NEEDHAM, Mass., September 26, 2013 — Dedicated to promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational opportunities, PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today announced its continued support of FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the FIRST ®Tech Challenge (FTC®). As a continued Strategic Partner of FIRST, PTC will sponsor 60 FTC teams expected to participate in this year’s competition.

1. PTC Continues as Exclusive CAD and Collaboration Sponsor of 2013-2014
FIRST ® Tech Challenge Competition
Provider of Product Design Software Sponsors 60 Global Teams for Annual Robotic Competition
NEEDHAM, Mass., September 26, 2013 — Dedicated to promoting science, technology,
engineering, and math (STEM) educational opportunities, PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today
announced its continued support of FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
Technology) and the FIRST ®Tech Challenge (FTC®). As a continued Strategic Partner of FIRST,
PTC will sponsor 60 FTC teams expected to participate in this year’s competition.
As the exclusive CAD & Collaboration Sponsor of the FIRST Tech Challenge, PTC provides its PTC
Creo® product design software, PTC Mathcad® engineering calculations software and PTC
Windchill® collaboration software free to all participating FTC teams.
An estimated 30,000 students on 3,000 teams around the world will participate in the 20132014 FTC game, called “FTC® BLOCK PARTY!SM”. During the two-minute 30 second game, teams
will be challenged to raise their team alliance flag up a flagpole, raise their robots off the
ground using a platform pull-up bar, and end the match with a balanced pendulum to earn
extra points. The object of the game is to score more points than an opponent by placing
plastic blocks into pendulum goals. Throughout the FTC BLOCK PARTY! season, these young
people will employ the same disciplines and complex problem-solving skills that will someday
enable them to solve society’s greatest challenges.
“When students participate in the FIRST Tech Challenge, they are encouraged to think like
engineers and scientists,” said Don Bossi, President of FIRST. “Our FTC students use PTC’s
product design software to design their robots. This gives them an excellent opportunity to
develop the problem-solving and engineering skills they will use in their careers.”
“The FIRST Tech Challenge is some of the hardest fun high school students will have as they
learn how to work as a team to design, build and program robots to compete head to head
against other teams using actual product design processes,” said John Stuart, senior vice
president, global academic program. “PTC is a proud, strong supporter of FIRST because we
consider FIRST to be one of the best investments we can make in educating those that are the
future of our industry.”
Additional Resources
 Community Relations – Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers (website)
 PTC and FIRST (web site)
About FIRST®
Accomplished inventor Dean Kamen founded FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science

2. and Technology) in 1989 to inspire an appreciation of science and technology in young people.
Based in Manchester, N.H., FIRST designs accessible, innovative programs to build selfconfidence, knowledge, and life skills while motivating young people to pursue opportunities in
science, technology, and engineering. With support from over 200 of the Fortune 500
companies and more than $16 million in college scholarships, the not-for-profit organization
hosts the FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC® ) for students in Grades 9-12; FIRST® Tech
Challenge (FTC® ) for Grades 7-12; FIRST® LEGO® League (FLL® ) for Grades 4-8; and Junior FIRST®
LEGO® League (Jr.FLL®) for Grades K-3. Gracious Professionalism® is a way of doing things that
encourages high-quality work, emphasizes the value of others, and respects individuals and the
community. To learn more about FIRST, go to www.usfirst.org.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service
advantage. The company's technology solutions transform the way products are created and
serviced across the entire product lifecycle - from conception and design to sourcing and
service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 27,000
businesses in rapidly-evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. Get
more information at www.ptc.com.
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FIRST®, the FIRST® logo, FIRST®, FIRST® Tech Challenge, and FTC® are registered trademarks, and FTC BLOCK PARTY!SM is a service mark of the
United States Foundation for Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST®).
©2013 FIRST. All rights reserved.
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Contacts
PTC Corporate Communications
Beth Ambaruch
952.435.5058
bambaruch@ptc.com
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Anand Savani
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