Trimble buys German software company

Trimble Navigation Ltd. acquired Kirchheim, Germany-based Ingenieurburo Breining GmbH- a German company that provides custom field data collection and office software for the survey market. , Sunnyvale-based Trimble did not disclose financial or other terms of its deal with Breining. According to a report in the San Jose / Silicon Valley Business Journal, Trimble said the addition of Breining software, expertise and products will help the company address local application requirements and provide custom survey products for the German market. Trimble focuses on GPS, construction lasers, robotic total stations and machine control solutions and has more than 3,400 employees in over 18 countries.