Altair Wins 2016 Jaguar Land Rover Supplier Excellence Award
TROY, Mich. – Aug. 30, 2016 – Altair, a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, are honored to receive a prestigious Jaguar Land Rover Supplier Excellence Award. This award, which recognizes suppliers who consistently demonstrate excellent operational delivery, issue resolution, quality, flexibility and understanding of Jaguar Land Rover ‘s standards, was presented to Altair by Jaguar Land Rover CEO, Dr Ralf Speth and TV presenter Jodie Kidd at an exclusive ceremony held in the company’s heartland in the West Midlands.
Altair has worked with Jaguar Land Rover for over 20 years, providing engineering services and the Altair HyperWorks software suite. The tools available through the HyperWorks suite are used throughout the vehicle engineering process to aid in the development of Jaguar Land Rover’s world leading luxury vehicles. The range of involvement includes tools to help reduce CO
2 through reducing the mass of vehicles, improving refinement though addressing noise, vibration and harshness issues, development of new electrical systems including keyless entry and infotainment systems through electromagnetic simulation and analysis of manufacturing processes to name but a few. Altair’s relationship with Jaguar Land Rover extends to dedicated onsite staff delivering technical support and strategic projects which showcase and deploy new technologies and capabilities using high performance computing to generate engineering data and optimize designs.
“This supplier excellence award acknowledges that Altair delivers added value for our customers through our innovation, tools and services,” said Royston Jones, Exec VP European Operations & Global CTO at Altair. “This award from Jaguar Land Rover is a great achievement for us, recognizing not only our relationship with them, but also the excellent cooperation between our employees, who work hard every day to support our clients.”
About Altair
Founded in 1985, Altair is focused on the development and application of simulation technology to synthesize and optimize designs, processes and decisions for improved business performance. Privately held with more than 2,600 employees, Altair is headquartered in Troy, Michigan, USA with more than 45 offices throughout 20 countries, and serves more than 5,000 corporate clients across broad industry segments. To learn more, please visit
www.altair.com.