Hexagon acquires Spring Technologies

NCSIMUL, makers of machine tool simulation and verification software.

Sweden-based Hexagon AB has acquired Spring Technologies, a provider of software for machine tool simulation, toolpath verification and optimization, and machine tool management. The company serves manufacturing sectors including aerospace, automotive, medical, energy, and transportation.

"The acquisition of Spring Technologies further strengthens our Autonomous Connected Ecosystem (ACE) strategy, which will ultimately enable the smart factory," said Ola Rollén, Hexagon AB president/CEO. "Machining simulation is essential to connecting the physical world with the digital and achieving autonomy—both of which are prerequisites to delivering smart factory solutions."

Based in France with offices in Boston, Germany, and China, Spring Technologies employs about 100 people. It will operate within Hexagon's Manufacturing Intelligence division as part of the CAD/CAM and production software business currently led by the Vero Software brand.