire (not each other), sad news from VRandD
The calendar is racing towards the end of 2021 -- and it actually feels like that, doesn't it? Normally there's a sense of slowing down, of coasting into the year-end, but not this year. A few bits of news you may not be aware of: Gamma Technologies announced that it...
3+1 on a Friday: Centric acquires, Rescale gets more funding, Sandvik expands its software offerings
A busy week or so to catch up on: Centric Software, the majority-owned-by-Dassault Systèmes maker of PLM solutions for fashion, retail and similar industries has acquired Armonica Retail, which makes cloud-native retail planning solutions. Armonica offers everything...
Happy Thanksgiving!
We have so much to be thankful for. There are the usual food, friends, family, and shelter -- never to be taken for granted. This year, we need to add the scientists, inventors, and manufacturers behind the COVID vaccines and treatments; the healthcare workers who...