Northwest Analytical Opens Shanghai Office

Portland, OR—Northwest Analytical, Inc. (NWA) announces its new office in Shanghai, PR China. The new China office extends the company's marketing and support capabilities globally. Northwest Analytical is planning on staffing this office with sales, marketing, and technical support to fully service its multinational customers and OEM partners, and to open new markets. The new office is located at:

Suite 47-A5, 47th Floor
Hong Kong New World Tower
300 Huaihai Zhong Road
Shanghai 200021, PRC
Tel: 8621 5116 2812
Fax: 8621 5116 2882

Huashan (Hans) Shi leads the NWA Shanghai office as China Country Manager. Shi has extensive experience in the process industries and manufacturing control systems. Shi has a BS in Automation Control and Motor Drive and an MS in System Engineering.

"China is one of the world’s major manufacturing centers, and Shanghai is central to many process industries," says Cliff Yee, President and CEO of NWA. "We already have several global clients and business partners in China and we look forward to working with Shi to grow our client base there."

Huashan Shi can be reached at HShi@nwasoft.com.

About Northwest Analytical

Northwest Analytical (NWA) is the world’s leading provider of SPC software, with more than 50,000 licenses shipped to over 5,000 companies, worldwide. NWA is the global SPC standard for worldwide corporations such as Crown Cork & Seal, Huhtamaki and Unilever. NWA software is recognized for its power, ease-of-use and its simple, tight integration with other manufacturing systems. The NWA SPC software suite includes products such as NWA Quality Analyst®, NWA Quality Analyst WebServer®, NWA Quality Monitor® and NWA Quality Information Server™ for manufacturing analytics, plant-floor quality data collection and monitoring, SPC charting, enterprise reporting, and real-time, embedded SPC.

For further information, contact:

Jeffery Cawley, VP Market Development
Northwest Analytical, Inc.
jcawley@nwasoft.com
888-692-7638 or 503-224-7727
www.nwasoft.com.