Atego, a supplier of modeling and development tools for safety-critical embedded systems and software has acquired Blue River Software GmbH, extending its embedded development software portfolio to now include C++ tools. Atego’s acquisition of Blue River closely follows its creation from the recent merger between Artisan Software Tools and Aonix.

BlueRiver was founded in 1993 as a supplier of software tools for embedded C++ system development, deriving the bulk of its business in the German automotive, engineering automation, telecommunication and measurement/control industries. The acquisition will expand Atego’s German customer base.

All of the Blue River team will join Atego. Blue River will work with Atego’s German headquarters in Wolfsburg, while retaining its regional offices in Nürnberg. The acquisition combines Blue River’s operating business including all products and underlying intellectual property, professional services and expertise with Atego’s existing German operations.

The product portfolio includes the E32, X32 family and DOCU32 development tools for C/C++. As well as C/C++, the Blue River tools also support C#, JAVA, PASCAL, PL/M and ASSEMBLER development and integrate with all major compilers, including Atego’s Aonix PERC.