为了大致扩大其在建筑软件领域的影响力，Schaan总部位于列支敦士登的工具制造商Hilti宣布，它将以3亿美元的价格收购旧金山建筑交易商软件制造商Fieldwire。该交易的其他条款未披露。

Fieldwire成立于2013年，已围绕着旨在手工艺品工人和其他现场人员的移动和桌面软件建立了相当大的用户群。该公司拥有130多名员工，在美国和欧洲设有办事处。它的应用程序可用于管理复杂的作业和现场工作的任务列表。任务分配给工人，必要的文件和图纸保持最新。Fieldwire着重于专业承包商和其他商人的工作，还增加了处理RFI和提交的功能。

According to the company, Fieldwire has seen over 1 million projects created in its system since its founding. It boasts over 4,000 paying companies using its software, some of which have hundreds or thousands of individual users. Fieldwire is used by some of the largest contractors in North America, including Clark Construction, Power Design and EllisDon.

希尔蒂, the tool manufacturer best known for its fastening and drilling tools, had previously backed Fieldwire in two of its startup funding rounds. While it still focuses on its traditional power tool business, Hilti has also made investments in software in recent years, including a worker management platform and concrete anchor design tools for BIM environments.

希尔蒂集团首席执行官克里斯托弗·洛斯（Christopher Loos）在一份新闻声明中说：“由于数字化已成为建筑业生产力的主要驱动力，因此希尔蒂（Hilti）一直在为建筑专业人士投资数字解决方案。”“此次收购将加强我们的软件投资组合，并且是朝着成为客户成为领先的数字化合作伙伴的愿景的逻辑步骤。”

希尔蒂北美总裁Martina McIsaac说：“我们感谢Fieldwire如何上市。”“他们有一种非常有效的方法来达到贸易界。我们的全球范围将扩大菲尔德界线的环境。”希尔蒂（Hilti）在全球范围内使用直接销售模型进行其工具分配，McIsaac表示，其足迹将使Fieldwire超越当前的用户群。

“It’s a good way to reach everyone in the world,” says Yves Frinault, CEO and co-founder of Fieldwire. “We don’t have people everywhere, but Hilti is everywhere.” Frinault says that Fieldwire was preparing for another funding round when Hilti approached the company about being acquired. “I think Hilti and Fieldwire are very similar, so it’s a good fit.”

The acquisition is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021, but Frinault says that Fieldwire users can expect things to continue as usual. “A key point of discussion with Hilti was maintaining a lot of autonomy in how the company operates and interacts with its clients,” he says. “if you are a Fieldwire client now, nothing will change.”

But Frinault does admit that this expanded distribution and potential customer base is a bit of a shot in the arm for Fieldwire’s longer-term plans. “Field management is our primary stronghold, driving that field productivity. But you will be seeing us moving more to the project management side of projects as well. The problem of the field-and-office link is still not solved.” Frinault also reiterates Fieldwire’s ongoing commitment to open APIs and open software standards in general, even if it butts up against software made by Hilti competitors. “We always try to add value and not keep data captive.”

McIsaac说，Hilti仍在寻求进一步建立其软件产品。“我们一直是生产力的合作伙伴，进入工作岗位并帮助客户完成工作。我们认为软件是下一步。”