"With the addition of Altair's HyperWorks suite of solutions, our combined innovative technologies allow us to offer our customers complete Test & Measurement and Product Design Solutions",� stated Paul Thorpe, PaTech President. "PaTech is pleased to have Altair as a partner as it increases our capabilities and raises the value we deliver to our customers."

PaTech is a Canadian distributor of nCode software solutions for fatigue and durability simulation.

"PaTech represents a knowledgeable and experienced distribution channel for Altair's HyperWorks in Canada. This is an excellent opportunity for PaTech to expand its capabilities by offering the broad suite of enterprise analytic applications that HyperWorks delivers",� stated Robert Little, President of Altair Engineering Canada.

HyperWorks is a suite of enterprise analytic applications that includes statistical, database, visualization and simulation software to help companies make better business decisions. Altair has expanded the HyperWorks platform to include new, third party-software applications under one simple licensing system, delivering more than 40 individual software solutions to customers.