PDFTron Ranked as One of the Fastest Growing Companies in North America on Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500™

PDFTron Systems Inc. today announced it ranked 394th on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. PDFTron Systems Inc. grew 171% percent between 2012 and 2015.

The company attributes its growth not only to the strength of its multi-platform and high-quality technology offering, but also to its strong commitment to customer success, as evidenced by its 95%+ customer retention rate. “We are honored to be recognized on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™”, said PDFTron CEO and Co-founder, Catherine Andersz. “Our business continues to gain momentum based on our core beliefs of putting customers first by listening to and meeting their needs, providing innovative products and delivering an extraordinary customer experience. And we know this is a collaborative effort, so we thank our employees and customers around the world for helping us achieve this milestone, and look forward to future growth.”

PDFTron’s CTO and Co-Founder Ivan Nincic added, “We understand the need of our customers to support their own products and their users with a consistent, high-quality document experience on various platforms and devices, including mobile and web for today’s increasingly mobile-oriented users. To that end, PDFTron has always been at the forefront of innovation as part of its ever-growing document technology platform. And with the web driving the new wave of app development, we are proud to be the first company in the PDF industry to offer a complete-featured PDF toolkit for the web, PDFNetJS™ – a fully client-side JavaScript PDF library supporting native-like PDF rendering, annotation, generation and editing in modern browsers, independent of any third-party software or dependencies.”

“Today, when every organization can be a tech company, the most effective businesses not only foster the courage to explore change, but also encourage creativity in using and applying existing assets in new ways, as resourcefully as possible,” said Anders McKenzie, Technology, Media and Telecommunications Managing Partner for Deloitte in Canada “This ingenious approach to innovation calls for the encouragement of curiosity and collaboration both within and outside the office walls.”

Overall, 2016 Technology Fast 500 companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 121 percent to 66,661 percent from 2012 to 2015, with an average growth rate of 290 percent.

Technology Fast 500™ provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies – both public and private - in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2012 to 2015.

In order to be eligible for Technology Fast 500 recognition, companies must own proprietary intellectual property or technology that is sold to customers in products that contribute to a majority of the company's operating revenues. Companies must have base-year operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD, and current-year operating revenues of at least $5 million USD. Additionally, companies must be in business for a minimum of four years, and be headquartered within North America.