M&A Deal Summary

Autodesk Acquires Micro Application Packages

On October 20, 2011, Autodesk acquired software company Micro Application Packages

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Autodesk’s 25th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Autodesk’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-10-20
Target Micro Application Packages
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Autodesk
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Micro Application Packages

Blackpool, United Kingdom
Micro Application Packages Ltd. has provided estimating, CAD and CAM applications for the construction and building services industries for the past 29 years. Its products have been specifically written to fulfill key stages within the HVAC, Mechanical, Public Health and Electrical Containment industries, from design and estimating, through coordination to procurement and manufacturing.

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Buyer

Autodesk

San Rafael, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Software
Employees15,300
Revenue 6.1B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Autodesk's corporate headquarters in Mill Valley, California.
Entrance to Autodesk's corporate headquarters in Mill Valley, California.

Autodesk is a provider of design software for customers in the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, digital media, consumer, and entertainment industries. Autodesk's sophisticated software products enable customers to experience their ideas before they are real. Customers are able to imagine, design, and create their ideas by visualizing, simulating and analyzing real-world performance early in the design process by creating and manipulating digital prototypes. Autodesk's professional software products are sold globally, both directly to customers and through a network of resellers and distributors. Additionally, the Company sells a line of consumer products for digital art, personal design and creativity, and home design. Autodesk was founded in 1982 and is based in San Rafael, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 33 of 61
Sector: Software M&A 25 of 37
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 28 of 55
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2011 M&A 7 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-08-25 NUMENUS Technology Assets

Germany

Numenus specializes in interactive rendering directly from NURBS (Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines) data to provide instant, photorealistic design renderings for designers, engineers and marketing professionals.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-11-06 GRIP Entertainment

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

GRIP Entertainment is a privately-held artificial intelligence (AI) game middleware company.

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