Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Happy New Year! May 2016 bring you nothing but happiness, health and prosperity! It’s starting the way 2015 ended: with news of acquisitions and divestitures. Nemetschek says that it has concluded its acquisition of all of the shares of Solibri. You may remember...
Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Nemetschek adds Solibri to its BIM offering

Do you BIM? If so, you’ve probably heard of Solibri, soon to be a Nemetschek company. Solibri makes what could be called quality assurance solutions for BIM, validating that models meet specific country/region and project standards and performing...
Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Bluebeam, new product releases lift Nemetschek

Nemetschek continues to rack up impressive growth, reporting that revenue was up 38% in Q3 to €71 million (33% in constant currencies), with the Bluebeam acquisition contributing €11 million. Organic growth, therefore, was 17% (12% to 13% in constant...
Nemetschek’s Q2 up 34%, boosted by Bluebeam

Nemetschek’s Q2 up 34%, boosted by Bluebeam

Earnings season continues to roll, with many IT and industrial companies reporting this week. So far, foreign exchange seems the dominant factor for many: fluctuations can cause companies to miss their targets purely because of the math and it can make goods and...

Nemetschek Q4 up 26%, F14 up 18%, ahead of forecasts

Nemetschek Group, parent company of Nemetschek, Graphisoft, VectorWworks and other brands, just announced that it blew past forecasts to close out 2014 on a very high note. Q4 revenue was up 25.7% to €65.0 million on organic growth of 12.6%. Total revenue for the year...
Nemetschek’s Q2 up 34%, boosted by Bluebeam

Graphisoft consolidates its hold on Italy

Graphisoft just announced that it has acquired the ArchiCAD distribution unit of Italy’s Cigraph, a long-time in-country reseller. The deals led to the opening of the Graphisoft’s first Italian office, made up of Cigraph people who will work with...
Welcome to 2016! Deals continue …

Nemetschek acquires Bluebeam for $100 million

Did you think the week was going to go by without any acquisitions? Nemetschek squeezed this one in, just before the start of the weekend. The company just announced that it will acquire Bluebeam Software, maker of Bluebeam Revu and other AEC-focused PDF creation,...
Nemetschek’s Q2 up 34%, boosted by Bluebeam

Nemetschek ups its BIM game

Nemetschek just announced that is has invested in a startup and acquired a majority stake in another company to level up its 3D Building Information Management (BIM) portfolio to include time (4D) and cost (5D) in project planning*. As I’ve written before, 4D/5D...
Morning coffee: recalls and virtual reality

Morning coffee: recalls and virtual reality

Good morning! Hope you had an awesome weekend. Let’s get this week off to a good start by recapping what happened last week. It’s the Economy … Economic news continues to be mixed. Depending on where you are in the world, it’s looking up or slowing down;...