May 27, 2026 | Hot Topics
The additive saga continues: Stratasys buys MarkForged I’ve written plenty about how technology needs to be timed just right: too early to market and a company expends all its energy and capital on educating that market on why the tech matters; too late, and a...
Mar 27, 2024 | Hot Topics
Catchup: Bentley gets a new CEO, Francisco acquires Jama, JDM buys Penta and STRUXI, Stratasys snaps up Arevo’s IP, Synopsys+Ansys still a go Happy Spring! While you’ve been out gathering daffodils (not us – we had snow last weekend here in New...
Jan 15, 2024 | Hot Topics
Welcome to 2024! Deal fever continues … I hope you were able to catch a little downtime over the year-end and that your 2024 is off to a great start. We had three winter storms in a week, lost power, shoveled a lot of snow — and are looking at more of the same...
Sep 28, 2023 | Hot Topics
Update: Stratasys + Desktop Metal = not happening Stratasys held its shareholder meeting today, and, as predicted, management couldn’t muster the votes to approve the combination with Desktop Metal. As a result, Dov Ofer, Chairman of Stratasys’ Board of Directors,...
Sep 27, 2023 | Hot Topics
5 on a Wednesday: Additive merger mania continues, news from the world of fashion and retail, Hexagon supports manufacturing startups There is so much going on right now that it’s hard to keep up. Here are a few things I’m watching: The saga of 3D Systems’ possible...
Sep 12, 2023 | Hot Topics
A quick update on the Additive Ball Remember how last month there was a will they/won’t they dance going on in the world of additive manufacturing? Well, the dance continues, with news on several fronts. To recap: Desktop Metal and Stratasys had planned a merger, then...
Jul 28, 2023 | Hot Topics
Partnering up at the Additive Ball Have you kept up with the Stratasys + Desktop Metal + 3D Systems + Nano Dimension saga? It’s been a captivating will they/won’t they that the striking Hollywood writers might want to turn into a movie when they’re back in the office...
Oct 25, 2022 | Hot Topics
4 on a Tuesday: Stratasys and AspenTech acquire, Samp gets funding, SAP reports It’s only Tuesday, and it’s already been quite a week. Here, in no particular order, are newsy bits that I think are interesting: Stratasys, the 3D printer company and owner...
May 12, 2022 | Hot Topics
MakerBot and Ultimaker to merge, secure $60 million investment Remember when we were all going to have 3D printers at home, making replacement knobs for our stoves, printing toys for kids, and doodads for our offices? Not so much. That never took off for many reasons...
