AspenTech Wins Chemical Processing Magazine 2010 Readers’ Choice Award for Seventh Consecutive Year

aspenONE Receives Five Times More Votes for Process Simulation Software and Two and a Half Times More Votes for Plant Design Software than Nearest Competitors

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), a leading provider of software and services to the process industries, today announced it won multiple Chemical Processing Magazine 2010 Readers’ Choice Awards. aspenONE Engineering received five times more votes for the best process simulation software and two and a half times more votes for best plant design software than the nearest competitors. A record 1,265 readers participated in this year's poll.

• This marks the seventh consecutive year Chemical Processing Magazine readers chose AspenTech for the top spot in the ‘Process Simulation Software’ category since the inception of the awards in 2004.
• This marks the sixth time Chemical Processing Magazine readers chose AspenTech for the top spot in the ‘Plant Design Software’ category.
• The aspenONE V7 process optimization software suite is used by the world’s leading process industry companies to implement best practices across engineering, manufacturing and supply chain operations, making it easier to achieve operational excellence goals.

Supporting Quote

Blair Wheeler, SVP of Marketing, AspenTech

“This recognition of AspenTech’s leadership position is especially significant because voting is done by the leading experts at process industry companies from around the world. With aspenONE, we continue to focus on providing process optimization software that delivers high value for our customers. It is especially gratifying that the execution of that mission is recognized by leading process industry companies who use our software every day to achieve superior financial and operational results.”

Supporting Resources

• 2010 Chemical Processing Readers’ Choice Awards
• AspenTech awards page

About AspenTech

AspenTech is a leading supplier of software that optimizes process manufacturing – for energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, engineering and construction, and other industries that manufacture and produce products from a chemical process. With integrated aspenONE solutions, process manufacturers can implement best practices for optimizing their engineering, manufacturing and supply chain operations. As a result, AspenTech customers are better able to increase capacity, improve margins, reduce costs and become more energy efficient. To see how the world’s leading process manufacturers rely on AspenTech to achieve their operational excellence goals, visit www.aspentech.com.

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