Passolo has been bought out: For some years now, Passolo has been a leading localisation tool, widely used, trusted and respected by localization professionals. We have used Passolo at SalfTrans for five or six years now, and found it an excellent tool. The developers have always been helpful and responsive, giving world-class technical support and customer service. Today, SDL announced that they have bought Passolo. I guess the challenge now will be to see how SDL can integrate it with their existing suite of translation memory tools (Trados, and SDLX) whilst maintaining the same high degree of customer service that the Passolo user base have come to love and expect. According to the Hemscott web site, the takeover deal is valued at 2 million euros, with 1 million euros paid cash and the balance in shares. And to Achim, Florian and their team - congratulations!