Portland, OR—Northwest Analytical, Inc. (NWA) announced today that it has entered a strategic partnership with Stat-Ease, Inc. Under this agreement, NWA will offer Stat-Ease's two Design of Experiment (DOE) software packages, Design-Ease and Design-Expert, for sale to its customers. Stat-Ease will continue to sell to its own customer base and will provide DOE technical support and training to NWA customers.

Stat-Ease, Inc., based in Minneapolis, MN, is a leading developer of Windows-based DOE software tools for optimizing products and processes. With DOE, companies can discover the critical factors in their product design or manufacturing process as well as hidden interactions between these variables. They are able to find the optimal point that meets all specifications, making changes to significantly improve quality, prevent waste and save costs.

NWA, known for its easy-to-use, yet powerful software tools, allows companies to monitor and analyze their production processes. The company's products are widely accepted in quality control applications in chemical and pharmaceutical production, electronics, food processing, packaging and discrete manufacturing.

Adding Stat-Ease's products to NWA's family of software products will provide a more complete solution for NWA's customers. NWA's customers now have DOE capability for complete process analysis from process design to on-going process studies. "This unique combination of Design-Ease, Design-Expert and Quality Analyst enables users to extend their analytical capabilities throughout their enterprise with the best quality decision support tools in the industry," said Jeffery L. Cawley, NWA vice president.

Northwest Analytical, Inc. (NWA) is a software developer providing analytical tools for understanding processes and improving quality in the production of goods and delivery of services. The NWA suite of quality management software includes NWA Quality Analyst (comprehensive statistical process control charting and analysis), NWA Quality Monitor (work station software for plant floor statistical process control) and NWA Quality Analyst Web Server (web-based statistical process control reporting and analysis). NWA's software is used in more than 4,500 companies worldwide.

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