Investments aplenty: AutoForm to change hands, nTop gets funding
Investments aplenty: AutoForm to change hands, nTop gets funding A couple of things I didn’t have time to write about last week, both investments in PLMish companies. And, stunningly, we’re talking about billions of dollars changing hands — and this...
Quickie: Bentley adds to utility offering, acquires Power Line Systems
Quickie: Bentley adds to utility offering, acquires Power Line Systems Bentley Systems last night announced that it will acquire Power Line Systems, maker of tools for the design of overhead electric power transmission lines and towers, for $700 million in cash or a...
6 on a Wednesday: Bentley buys more rail asset management, Hexagon completes Infor EAM deal, Velo3D trading as VLD, Dassault Systèmes partners with Synopsys, more on Emerson+AspenTech and SAP pre-announces
6 on a Wednesday: Bentley buys more rail asset management, Hexagon completes Infor EAM deal, Velo3D trading as VLD, Dassault Systèmes partners with Synopsys, more on Emerson+AspenTech and SAP pre-announces A quick roundup of just a bit of the recent PLMish news:...
Emerson is acquiring 55% of AspenTech for $6 billion + stock
Last week, there was much speculation that Emerson Electric and AspenTech were in merger talks–that was real, and a deal has been reached. The headline is “Emerson to Accelerate Software Strategy to Capitalize on High Growth Industry Verticals and...
Quickie: Emerson buying AspenTech? Not so fast!
Quickie: Emerson buying AspenTech? Not so fast! Bloomberg last night published a note that said that Emerson Electric Co. is in talks over a combination with Aspen Technology Inc. to create an industrial software giant, according to people with knowledge of the...
Bentley adds to mining offering with Minalytix acquisition
Bentley adds to mining offering with Minalytix acquisition Bentley just announced that its Seequent business has acquired Minalytix, a Canadian company that makes the MX Deposit suite of products. Minalytix was already partly owned by Seequent, though the press...
Ansys adds Zemax optical imaging system simulation to its portfolio
Ansys adds Zemax optical imaging system simulation to its portfolio Ansys has announced that it will acquire Zemax, maker of high-performance optical imaging system simulation solutions. The terms of the deal were not announced, but it is expected to close in the...
Sandvik building CAM powerhouse by acquisition
Sandvik building CAM powerhouse by acquisition Last year Sandvik acquired CGTech, makers of Vericut. I, like many people, thought “well, that’s interesting” and moved on. Then in July, Sandvik announced it was snapping up the holding company for Cimatron, GibbsCAM...
