CSC sold to Trimble Navigation

Livingbridge has sold its stake in software developer CSC World to NASDAQ-listed Trimble, in a deal advised by Clearwater International's technology team.

CSC develops innovative software and supports structural engineers across six continents. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, CSC was founded in 1975 as a subsidiary of a Civil and Engineering Consultancy and became independent in 1987. In January 2008, Livingbridge invested in a management buyout led by managing director Mark Roberts with the ambition to expand the business internationally beyond its current markets of UK, Ireland, Singapore, Malaysia and Australia.

Over the past five years and against a difficult economic backdrop the business has remained a UK market leader and has been able to grow and develop its loyal customer base through expansion into new geographic markets including the U.S., Middle East, Africa and India. At the same time the business has invested in significant product development as part of a longer term strategy that underpins the next phase of CSC’s growth story.

Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilising positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilised to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.