3D Systems to acquire CAD software specialist

 “We believe that the perfect strategic fit between our businesses, combined with expanded capabilities in product development, channel coverage and marketing, could present sizeable synergies that together offer significant long-term customer benefits and shareholder value,” said Avi Reichental, president and CEO of 3D Systems.

Cimatron’s products are used by a growing number of companies worldwide for their 3D production molds, tools and dies in a range of functional end-use manufacturing applications. Of its two products, CimatronE is an integrated CAD/CAM solution for toolmakers and manufacturers of discrete parts, while GibbsCAM is used for programming multi-axis CNC machine tools.