Paratech

{{Short description|Swiss aircraft manufacturer}}

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| type = Aktiengesellschaft

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| foundation = 1988

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| hq_location_city = Wasserauen

| hq_location_country = Switzerland

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| key_people = Uwe Bernholz

| industry = Aerospace

| products = Paragliders

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Paratech AG was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer based in Wasserauen and previously in Appenzell. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft, as well as paragliding harnesses, clothing and accessories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 26. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}

The company was founded in 1988 and seems to gone out of business in 2015.{{cite web|url = http://www.paratech.ch/|title = Paratech Gleitschirmsportprodukte, Gleitschirme, Paragliders, Gurtzeuge, Harnesses, Kleidung und Zbehör|access-date = 3 October 2016|author = Paratech|date = 13 November 1999 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19991113020830/http://www.paratech.ch/ |archive-date = 13 November 1999}}{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paratech.ch/|title=Paratech |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |access-date=3 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}

The company was an aktiengesellschaft, a stockholder owned company.{{cite web|url = http://www.paratech.ch/|title = Paratech - grüezi mitenand|access-date = 3 October 2016|author = Paratech|date = 2 October 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151002225215/http://www.paratech.ch/ |archive-date = 2 October 2015}}

Paratech's paragliders, designed by Uwe Bernholz, had a unique model numbering system. In the early 2000s production included the beginner P25 and P26, the intermediate P43 and the performance P70, as well as the two-place

P Bi4 for flight training.