Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports

Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports

Jan 22, 2013 | Hot Topics

Just because we’re off celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or the US Presidential Inauguration, or here in Orlando at SolidWorks World doesn’t mean lots wasn’t happening in the rest of the world. A quick recap of what you might have missed:...
Acquisitions just keep coming: Autodesk, Hexagon

Acquisitions just keep coming: Autodesk, Hexagon

Jan 9, 2013 | Hot Topics

Just a couple of days ago, we posted a quick recap of recent acquisitions — and already that post needs to be updated with new info. Autodesk announced that is has acquired PI-VR, maker of VRED, real-time visualization technology that’s used primarily by...
Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports

Quickies: Acquisitions news from the break

Jan 7, 2013 | Hot Topics

Welcome back! While some of us were out of the office, others were clearly hard at work and doing more than sipping eggnog. This week, we’ll try to catch up. Acquisitions didn’t seem to slow down one bit as the year rolled over, as a number of companies...
Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports

Quickies: Earnings good to tepid so far

Oct 31, 2012 | Hot Topics

We’re still recovering from hurricane Sandy here in New England. Schools are open as are most roads, but a lot of people are still without power and assessing damage. It could have been a lot worse, so we’re grateful. It’s interesting that the New...
Quickies: Aras, Autodesk, AVEVA, Bentley Pointools, Delcam, Hexagon, PTC

Quickies: AVEVA and Hexagon

Sep 10, 2012 | Hot Topics

It’s not even 8AM here on the East Coast of the US, and we’ve already had a boatload of news to get the week off to a running start. First up, AVEVA announced that it is partnering with Infosys to speed delivery of its AVEVA NET engineering information...
Quickies: Hexagon acquires, Geometric reports

Hexagon on track to hit €3.5B by 2015

Aug 21, 2012 | Hot Topics

For a company that very few people have heard of, Hexagon is doing quite well. Its engineering-related brands include Leica Geosystems, Intergraph, CADWorx and its customers include process plants operators, EPCs, surveyors, NASA, auto makers and aircraft...

Hexagon goes Blom-y

Jun 6, 2012 | Hot Topics

Last week Hexagon AB, the parent company of Intergraph, Leica Geosystems and other brands you likely know if you follow engineering software, announced its intention to acquire 25% of the shares of Blom ASA for approximately €9 million. I held off writing about it...

AVEVA & Hexagon expand offerings

May 23, 2012 | Hot Topics

We interrupt the regularly scheduled blog to note two acquisitions this week (so far – it’s only Wednesday!). One is decidedly old-school, as AVEVA adds bocad’s structural detailing of steel, glass, wood and more to its portfolio. The other, by Hexagon, is...

Hexagon’s Q1 upbeat, trouble in SG&I

May 10, 2012 | Hot Topics

Hexagon AB, the parent company of Intergraph, Leica and other brands, reported results for the March quarter earlier this week. CEO Ola Rollén characterized the group’s overall performance as a good start to the year, but reflecting uneven performance across regions...