It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings
It’s good to be a CAE supplier: notes on Ansys and Altair earnings Altair and Ansys reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, a few weeks agoand it’s time to catch up. First, a quick recap of the individual results, then what investment...
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics
Tech Soft 3D continues buildout, acquires Visual Kinematics Tech Soft 3D today announced that it has acquired Visual Kinematics (VKI), which makes DevTools, a suite of component software development kits (SDKs) for CAE applications. This comes just a few weeks after...
Siemens adds computational chemistry modeling to Simcenter
Siemens adds computational chemistry modeling to Simcenter This is interesting. Maybe ten years ago, innovation was all about electrifying mechanical systems. Today, it seems to rely on material science: what can we create that’s lighter, stronger, conductive,...
ESI’s Q3 shows slowing declines — no upturn just yet, though
ESI’s Q3 shows slowing declines — no upturn just yet, though ESI Group just reported its Q3 results — and they pretty much reflect the patterns seen so far this year but hint that things may soon improve. Total Q3 revenue was €22 million, down 12% as...
Ansys to acquire Analytical Graphics for $700 million
Ansys to acquire Analytical Graphics for $700 million Ansys just announced that it will acquire Analytical Graphics (AGI), maker of electronics simulation solutions for space applications, for a whopping $700 million, 2/3 of which will be paid in cash and the rest,...
Tech Soft acquires Ceetron for CAE visualization
Tech Soft acquires Ceetron for CAE visualization Now this is interesting. Just into the inbox: Tech Soft 3D, the leading provider of engineering software development toolkits, today announces that it has acquired Ceetron AS, experts in developing 3D visualization...
Altair acquires M-Base for plastics
Altair acquires M-Base for plastics Altair just announced that is has acquired M-Base Engineering + Software GmbH, supplier of the Material Data Center materials database and material information system, targeted at the makers and users of plastics. Altair says this...
Quickies: Bentley sets IPO price, Altair acquires for HPC
Quickies: Bentley sets IPO price, Altair acquires for HPC I go away for a couple of days, and what happens? Yup. Newsy things! Here are two items of interest: Bentley issued another update to its IPO filing, this time with prices for the shares. You can see it here....
