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TROY, Mich., Aug. 4, 2021
Industry's only award dedicated to vehicle lightweighting and sustainability honors greatest advancements in reducing the carbon footprint, mitigating water and energy consumption, and promoting material reuse and recycling
TROY, Mich., Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Altair, the global leader converging simulation, HPC, and AI, proudly announces the winners of the 9th annual Altair Enlighten Award. Presented in partnership with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), the award recognizes the automotive industry's most impressive sustainable engineering initiatives, focusing on lightweighting and the use of innovative materials, technologies, and techniques to cut CO2 emissions.
"The 2021 Enlighten Award once again shines a light on the inspiring work of automotive engineers worldwide. Now more than ever, sustainability and emissions reduction are critical challenges not just for the automotive sector, but society as a whole," said James R. Scapa, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer, Altair. "By enabling unprecedented convergence of simulation, data analytics, and high-performance computing, Altair is proud to continue to celebrate and power lightweighting initiatives around the globe as automotive organizations transform pioneering ideas into production-ready solutions more quickly and efficiently."
The full list of winning projects, runners-up, and honorable mentions include:
Sustainable Product – Vehicle
Sustainable Product – Component
Sustainable Process
Lightweighting Enabling Technology
Module Lightweighting
Future of Lightweighting
"Our mission is to deliver world-class research and analysis on key issues facing the automotive industry and their impact on society and sustainability. Lightweighting is central to the quest for greater fuel economy and electrification, which in turn is vital to the future of the whole sector," said Carla Bailo, president and chief executive officer, CAR. "We are delighted to collaborate with Altair in celebrating another stellar array of truly innovative projects."
Winners will be formally announced in an awards ceremony at 8 a.m. ET on August 4, 2021. To attend MBS and view the awards ceremony, visit https://www.cargroup.org/mbs/. Media partners for the 2021 Altair Enlighten Award include SAE International, Automotive Engineering, and Automobil Industrie. For more information about the Enlighten Award, visit https://www.altair.com/enlighten-award/.
About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)
Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI). Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.
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