Dassault system, a virtualisation software company, acquires Spain's Next Limit Dynamics.

15/12/2016
Diego Gutiérrez
Dassault system, a virtualisation software company, acquires Spain's Next Limit Dynamics.
Next Limit Dynamics is the fluid simulation division of Next Limit. This technology is used in sectors such as aerospace, defence, transport and mobility, high-tech and energy.

About Dassault Systems

Dassault Systems provides companies and individuals with the virtual universes necessary for the design of sustainable innovations. This French company, which in 2015 was ranked second in the European software market after SAP, has realised 16 projects in the field of software development. mergers and acquisitions  since 2010 to expand its solutions in the field of data vitalisation. In September we already announced in a post the purchase of two new companies: Cst and Ortems, and now it has just announced the purchase of the Spanish company Next Limit Dynamics.

Among the companies acquired we find different nationalities to provide services to very different sectors such as automotive, energy or business management services.

About Next Limit

 

Next Limit Technologies is a software company based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1998 by the engineers Victor Gonzalez and Ignacio Vargas,1 the company has focused on research and development of innovative technologies in the field of digital simulation and visualisation in a wide range of industries, from engineering to digital content production.

Its Next Limit Dynamics division owns XFlow CFD, a leading technology for highly complex fluid simulation used in the aerospace, defence, transportation and mobility, high-tech and energy industries.

Over the last three years Next Limit Dynamics has been increasing its sales, while Next Limit Technologies has been decreasing.

Strategic sale: growth of Next Limit Dynamics and Next Limit's specialisation in 3D technologies.

The sale of Next Limit Dynamics is an opportunity for it to have the necessary resources to grow alongside the giant Dassault Systems.

This will also allow Next Limit to focus on the development of pioneering new 3D technologies for current and future markets such as virtual reality, big-data and design among others. By investing in these high-growth areas, it will broadly expand its innovation portfolio to attract new international customers and business partners requiring high quality 3D technologies.
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