BEDFORD, Mass. – September 25, 2017 – Aspen Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AZPN), the asset optimization software company, today announced that Antonio Pietri, President and CEO, AspenTech will keynote at MEPEC 2017, the premier industry conference for Middle East process manufacturers and service providers, on “Driving Sustainable Growth.”

Taking place at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Conference Centre, October 9 – 11, 2017, MEPEC 2017’s focus is “Sustainable Growth through Process Innovation and Downstream Integration.” Pietri’s keynote, on Wednesday 11th October 2017, 9.00 a.m. – 10.30 a.m., will address how asset optimization improves asset reliability, achieves operational excellence and helps leading firms manage through complexity to optimize the asset lifecycle across design, operations and maintenance.

Pietri will discuss how leading firms are responding to recent trends to achieve a level of reliability that unlocks the tremendous value and productivity lying uncaptured in assets. AspenTech serves many of the world’s leading firms, offering 35-plus years of process design and operations expertise combined with proven, real-time asset analytics and machine learning that enables companies to run assets faster, safer, longer and greener.

As a platinum sponsor of the conference, AspenTech will showcase live demonstrations of its industry leading aspenONE^® Engineering, aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management and aspenONE Asset Performance Management software in Hall 1 – Booth 246. 

Supporting Quotes:
Antonio Pietri, President and CEO, AspenTech 
“At MEPEC 2017 we will confirm our ongoing commitment to helping our customers in the Middle East sustainably maximize profit by achieving the highest levels of operational excellence and asset reliability. This the right time for complex, capital-intensive industries to approach asset performance in a new way with transformational technology that drives optimum reliability, extends the life of assets, maximizes the return on capital employed and makes the best companies even better.”

Supporting Resources:

• aspenONE^® V10 Software
• MEPEC 2017

About AspenTech

AspenTech is a leading software supplier for optimizing asset performance. Our products thrive in complex, industrial environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design, operation and maintenance lifecycle. AspenTech uniquely combines decades of process modeling expertise with big data machine learning. Our purpose-built software platform automates knowledge work and builds sustainable competitive advantage by delivering high returns over the entire asset lifecycle. As a result, companies in capital-intensive industries can maximize uptime and push the limits of performance, running their assets faster, safer, longer and greener. Visit AspenTech.com to find out more.

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