# Altair acquires Polliwog Co. Ltd. and its PollEx EDA software

Altair announced the acquisition of Polliwog Co. Ltd., a South Korean software company providing PollEx electronic design automation software for the PCB design and analysis market.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2019-10-10
- Where: near Seoul, South Korea
- Status: announced
- Products: PollEx electronic design automation software, PCB modeler, simulation solvers, design verification tools
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Altaïr](https://endata.com/companies/28175.md) (acquirer)
- [Polliwog](https://endata.com/companies/42664.md) (target)

## Sources

- [insidehpc.com](https://insidehpc.com/2019/10/altair-acquires-polliwog-electronic-design-automation-software/), 2019-10-10: "PollEx shares Altair’s open system philosophy and integrates easily into customer environments that use any of the leading PCB design tools and deliver innovative and practical solutions, a perfect fit for what we call simulation-driven design."

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