With the recent announcement calling for 2018 Altair Enlighten Award submissions, and to follow the interviews from Toyota and AP&T about their 2017 wins, we’re excited to share another interview video about the mixed material approach FCA applied to the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, … Read More
For the first time, the Bugatti developers have succeeded in designing a brake caliper that can be produced by 3-D printing. While the main material used for the additive production of vehicle components to date has been aluminium, the new … Read More
Emirates has announced that it has used cutting-edge 3D printing technology to manufacture components for its aircraft cabins. The airline has reached a significant milestone in innovation by using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) to produce video monitor shrouds. One of … Read More
On Wednesday 24 at 12:00 (CET), the ALLIANCE Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge (LOIC) will host a 1-hour webinar for potential applicants to meet their future collaborators. Opel, IKA & Bax & Company will present the latest activities in the ALLIANCE … Read More
Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow today announced Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (VWGoA) has officially joined the institute to advance the group’s research into lightweight metals, therefore reducing the weight of future vehicles. VWGoA, now a LIFT Silver Member, is the … Read More
This post was written by my colleague, Simone Bonino, and originally appeared on Altair’s Innovation Intelligence blog. The relatively slow (28,000 mph) meteor seen across six U.S. states and Canada on Tuesday night was not the only news headline featuring … Read More
Adient’s premium brand Recaro Automotive Seating is presenting its all-new modular Recaro Performance Seat Platform (RPSP) at NAIAS 2018. Addressing OEM customers in a broad range of perfomance segments, two versions and a half-cut of the new generation product emphasize … Read More
The 2018 Enlighten Award, presented jointly by Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), is now open for submissions. Fostering innovation for lightweighting initiatives, the award recognizes achievements in weight reduction across the automotive industry and is … Read More
SGL Carbon SE is acquiring BMW Group’s 49% equity investment in the joint ventures SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) and SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC (US) – together referred to as ‘ SGL ACF’. Once the … Read More
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