Altium buys Premier EDA to boost European business

Altium has acquired Premier EDA Solutions, which has been a long term leading reseller of the company’s products in the UK and Ireland. According to Altium, it will take advantage of Premier EDA’s strong customer connections and technical capabilities to continue its growth in Europe.

“Altium is excited to have the Premier EDA Solutions team join our direct sales force and further strengthen our growing European business,” said Altium’s CFO Joe Bedewi. “Premier is highly respected by customers and, like Altium, is committed to empowering the engineers and designers who create the electronic products and systems of our increasingly connected world.”

Premier EDA’s managing director Phil Mayo added: “For 23 years, we have been singularly focused on the success of Altium products in the UK. We now have an exciting opportunity to extend our reach and to put Altium’s PCB design tools into the hands of many more engineers.”