Partnership brings Altium Designer Software, technical support and training to Canada

TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2013 /CNW/ - CAD MicroSolutions, an engineering and design solution provider, has partnered with  Altium, an  electronics design software company, to offer additional options for the design and manufacturing industry expanding into the electronic design automation (EDA) market.  Altium's product line and services fit well as an addition to CAD MicroSolutions existing line of design tools including SolidWorks, DriveWorks, Boxx & Dell hardware and others.

Altium products are built to foster design innovation while accelerating time to market and intelligently span the domains of PCB implementation, FPGA design, embedded software development and design data management.  The solutions include ECAD/MCAD 3D integration; instant FPGA prototyping, flexible design reuse and robust ECO handling - competitive requirements in today's systems based design for products with integrated electronics.

"CAD MicroSolutions is excited to add Altium to the suite of technologies that help our clients increase their competitiveness and ability to innovate" said Darren Gornall, President of CAD MicroSolutions.  "Many of our 2,000+ clients have been asking us to help them streamline their mechanical and electronic design with full bidirectional integration. We see our ability to train and support these clients as an opportunity to increase the value we deliver."

CAD MicroSolutions will offer the full suite of Altium products and will be hosting events, webinars and demos across Canada starting immediately.  These events will include showcasing the Altium products along with SolidWorks Electrical, Simulation, Composer and many more CAD MicroSolutions offerings. CAD MicroSolutions will show their GTA clients how they integrate Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at their 2014 Launch Event on Oct 25^th, 2013."  2014 Launch Event

"We have had a SolidWorks Subscription Support contract with CAD MicroSolutions for a number of years now, and have seen their passion for customer service and training CAD users first hand.  Now that CAD MicroSolutions is authorized for Altium, we look forward to having the opportunity to have a single vendor supply us with training and support for the best-in-class Mechanical and the best-in-class Electronic CAD software." said Murray Van Wieringen, President, Durobyte Inc. www.durobyte.com

"With the addition of CAD MicroSolutions, Altium extended its commitment to create the largest network of resellers in the EDA industry.  With this alignment, we are able to fulfill the customer's needs by being able to provide more training locations, more support options and overall greater value.   Whether the need is technical support, training or customer service, our large network spanning the Americas, is able to cater to the more specific needs of our customers" said Scott Anderson Channel Sales Director, Americas.

About CAD MicroSolutions
Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAD MicroSolutions has been providing engineers and designers with 3D technology and training for the entire product development lifecycle - Design, Analysis, Data Management and Technical Publishing for almost 30 years. CAD MicroSolutions provides best-in-class solutions from SolidWorks, Altium, DriveWorks and multiple other design and manufacturing solutions. For more information about CAD MicroSolutions please visit  cadmicro.com or call 1-888-401-5885.

About Altium
Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) creates electronics design software based on the belief that anyone who wants to create electronic products that make a difference should be able to do so. Altium's unified electronics design environment links all aspects of electronics product design in a single application that is priced to be as affordable as possible. This helps electronics designers break down barriers to innovation, harness the latest devices and technologies, manage their projects across broad design ecosystems, and create connected, intelligent designs. Founded in 1985, Altium is an Australian company operating worldwide with corporate headquarters in Shanghai. For more information, visit www.altium.com.

SOURCE CAD MicroSolutions Inc