GoEngineer Acquires SKA, Latin America’s Leading SOLIDWORKS Reseller

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GoEngineer Acquires SKA, Latin America’s Leading SOLIDWORKS Reseller

2026-05-15 22:40 Last Updated At：22:50

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2026--

GoEngineer, the world’s largest full-service engineering solutions provider and premier authorized partner for Dassault Systèmes, Stratasys, Bright Laser Technologies, and other leading technology vendors, today announced the acquisition of SKA, Latin America’s leading SOLIDWORKS and engineering technology reseller. SKA will operate as SKA, a GoEngineer company. The acquisition extends GoEngineer’s presence into Latin America while strengthening its capabilities across manufacturing software, shop-floor technologies, automation, and product development.

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Founded in 1989 and headquartered in São Leopoldo, Brazil, SKA serves thousands of customers across manufacturing, aerospace, medical, and industrial end markets. In addition to its leadership position in SOLIDWORKS, SKA brings meaningful capabilities in manufacturing execution systems (MES), machining automation, sheet metal, additive manufacturing, and engineering workflow integrations.

The acquisition expands GoEngineer’s ability to support its customers across the full product lifecycle – from design and engineering through production and factory-floor operations. It also extends its technical expertise and customer support capabilities throughout the Americas, further reinforcing its role as the leading engineering partner to its customers. This acquisition follows GoEngineer's 2025 expansion into Canada and represents the company’s first presence in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere. The transaction is a reflection of the growing global demand for the kind of deep, full-service engineering partnership that GoEngineer has built.

“GoEngineer has spent more than 40 years building something that no other organization in this space has: the certified experts, the training infrastructure, the additive manufacturing capability, the proprietary customer technology, and the innovation capacity to be a true global end-to-end engineering solutions partner. Bringing SKA into the GoEngineer family means that engineers and manufacturers in Brazil and throughout Latin America will now have access to that same world-class experience. This is a statement about what GoEngineer is becoming: the global standard for what an engineering solutions partner should be.”

— Justin Winter, CEO, GoEngineer

What differentiates GoEngineer extends beyond the breadth of its vendor portfolio. As a full-service engineering solutions partner, the company combines best-in-class software and hardware from more than a dozen leading technology vendors with significant in-house technical capabilities, including hundreds of certified specialists, a national training infrastructure spanning classroom, online, and on-site delivery, and an additive manufacturing services bureau operating across FDM, PolyJet, SLA, SLS, and metal 3D printing technologies.

SKA brings a complementary set of solutions and profile of excellence to the combined organization. SKA’s management team and local culture will remain fully intact as the business operates as SKA, a GoEngineer company, ensuring continuity for customers and partners throughout Brazil.

“This is a strategic step that launches SKA into a new era of growth and internationalization without sacrificing our DNA. We keep our team, our culture, and our commitment to the development of Brazilian industry. The connection with GoEngineer expands our vision of the future and strengthens our capacity to accelerate delivery and generate value for our customers.”

— Siegfried Koelln, CEO, SKA

The combination of GoEngineer and SKA creates a uniquely powerful resource for engineering professionals across the Americas. Customers in Latin America gain access to GoEngineer’s expanded offerings and technical depth, while multinational manufacturers benefit from coordinated support delivered by two aligned partners across North and South America.

About GoEngineer

GoEngineer is the world’s largest full-service engineering solutions provider, serving tens of thousands of customers across high-tech, medical, aerospace, energy, and industrial manufacturing. GoEngineer supports the entire product lifecycle, from strategy and system implementation to operational optimization and hands-on engineering execution, helping organizations innovate faster and operate more efficiently.

With more than 40 years of experience and operations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America, GoEngineer delivers a depth of capability and partnership that no other engineering solutions provider can match. Learn more at goengineer.com.

About SKA

SKA is Latin America’s leading provider of SOLIDWORKS and engineering technology solutions, serving thousands of companies from twelve regional offices across Brazil. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in São Leopoldo, SKA has built a four-decade legacy of excellence in CAD, CAM, MES, simulation, 3D printing, and product development services. As part of the GoEngineer family, SKA now offers customers in Latin America access to a global ecosystem of resources, expertise, and innovation. Learn more at ska.com.br.

Former US Sen. John E. Sununu to face US Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire Senate race

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Republican John E. Sununu and Democrat Chris Pappas will compete for an open U.S. Senate seat in New Hampshire in a race that has emerged as one of a handful around the country that could determine control of the chamber in November.

Sununu, a former U.S. senator, and Pappas, a member of the U.S. House, are vying to replace U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, whose decision not to seek reelection created a cascade of competitive races. Both entered their respective party primaries as strong front-runners and now have just eight weeks to make their case to general election voters.

Republicans view the seat as an opportunity to regain a foothold in a region long dominated by Democrats in Congress. Democrats, meanwhile, need a net gain of four seats to retake the chamber, and keeping New Hampshire in their column is a critical part of that effort.

In other top races, Anthony DiLorenzo won the Republican primary for the 1st Congressional District, while Lily Tang Williams won the GOP primary in the 2nd District, where she’ll face U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, a Democrat seeking a second term.

Still outstanding were the results in the Democratic primary for the 1st District, where the candidates included Shaheen’s daughter, Stefany Shaheen, and retired Marine Maura Sullivan.

Pappas, who is giving up his seat in the 1st Congressional District after four terms, defeated four other candidates, including democratic socialist Karishma Manzur, who had been gaining on him in recent weeks.

Speaking to supporters at his family's restaurant in Manchester, he quickly sought to link Sununu to President Donald Trump, who endorsed Sununu even though Sununu called him “a loser” during the 2024 presidential campaign.

“While New Hampshire families are struggling to make ends meet, John Sununu has thrown his lot in with Donald Trump and supports the policies that cater to big corporations and billionaires while they make life harder for Granite Staters,” said Pappas, whose campaign also quickly posted a negative ad on social media calling Sununu “a sequel we can't afford.”

“We've got to turn the page on Donald Trump's reckless leadership, on corruption, on the rigged economy and on costs, and this is not the time to turn it back to a failed politician from the past," he said at his victory party.

Sununu, who spent six years in the U.S. House and one term in the Senate before being ousted by Shaheen in 2008, called Pappas a career politician who has held office for virtually his entire adult life.

“He’s not an independent voice for New Hampshire,” Sununu said at his victory party at a Manchester ski area. “Chris Pappas has three main qualities: ineffective, partisan and out of touch with New Hampshire.”

Sununu defeated seven other Republicans to win the primary, including former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, who accused him of coasting on his name. Sununu's father and younger brother are both former governors.

Jim Loomis, 83, of Bow, said he backed Brown in 2014 but not on Tuesday because “he never got traction back again.” He acknowledged Sununu had been out of politics for even longer but still voted for him.

“I think what he’s done for work over the years has kept him close enough to what’s going on, and then with his family ties, I just think he’s got a more stable base,” Loomis said.

Stefany Shaheen and Sullivan were the leading candidates among seven seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1st District.

Shaheen is a former city councilor in Portsmouth. She founded a business to help people with chronic medical conditions after one of her daughters was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She also is part of a bio-tech initiative in New Hampshire to advance regenerative medicine.

Sullivan is a retired Marine and Iraq War veteran who served as an assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs under President Barack Obama. A vice chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, Sullivan ran for the 1st District seat in 2018, losing in an 11-candidate primary to Pappas in his first congressional bid.

On the Republican side, political newcomer DiLorenzo, who owns a chain of car dealerships and has been endorsed by Trump, won the Republican primary. He defeated three other candidates, including Hollie Noveletsky, a veteran and nurse practitioner who runs a steel fabrication company and ran for the same seat two years ago.

In the 2nd District, first-term incumbent Goodlander overcame a primary challenge from Paige Beauchemin, a progressive state lawmaker and nurse. Tang Williams, who was the nominee two years ago and was making her third attempt at the seat, won the Republican primary.

In contrast to the all-Democratic congressional delegation, Republicans dominate state government.

Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte defeated two little-known opponents in her primary as she seeks a second two-year term. Cinde Warmington, a healthcare attorney, was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Voters also were nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.

Accustomed to going first when it comes to presidential primaries, New Hampshire is among the last states to hold state-level primary elections. But legislation passed this year moves future state primaries to the second Tuesday in June.