Stockholm-based information technology provider Hexagon AB has announced the acquisition of Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI), Burlington, Ont., a provider of manufacturing software for sheet metal forming.

FTI serves OEMs and suppliers in the automotive, aerospace, electronics, and appliance industries with sheet metal design, simulation, feasibility, and costing systems.

-The 17th China（Guangzhou）Int’l Sheetmetal machinery, Forging, Stamping and Setting Equipment Exhibition