Altair Enlighten Award Open for Entries
The award spotlights the automotive industry’s finest innovations in sustainable, lightweight design.
AAM Wins Altair Enlighten Award
In 2018, AAM was the first recipient of the Enlighten Award in the Future of Lightweighting category for lightweighting innovation in conventional driveline technology.
DuPont Recognized By Altair Enlighten Awards
Two lightweighting technologies receive finalist and runner-up designations.
2019 Winners Announced For Altair Enlighten Award
Ferrari’s Portofino, weighing an impressive 80kg lighter, while being 35 percent stiffer than the outgoing California T that it replaces, was the winner in the Full Vehicle, low-volume production category.
Automotive Lightweighting Innovators Honored With 2018 Altair Enlighten Awards
The Altair Enlighten Award honors the greatest achievements in vehicle weight savings each year. Inspiring interest from industry, policymakers, educators, students and the public, the award incentivizes automotive lightweighting advancements and provides a global platform to recognize and share technological achievements.
FCA, Toyota, Faurecia And AP&T Win The 5th Altair Enlighten Awards For Innovation In Automotive Lightweighting
The winner of the Full Vehicle category was the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, which is 249 pounds lighter than its predecessor.
Faurecia Wins Altair Enlighten Award For Adaptive Valve Technology
The Enlighten Award is the industry’s only award that promotes and celebrates innovation in automotive lightweighting.
Dayco Earns Finalist Spot In 2017 Altair Enlighten Awards
With a focus on increasing fuel economy and reducing vehicle weight, Dayco’s ACTIVAC braking technology replaces costly, heavy, fuel-consuming mechanical and electrical vacuum pumps found on many of today’s engines.
Alcoa, Altair to Make Hybrid Battery Pack
From AFX News Limited DETROIT — Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc.’s AFL Automotive business and Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. said Wednesday they have signed an agreement to develop a battery pack system for medium-duty hybrid trucks. Financial terms were not disclosed. The companies will combine Altairnano’s NanoSafe battery technology and AFL’s electrical interconnect and application technology to
Marelli Wins Award for Lightweighting Vehicle Interior Products
Marelli developed a lightweight polyurethane foam for foam-in-place applications, such as the main dashboard panel.
