Engineering.com’s roundup of recent simulation news.
Renesas completes Altium acquisition
Renesas has completed its acquisition of electronic design automation (EDA) software developer Altium. The $5.91 billion deal, first announced in February, will see Altium as a subsidiary of Renesas led by CEO Aram Mirkazemi, who will concurrently serve as a senior vice president and head of Renesas’ Software & Digitalization team.
“With Renesas’ support and expertise, we are looking forward to accelerating the cloud-enablement of all industry processes associated with electronics design and development,” Mirkazemi said in a press release. “This will make electronics accessible to a broader market and lay the foundation for software defined products.”
Altair Enlighten Awards honor lightweighting and sustainability
Altair announced the winners of its 2024 Altair Enlighten Award honoring sustainability and lightweighting in the automotive industry.
DuPont’s Betamate broad bake adhesive technology is the 2024 Altair Enlighten Award winner for sustainable product. (Image: Altair.)
The awards categories included sustainable product (winner: DuPont Betamate for its broad bake adhesive technology), sustainable process (BMW M and partners for their visionary materials seat), module lightweighting (Syensqo and General Motors for their high-performance thermoplastic battery module structure), enabling technology (CompositeEdge for their sustainable high-performance structures), the future of lightweighting (WEAV3D, Braskem and Clemson Composites Center for cost-effective lightweight vehicle body structures) and responsible AI (Dow Inc. for Specflex polyurethane solutions).
Read more about the winners and runners-up on Engineering.com.
Ansys revenue up from 2023
Ansys’ revenue is up, according to the company’s financial results for the second quarter of 2024. Ansys announced its Q2 revenue was $594.1 million, up from $466.6 million in Q2 2023, a 27.3% increase.
Beta CAE updates SPDRM
Beta CAE Systems released SPDRM v1.11.2, the latest version of its software for simulation process data and resources management. The company said in its release notes that the updated SPDRM includes several enhancements and bug fixes. SPDRM v1.11.2 is now available from Beta CAE and its distributors.
Carmen Torres-Sanchez to be keynote speaker at ASSESS Summit 2025
NAFEMS has announced the first keynote speaker for its upcoming ASSESS Summit 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. Carmen Torres-Sanchez, a professor of multifunctional materials manufacturing at Loughborough University in the UK, will address the audience at what NAFEMS calls “the think-tank for engineering analysis and simulation, which will guide and shape the direction of the industry for years to come.”
