2025 Altair Enlighten Award Open for Submissions
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Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR) has opened submissions for its 2025 Enlighten Award, presented with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). The award recognizes automotive industry innovations in sustainability and lightweighting that reduce carbon footprint and improve material efficiency.
The award features six categories: Sustainable Product, Sustainable Process, Module Lightweighting, Enabling Technology, Future of Lightweighting, and two new categories - Responsible AI and Sustainable Computing. Previous winners include major automotive manufacturers like GM, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, and BMW.
Submissions are due by June 16, 2025, with winners to be announced on September 16, 2025 at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Detroit's Michigan Central Station.
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Award spotlights the automotive industry's finest innovations in sustainable, lightweight design
"Without advanced technology – like Altair's – we would not see the innovation that characterizes the modern automotive industry. The Enlighten Award honors the innovations, technologies, and organizations that are creating a better, more sustainable industry," said James R. Scapa, founder and chief executive officer, Altair. "Altair is proud to recognize those at the forefront of electrification, sustainable material usage, and lightweighting – and to once again showcase the amazing ways organizations are meeting global sustainability targets through this award."
The Enlighten Award categories are:
- Sustainable Product – Recognizes a production vehicle (or major system module) embracing emissions reduction, lightweighting, material circularity, and safety advances.
- Sustainable Process – Recognizes processes that enable emissions reductions, material reuse and/or recycling, and water conservation during manufacturing or engineering phases.
- Module Lightweighting – Recognizes mass reduction of a vehicle module, subsystem, or component.
- Enabling Technology – Recognizes technology advancements that enable vehicle lightweighting, including a material, production process, design method, or joining technology.
- Future of Lightweighting – Recognizes a process, material, or technology not in production, but has significant potential to advance vehicle lightweighting.
- Responsible AI – Recognizes responsible AI deployment throughout the automotive value chain – from design, engineering, and operation to production and in-service use.
- Sustainable Computing – Recognizes implementing practices and technologies that prioritize energy efficiency, renewable energy use, reducing environmental impact, and contributing to more sustainable and eco-friendly computing.
"Every year it is an honor to present the Altair Enlighten Award at CAR's Management Briefing Seminars (MBS)," said Andrew Brown Jr., chairman of the Board of Directors, CAR. "The Enlighten Award is truly one of a kind – regardless of how large or small your company is, how established you are, or what you specialize in, all that matters is how you are advancing automotive sustainability. Join us in
An award that garners interest from industry, engineering, policymakers, educators, students, and the public worldwide, past winners include GM, Ford, Stellantis, Harley-Davidson, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Ferrari, JLR, Mercedes, BMW, SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), and many more.
Enlighten Award submissions must be received by June 16, 2025. Winners will be announced during an award ceremony on September 16, 2025, at the annual CAR MBS event. This year, MBS returns to the heart of the American automotive industry –
To learn more about the Enlighten Award or to submit an entry, visit https://altair.com/enlighten-award.
About Altair
Altair is a global leader in computational intelligence that provides software and cloud solutions in simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), data analytics, and AI. Altair enables organizations across all industries to compete more effectively and drive smarter decisions in an increasingly connected world – all while creating a greener, more sustainable future. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.
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