Design Software Mega-Merger: Synopsys Plans to Buy Ansys for $35B

3DPrint.com January 15, 2024
Matt Kremenetsky

A funny thing happened on the way to all of the hypothetical additive manufacturing (AM) mega-mergers floated throughout 2023: none of them ended up taking place. Despite the fact that no one in the 3D printing industry seemed to really want those deals to go through (perhaps raising the question of who was in favor of them), it still felt like something of a let down when, in the end, all the big merger deals fell apart.

To be sure, some of the explanation for that disappointment simply lies in the natural human tendency to find it more exciting when something happens than when nothing happens. On the other hand, for anyone wishing for the AM industry’s success, there’s a...

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