Topcon Acquires Stake in Finnish Software Company

June 10, 2011
Livermore, Calif.-based Topcon Positioning Systems purchased a significant ownership interest in DynaRoad Oy, a software company located in Helsinki, Finland, that develops project management software for civil engineering and infrastructure construction.

Livermore, Calif.-based Topcon Positioning Systems purchased a significant ownership interest in DynaRoad Oy, a software company located in Helsinki, Finland, that develops project management software for civil engineering and infrastructure construction.

“Contractors and designers use DynaRoad products and services to save time and money by optimizing and controlling the production of large and complicated earthworks projects,” said Ivan Di Federico, TPS chief strategy officer.” The DynaRoad solution combines mass haul optimization, location-based scheduling and production control.”

Prior to the purchase agreement, DynaRoad and TPS worked together developing products for asset management, planning and scheduling.

TPS designs and manufactures precise positioning products and solutions for the global surveying, construction, agriculture, civil engineering, mapping and GIS, asset management and mobile control markets.