M&A Deal Summary

Bentley Acquires Engineering Dynamics

On March 2, 2011, Bentley acquired software company Engineering Dynamics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Bentley’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Bentley’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Bentley’s 1st transaction in Louisiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-03-02
Target Engineering Dynamics
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Bentley
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Ion Partners (Financial)

Target

Engineering Dynamics

Metairie, Louisiana, United States
Engineering Dynamics, Inc. SACS is an integrated finite element structural analysis suite of programs that uniquely provides for the design, fabrication, installation, operations, and maintenance of offshore structures, including oil platforms and wind farms.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Bentley

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Software
Employees5,200
Revenue 1.2B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Bentley is a software development company that supports the professional needs of those responsible for creating and managing the world’s infrastructure, including roadways, bridges, airports, skyscrapers, and industrial and power plants, as well as utility networks. Bentley delivers solutions for the entire lifecycle of the infrastructure asset, tailored to the needs of the various professions: the engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, planners, contractors, fabricators, IT managers, operators, and maintenance engineers: who will work on and work with that asset over its lifetime. Comprised of integrated applications and services built on an open platform, each solution is designed to ensure that information flows between workflow processes and project team members to enable interoperability and collaboration. Bentley was founded in 1984 and is based in Exton, Pennsylvania.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 41
Sector (Software) 5 of 32
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 40
State (Louisiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 17
Year (2011) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-22 Hevacomp

Sheffield, Finland

Hevacomp Ltd. is a developer of building services design and CAD software and provides building services software, including heating and cooling loads, energy, pipe and duct sizing, and lighting and electrical design.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-06 Hannappel SOFTWARE

Wiesbaden, Germany

Hannappel SOFTWARE GmbH develops and distributes high-end CAE / CAD systems for electrical installation technology.

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