Research Engineers Lands Another Firm

Continuing a months-long buying spree, Yorba Linda engineering software maker Research Engineers Inc. said Friday that it acquired privately held PacSoft Inc. in a stock deal valued at about $420,000. Research Engineers paid 50,000 of its shares for PacSoft. Research Engineers’ stock closed Friday at $8.375, making the deal worth $418,750. PacSoft, headquartered in Seattle, makes Windows-based 3-D software products for civil engineers.