Altec was established in 1985, as a subsidiary of Epicor Software Corporation with the charter to market document solutions to new and existing software installations. In its early days, Altec's document solutions consisted of software compatible forms and electronic check printing applications.

Taken private in 1994, Altec expanded its focus to include other software alliance partners, most notably Sage Software Corporation and Microsoft Business Solutions Software with the goal to provide technology driven print solutions to the markets these companies serve.

In 2000, Altec acquired Brook Hollow, Inc, a document imaging company in order to expand its document solutions to include integrated document management (IDM) solutions to enable mid-market companies to begin their migration to paperless transaction processing. Most companies begin their migration in accounts payable where traditional paper processes hamper productivity and communication. Altec offers modular and scalable solutions from entry level AP applications to enterprise wide systems for virtually any department that wishes to eliminate paper and enhance work processes.

Today, Altec is an international company with 13,000 customers and is positioned as the dominant supplier of IDM solutions and paper based systems in the markets it serves. Altec has integrated solutions for SAP Business One Software, Epicor Enterprise, Platinum For Windows by Sage, MAS 500, MAS 200 and MAS 90, Microsoft Business Solutions including Great Plains, Enterprise, Dynamics, Solomon, and Navision.