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...
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise
Hexagon acquires PAS Global for its OT, cybersecurity expertise Hexagon just announced that it will acquire PAS Global, a maker of operations technology (OT) and cybersecurity solutions that are used across industries to prevent, detect, and remediate cyber threats,...
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems
Battery Ventures buys Cimatron & GibbsCAM from 3D Systems It was just announced that Battery Ventures, an investor across our PLMish universe and most recently in Tech Soft, will buy the Cimatron and GibbsCAM software businesses from 3D Systems Corporation. But...
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,...
Quickie: Hexagon snaps up ESPRIT CAM solutions
Quickie: Hexagon snaps up ESPRIT CAM solutions Remember just yesterday, when Hexagon CEO Ola Rollén told investors to stay tuned, that there was significant acquisition activity, even in a time of Covid? Welp. Today, Hexagon announced that it will acquire D.P....
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,...
CGTech to be acquired by Sandvik
CGTech to be acquired by Sandvik Sandvik, a global engineering company with about 40,000 employees, has announced that it will acquire CGTech, the company you probably know best as the maker of VERICUT, the CNC verification and optimization software. Sandvik is a...
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...

