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Altium Limited ASX Announcement
2 February 2016 | A L T I U M L I M I T E D ACN 009 568 772 Level 6, Tower B The Zenith 821 Pacific Highway Chatswood NSW 2067 Australia Investor Relations Contact Details: Kim Besharati VP Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs Phone: +1 858 864 1513 Mobile: +1 760 828 3567 |
Sydney, Australia - 2 February 2016. Electronics design software company Altium Limited (ASX:ALU) today announced that it has signed an OEM agreement with Dassault Systèmes to introduce a new SOLIDWORKS Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) product based on Altium's Printed Circuit Board (PCB) software technology. Dassault Systèmes is the world's largest, most respected and most innovative engineering software company.
"Dassault Systèmes' selection of Altium's PCB software technology is the most powerful endorsement of Altium's bid for market leadership and is a clear indication that Altium is seen by industry leaders as the future of PCB design software", said Altium's CEO, Mr Aram Mirkazemi.
The new technology partnership between Dassault Systèmes and Altium will focus on enabling seamless collaboration between mechanical and electronic design teams through natively connecting design data between electronic CAD and mechanical CAD (MCAD) software environments.
ECAD/MCAD collaboration has been a significant pain point for engineers. With the rise of intelligently connected products, the line between electronic and mechanical design has become blurred. In working with SOLIDWORKS, Altium has re-engineered its powerful Unified Design Platform to include SOLIDWORKS' data architecture in its native form. This will deliver a unique platform and an unprecedented level of productivity in the design of intelligent products.
"Intelligent design tools are critical for the creation of smart connected products. Design tools need to play across multiple engineering disciplines to deliver effective system-level engineering to produce successful intelligent products. Dassault Systèmes' SOLIDWORKS and Altium are responding to this challenge by delivering new capabilities for SOLIDWORKS users and for the wider engineering community", said Mr Mirkazemi.
Kim Besharati - VP Investor Relations & Corporate Affairs (US based) Phone: +1 858 864 1513
Mobile: +1 760 828 3567
Alison Raffin - Company Secretary (Australia based) Ph: +61 2 9410 1005
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Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) is an Australian multinational software corporation that focuses on electronics design systems for 3D PCB design and embedded system development. Altium products are found everywhere from world leading electronic design teams to the grassroots electronic design community. With a unique range of technologies Altium helps organisations and design communities to innovate, collaborate and create connected products while remaining on time and on budget. Products provided are Altium Designer®, Altium Vault®, CircuitStudio®, CircuitMaker®, PCBWorks®, the TASKING® range of embedded software compilers and Octopart® the search engine for electronic components and industrial products. Founded in 1985, Altium has offices worldwide, with US locations in San Diego, New York and Boston, European locations in Karlsruhe, Amersfoort, Kiev and Zug and
Asia-Pacific locations in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney. For more information, visit www.altium.com. You can also
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SOLIDWORKS is a registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes or its subsidiaries in the US and/or other countries.
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