Cadence Design Systems, an American multinational electronic design automation software and engineering services company, completed the acquisition of NUMECA, a mesh generation, multi-physics simulation and optimization provider. The acquisition is expected to be immaterial to revenue and earnings this year, and close in the first quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed. “Cadence continues to be at the forefront of innovation, addressing real-world system design challenges by leveraging our deep computational software expertise. The acquisition of NUMECA’s proven CFD technology and talented team complements Cadence’s finite element analysis and other system innovation technologies and is another successful step that will advance our customers’ ability to design the exciting products of tomorrow,” Dr. Anirudh Devgan, Cadence President.