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Aspen Technology, Inc. Acquires inmation Software GmbH

October 24, 2022

Software

Aspen Technology, Inc. (AspenTech) has acquired inmation Software GmbH, a Cologne-based leader in industrial real-time information management, to strengthen its industrial data and connectivity capabilities and establish inmation as the cornerstone of its AIoT business unit. The acquisition enhances AspenTech's ability to integrate, manage, and contextualize industrial data across plant-level historians and enterprise systems to support customers' digitalization, sustainability, and profitability goals.

AspenTech to Acquire Micromine

July 27, 2022

Software

Aspen Technology (AspenTech) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Micromine, an end-to-end mining design and operational management software provider, for AU$900 million in cash. The acquisition adds an expanded mining software suite to AspenTech’s portfolio and is expected to close in AspenTech’s fiscal second quarter of 2023 (subject to regulatory approvals).

Emerson and AspenTech Combine to Create New AspenTech

May 16, 2022

Software

Emerson entered into a definitive agreement to contribute its industrial software businesses—OSI Inc. and its Geological Simulation Software business—to AspenTech to form a new, diversified industrial software company (“new AspenTech”). Emerson would receive a 55% stake in new AspenTech, contributing $6.0 billion in cash, while AspenTech shareholders receive cash and shares in the combined company; the transaction was later successfully closed.

Siemens Digital Industries Software Acquires Canopus AI

January 12, 2026

AI & Machine Learning

Siemens Digital Industries Software has acquired Canopus AI, a Grenoble-based developer of AI-driven metrology and inspection software for semiconductor wafer and mask inspection. The acquisition integrates Canopus AI’s AI-enabled metrology capabilities into Siemens’ Calibre/EDA portfolio to improve inspection fidelity, accelerate yield ramp and expand Siemens’ semiconductor manufacturing digital thread.

Microsoft to Acquire Miburo

July 1, 2022

Cybersecurity

Microsoft entered into an agreement to acquire Miburo, a cyber threat analysis and research company focused on the detection and response to foreign information operations. Miburo, led by founder Clint Watts, will join Microsoft’s Customer Security and Trust organization and work closely with the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center to expand threat detection and analysis capabilities.

Manitowoc Acquires Aspen Equipment

September 1, 2021

Industrial Services

The Manitowoc Company, Inc. completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Aspen Equipment Company for approximately $51 million. The purchase expands Manitowoc's direct-to-customer footprint in Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota and adds Aspen's crane dealership, parts & service capabilities and final-stage work-truck upfitting expertise to complement Manitowoc's National Crane boom truck and aftermarket businesses.