Trimble Navigation Limited has acquired a Greater Helsinki based, building information modeling (“BIM”) leader Tekla Construction for EUR 337 million. Tekla offers also model driven solutions for customers in the infrastructure and energy industries. It operates in 15 countries, has more than 5,000 customers worldwide in the construction industry and employs approximately 500 people of which 300 in Greater Helsinki.
Trimble, the leading provider of advanced positioning solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability, has been cooperating with Tekla for some years and sees that combining Tekla’s and Trimble’s offering will enable the company to provide their customers with the broadest and most sophisticated BIM capability available today.