GoEngineer, the world’s largest full-service engineering solutions provider and an authorized partner of Dassault Systèmes, Stratasys, and Bright Laser Technologies, has acquired SKA, a provider of SOLIDWORKS and engineering technologies in Latin America. SKA will operate as “SKA, a GoEngineer company,” marking its first expansion into Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere.
Founded in 1989 and headquartered in São Leopoldo, Brazil, SKA serves thousands of customers across manufacturing, aerospace, medical, and industrial sectors. Its portfolio includes SOLIDWORKS software, manufacturing execution systems, machining automation, sheet metal solutions, 3D printing, and engineering workflow integration delivered through twelve regional offices across Brazil.
Integration of these capabilities extends support across the product lifecycle, covering design, engineering, production, and factory-floor operations. This move follows a 2025 expansion into Canada and adds Latin America to its operations across the Americas.
“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,” said Justin Winter, Chief Executive Officer of GoEngineer. “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.”
Operations combine software and hardware from more than a dozen technology vendors with in-house capabilities that include hundreds of certified specialists, training programs delivered in classroom, online, and on-site formats, and additive manufacturing services across FDM, PolyJet, SLA, SLS, and metal 3D printing.
Management and organizational structure at the São Leopoldo-based firm will remain unchanged. “This is a strategic step that launches SKA into a new era of growth and internationalization without sacrificing our DNA,” said Siegfried Koelln, Chief Executive Officer of SKA. “We keep our team, our culture, and our commitment to the development of Brazilian industry.”
Customers in Latin America will access GoEngineer’s software portfolio, training programs, and additive manufacturing services, while multinational manufacturers can coordinate engineering and production workflows across North and South America through a single partner network.
GoEngineer Extends an Expansion Strategy Across the Americas
GoEngineer’s acquisition of SKA follows a recent move into Canada through the purchase of CAD MicroSolutions, a reseller of Dassault Systèmes software and 3D printing technologies. That earlier deal expanded access to SOLIDWORKS, 3DEXPERIENCE, DraftSight, and related engineering tools in North America. Seen in that context, the SKA transaction is not an isolated step. It extends the same geographic strategy into Brazil and gives GoEngineer its first operating base in Latin America and the Southern Hemisphere.
Earlier work with FATHOM shows that the company had already been broadening its role beyond software resale. In that 2018 partnership, GoEngineer handled machine sales and customer support while FATHOM, an advanced manufacturer with prototyping and production capabilities, provided services including CNC machining, injection molding, and 3D printing from FDM to DMLS. That arrangement linked design software, hardware sales, and downstream manufacturing services. SKA adds another layer to that model through capabilities in manufacturing execution systems, machining automation, sheet metal, additive manufacturing, and engineering workflow integration.
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Featured image shows SKA is now a GoEngineer company. Image via GoEngineer.
