PTC Ranked Top Performer in Aberdeen PLM AXIS Report

Market Readiness and Value Delivered to Customers Drive Industry Leadership
NEEDHAM, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), The Product Development Company, today announced that it has
been ranked top performer within the PLM industry in the recent "Product
Lifecycle Management (PLM ) Solutions AXIS for Hardgoods Manufacturers, Q2, 2009
" report by leading technology research and consulting firm, the Aberdeen Group.

The Aberdeen AXIS is an objective, fact-based vendor assessment methodology
based on vendor performance in KPI benchmarks from Aberdeen`s domain-specific
research, and the Market Readiness of the organization determined by over 250
evaluation criteria. The report measures PLM solution providers` capabilities in
"Market Readiness" and "Value Delivered" and offers enterprise end-users a
platform to understand and select PLM solutions.

According to the report, PTC achieved the highest overall score on Market
Readiness and Value Delivered to customers. The report cites PTC`s "ability to
partner globally and its focus on enabling customer processes" as a key
differentiator in the Market Readiness category. PTC`s development of a second
global headquarters facility in Shanghai, China is highlighted as a
demonstration of its commitment to serving Asia and the Pacific Rim. The report
also recognized PTC`s focus on its customers` business processes and how its
Windchill solutions support those processes when planning enhancements and new
product capabilities. Aberdeen concludes that "Customers can engage PTC in a
discussion with confidence that the out-of-the-box solution can support their
processes."

In assessing Value Delivered to customers, the report cites PTC`s architectural
and development strategy, the overall capabilities of Windchill, and its synergy
and integration with other applications within the PTC Product Development
System (PDS). Aberdeen states that "PTC`s Windchill should be considered by any
size manufacturer that is considering a PLM solution to support its efforts."

"We believe that Windchill is the best-in-class PLM solution in the industry,
offering enterprises of all sizes the broad capabilities needed to achieve their
product development initiatives," said Rob Gremley, executive vice president,
marketing, PTC. "It`s rewarding to be recognized for our commitment to deliver
maximum value to our customers through superior technology."

Please see the "Product Lifecycle Management (PLM ) Solutions AXIS for Hardgoods
Manufacturers" for additional detail.

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) provides discrete manufacturers with software and services to
meet the globalization, time-to-market and operational efficiency objectives of
product development. Using the company`s CAD and content and process management
solutions, organizations in the Industrial, High-Tech, Aerospace and Defense,
Automotive, Consumer and Medical industries are able to support key business
objectives and create innovative products that meet customer needs and comply
with industry regulations. For more information on PTC, please visit
http://www.ptc.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, matters discussed in
this news release may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those projected. These risks and uncertainties include: the successful
development and integration of the technology necessary to offer an integrated,
flexible and scalable product development system that is able to adequately
respond to the evolving requirements of both large and small customers in
multiple vertical industries; the ability of PTC to successfully partner and
effectively coordinate and manage joint activities (including sales, marketing,
implementation and support) with third parties in order to efficiently and cost
effectively deliver products and services that meet customer requirements, the
success of PTC`s customer satisfaction initiatives in providing the foundation
for long-term relationships and repeat business; and our ability to effectively
utilize our resources to undertake strategic corporate development initiatives
while maintaining our ability to support multiple PLM product suites, together
with such other risks and uncertainties as are detailed from time to time in
reports filed by PTC with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
PTC's most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q.

PTC, the PTC logo, The Product Development Company, and Windchill are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Parametric Technology Corporation in the United
States and in other countries.

PTC:
Kristian Talvitie, 781-370-6151
Corporate Communications
or
For PTC:
Weber Shandwick
Amanda Keane, 617-520-7260
akeane@webershandwick.com

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