M&A Deal Summary

ANSYS Acquires 3DSIM

On November 15, 2017, ANSYS acquired software company 3DSIM

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ANSYS’s 14th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is ANSYS’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ANSYS’s 1st transaction in Utah.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-11-15
Target 3DSIM
Sector Software
Buyer(s) ANSYS
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

3DSIM

Park City, Utah, United States
3DSIM LLC is a developer of powerful simulation software for metal additive manufacturing. 3DSIM's software tools empower manufacturers, designers, materials scientists and engineers, to achieve their objectives through simulation-driven innovation rather than physical trial and error.

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Buyer

ANSYS

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1970
Sector Software
Employees5,600
Revenue 2.1B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

ANSYS is a designer and producer of computer-aided engineering software. Its products are used worldwide in developing design solutions for the aerospace, automotive, biomechanics, consumer, electrical/electronics, machinery and power industries. ANSYS was incorporated in 1970 and is based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 29
Sector: Software M&A 14 of 25
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 14 of 29
State: Utah M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 11 of 21
Year: 2017 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-07-11 Computational Engineering International

Apex, North Carolina, United States

Computational Engineering International, Inc. is a developer of a suite of products that helps engineers and scientists analyze, visualize and communicate simulation data. Computational Engineering International was founded in 1994 and is based in Apex, North Carolina.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-22 Optis SAS

La Farlede, France

Optis SAS is a provider of software for scientific simulation of light, human vision and physics-based visualization. Optis was founded in 1989 and is based in La Farlede, France.

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