M&A Deal Summary

Trimble Acquires Geo-3D

On January 24, 2008, Trimble acquired communications company Geo-3D

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Trimble’s 3rd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Trimble’s 3rd transaction in Canada.
  • This is Trimble’s 1st transaction in Quebec.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-01-24
Target Geo-3D
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Trimble
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Geo-3D

Brossard, Quebec, Canada
Geo-3D, Inc., is a provider in roadside infrastructure asset inventory solutions. Geo-3D develops and commercializes solutions to improve the productivity and reliability of data acquisition processes as part of linear right-of-way inventory and monitoring operations.

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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 24 of 106
Sector (Communications) 3 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 93
State (Quebec) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 3 of 9
Year (2008) 3 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-22 HHK Datentechnik

Braunschweig, Germany

HHK Datentechnik GmbH, is a provider of customized office and field software solutions for the cadastral survey market in Germany.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-07-30 SECO Manufacturing

Redding, California, United States

SECO Manufacturing Co., Inc., is a manufacturer of accessories for the geomatics, surveying, mapping, and construction industries. SECO manufactures and distributes accessories for surveying instruments, lasers, robotics, and mapping and Global Positioning System (GPS) systems, which includes products such as tripods, prism poles, rover rods, brackets, adapters, carrying cases, and backpacks.

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