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Troy's solidThinking creates 10 new jobs, looks to grow more

Thursday, November 06, 2008

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Even though Troy-based solidThinking isn't its own company now, it's been going through a tremendous growth spurt since Altair acquired it this past summer and adding 10 new staffers.

The new subsidiary of Altair is 20 people strong and expects to hire more within the next year as double-digit revenue growth looks likely.

Brothers Alessandro "Alex" and Mario Mazzardo started solidThinking in 1991. Over the years, they quietly built the firm's products into tool-of-choice for Italian design firms and industrial designers before Altair bought it a few months ago. Fellow Troy company FISHER/UNITECH recently signed on to promote, sell and support solidThinking and its portfolio of features to the industrial design community in the Midwest.

The industrial design/styling company makes software that helps designers come up with and develop new ideas by creating 3-D virtual prototypes. It's latest product is 7.6 software. It's used for a wide range of products, such as automobiles, electronic devices, jewelry, product packaging and yachts.

The company plans to use Altair's resources to spread its products around the world.

Source: solidThinking
Writer: Jon Zemke