Marilia Frazillio, CEO and owner of FFS, says in a comment on the merger with Symetri that it creates new and greater value for the company’s customers:
”Absolutely, joining forces with Symetri gives us the opportunity to contribute to creating smarter, more vibrant cities and a more advanced, globally competitive manufacturing sector. Together, we will be able to support our customers in their ambition to work smarter and more sustainably”.
In other respects regarding this deal, Addnode/Symetri notes in a press release4 that the acquisition is not subject to any closing conditions. “Completion is expected to take place on August 1, 2025, and FFS will be consolidated as part of Symetri in Addnode Group’s Design Management division.”
Exceeded expectations in the latest quarterly report
In general, it can be noted that Addnode Group has made an impressive growth journey in both PLM and more specifically also the AEC area, the latter not least through Symetri.
When the company recently reported its figures for the second quarter of 2025, the reactions were positive: in short, the company exceeded expectations, even though sales fell. The latter, however, has a very reasonable explanation in Autodesk’s changed business model.
In the report on July 14, 2025, for the second quarter of 2025, sales in fact fell 27.3 percent to $143.0 million. But the result itself was received positively because it exceeded market expectations. The reason why the reported sales fell so significantly is Autodesk’s changed business model, where they have taken over customer billing themselves and then send the VAR’s or reseller’s share to, in this case, Symetri. Previously, the entire billing loop was handled by the reseller.
Moreover, Addnode wrote in the quarterly report that the organic growth is 34% if they had reported in the same way this year as before. But the EBITA result amounted to $25 million ($16.7 the same period last year), with an EBITA margin of 16.3 percent (8.1).
It is clear that the CEO Johan Andersson has successfully run the group since taking the helm in 2017. The latest purchases show that the focus is on continued expansion. It is notable that the world’s leading Dassault Systemes-VAR, TECHNIA, is also part of the Addnode Group. With good diversification overall in the group, the future prospects also continue to look very promising:
”When we look ahead, we are confident in our companies’ ability to adapt their offering and organization to demand and economic conditions in each market,” said Johan Andersson, in a comment after the latest report.
