Super-quick: Hexagon’s Rollén acquitted — again
Hexagon just issued this announcement: Ola Rollén acquitted from all charges for the second time 2019-06-26 20:15 GMT+02 Ola Rollén, Hexagon’s President and CEO, was today acquitted for the second time from the insider trading allegations by the Norwegian economic...
Carbon raises another $260 million to advance 3DP
And one more bit of 3D printing news: Carbon, a company that's billed as a "3D printing poster child" by Venturebeat says it has raised $260 million in venture round led by Madrone Capital Partners and Baillie Gifford, with other partners Sequoia Capital, Adidas...
ExOne and Siemens partner for IoT-enabled 3DP
Siemens and ExOne, maker of sand and metal 3D printers, just announced a partnership targeted at bringing its binder jetting technology to prospects in the foundry, aerospace, automotive, energy and other markets. According to the announcement, Siemens’ MindSphere is...
Hexagon adds to its additive bench
One of the things I learned at Hexagon's HxGN LIVE conference (but haven't had time to write about yet, sorry) is that the company is on a mission regarding 3D printing (3DP). Planning, prepping, simulating, doing. Today, Hexagon announced that it is acquiring...
Quickie: DS invests in BioSerenity telehealth startup
Hot on the heels of its planned acquisition of Medidata, Dassault Systèmes announced that it is the lead investor in a €65 million Series B financing round for BioSerenity, a startup developing telehealth solutions. BioSerenity combines textiles, wearable sensors and...
DS + Medidata = PLMish for Life Science
Last week, Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced that it was buying the US firm Medidata for $5.7 billion. It's a deal that has a lot of people in the automotive and aerospace industries, long DS' sweet spot, wondering, why? First, though, DS' why. DS says Medidata will...
One more: PTC acquires AR agency TWNKLS
When so many conferences happen at the same time, news blizzards also happen. PTC announced today that it has acquired PTC TWNKLS, a European company that creates tailor-made augmented reality (AR) applications and offers related services. PTC says the acquisition...
Siemens acquires South African distributor ESTEQ
And the news keeps rolling: Siemens Digital Industries Software (fka Siemens PLM Software) just announced that it will acquire select assets of ESTEQ, a PLMish distributor in South Africa. [Not in the deal is ESTEQ's Test and Measurement business; it remains...
HxGN aims to help us save ourselves
Back in Vegas! I'm at Hexagon's user conference, HxGN LIVE, most of this week--so yes, not at PTC LiveWorx or Siemens Realize LIVE (so much LIVE, no?)-- with a daunting schedule of meetings and sessions. I hope to learn what makes this agglomeration of software,...
DS buys Medidata clinical trial software
Super quick: Dassault Systèmes announced that it is buying Medidata Solutions for $5.8 billion in cash. Medidata is publicly traded in the US and makes software used in clinical drug trials. This had been rumored for a while, with DS CEO Bernard Charlès telling...