M&A Deal Summary

Trimble Acquires BitWyse Solutions

On May 2, 2006, Trimble acquired software company BitWyse Solutions

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trimble’s 10th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Trimble’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Trimble’s 2nd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-05-02
Target BitWyse Solutions
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Trimble
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

BitWyse Solutions

Salem, Massachusetts, United States
BitWyse Solutions, Inc., providing software that creates, manages, and integrates existing conditions and dimensional control data between data collection systems and engineering, design and viewing environments. With BitWyse software solutions, engineering and construction management can make more informed decisions based on accurate existing conditions data, resulting in increased design integrity, mitigation of risk, reduced costs and field rework, decreased project duration, and increased profitability.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Trimble

Westminster, Colorado, United States

Category Company
Founded 1978
Sector Information Technology
Employees12,700
Revenue 3.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Trimble Navigation's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Trimble Navigation's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Trimble is a provider of location-based solutions. The Company integrates its positioning expertise in GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services to provide an array of commercial solutions. Trimble's technology serves a variety of industries including agriculture, engineering and construction, transportation and wireless communications infrastructure. Trimble was founded in 1978 and is based in Westminster, Colorado.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 14 of 106
Sector: Software M&A 10 of 56
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 13 of 93
State: Massachusetts M&A 2 of 4
Country: United States M&A 10 of 58
Year: 2006 M&A 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-04-27 Eleven Technology

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Eleven Technology, Inc., is a provider of next generation handheld software for the CPG industry. Eleven's software applications go beyond the simple automation of paper-based forms typical of the current generation of handheld software in the CPG industry. Instead of simply recording results, Eleven's software helps to influence outcomes during store visits to drive revenue and productivity growth. Many leading CPG companies, including Pepsi and Procter & Gamble, currently deploy Eleven's solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-12 VS Visual Statement

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

VS Visual Statement, Inc., provides state-of-the-art desktop software tools for crime and collision incident investigation, analysis and reconstruction, as well as state-wide enterprise solutions for reporting and analysis used by public safety agencies.

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