BENTELER Automobiltechnik, a division of BENTELER Group based in Paderborn, Germany, has renewed and expanded its relationship with Altair.
BENTELER has been using Altair solutions throughout its departments worldwide to accelerate development cycles and drive innovation for 15 years. Altair HyperWorks pre- and post-processing tools have become the preferred solutions in the development of BENTELER products, while Altair OptiStruct and Altair Radioss are frequently used for customer projects. In addition, BENTELER also relies on Altair PBS Professional as its preferred high-performance computing (HPC) workload management platform to improve efficiency throughput the company’s computational infrastructure. As new topics and new technologies arise, BENTELER will evaluate OptiStruct for nonlinear analysis and Altair SimSolid for computer aided design (CAD) assembly simulation.
“We look forward to intensifying our successful cooperation with Altair,” said Hinderk van Lengen, department head, Chassis CAE at BENTELER Automotive. “Altair’s modeling and visualization solutions are standard in the automotive industry and provide us with an important asset to accelerate our innovation path. Altair has become a longstanding strategic partner that enables us to increase our efficiency. With the help of virtual methods, we are able to meet the various component requirements at an early stage of the development process, while taking into account costs and weight targets. Altair’s solutions help us to develop safe and eco-friendly mobility solutions for the future. One example is the BENTELER Electric Drive System – a scalable platform solution for electric vehicles.” 
“We are very happy that BENTELER continues to rely on Altair solutions to optimize its CAE processes,” said Dr. Pietro Cervellera, senior vice president of EMEA, Altair. “With new requirements and fast-changing needs to make eco-friendly mobility happen, the technology roadmap of the automotive industry has to reflect complex market challenges. Altair delivers powerful simulation solutions to meet these challenges and enables our customers to innovate faster. We are looking forward to further intensifying our cooperation helping BENTELER to accelerate its development processes and further drive innovation throughout its organization.”
