Automaker BMW AG has acqired 10% of Maestro software development envir-onment creator Softlab GmbH, Munich, given the company a $30m contract, and agreed not to take its stake above 28%. Softlab, with some $10m profit on $42m sales last year, is looking to make a public flotation, probably in the US. It will provide BMW with a team of up to software engineers in Germany.
