Corporate Fact Sheet

About Altair

Altair empowers client innovation and decision-making through technology that optimizes the analysis, management and visualization of business and engineering information. Privately held with more than 1,300 employees, Altair has offices throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific. With a 20-year-plus track record for innovative product design and development, advanced engineering software and grid computing technologies, Altair has more than 3,500 corporate clients representing the automotive, aerospace, government and defense, and consumer products verticals. Altair also has a growing client presence in the life sciences,
financial services and energy markets.

Executive Management


In an increasingly virtual world, it is still real people – motivated by human aspirations and behaviors – who make a company what it is. Since our inception, Altair has been privileged to have leaders who demonstrate the highest levels of integrity, creativity, insight and focus. Altair leaders have also enthusiastically championed a business culture that fosters innovation, while valuing the talented individuals who have contributed to the company’s success.


Revenue


Clients

Automotive
BMW, Chrysler, Fiat, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar Land Rover, Mercedes, Nissan, Saab, Toyota, Volkswagen

Aerospace

Airbus, BAE Systems, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, Bombardier, Cessna, EADS, Eurocopter, GE Aircraft Engine, Goodrich, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon

Government & Defense

Argonne National Lab, Army Research Labs, General Dynamics, Los Alamos National Lab, NASA, ORNL, Sandia National Lab, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army RDECOM, U.S. Dept of Defense, U.S. Dept of Energy, U.S. Navy NAVSEA, U.S. Dept of Health NIH

Heavy Equipment

Paccar, Freightliner, Caterpillar, John Deere, International, ArvinMertior, Oshkosh, Pierce, Alstom, Claas, Detroit Diesel

Consumer Products

Addidas, Bose, Canon, Colgate Palmolive, Fisher Price, Harley Davidson, Kohler, Motorola, Nokia, Procter & Gamble, Panasonic, Samsung, Steelcase, Whirlpool

Life & Earth Sciences

AMGEN, Bayer, Dow, Genentech, National Cancer Institute, NCSA, NOAA, Pfizer, Protein Design Labs, Sanofi Oventis, Solexa, TGen, Weather Channel

Oil & Gas

AMEC NNC, Brasken, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, General Atomoics, JNES, Landmark, Petrobras, Schlumberger, Shell, Technip


Global Locations


Headquartered in Troy, Mich. USA, Altair has regional offices throughout:

  • Australia/New Zealand
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • China
  • France
  • Germany
  • India
  • Italy


  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Mexico
  • Russia
  • Sweden
  • United Kingdom
  • United States



Products and Services


Altair® HyperWorks® – HyperWorks is an enterprise simulation solution for rapid design exploration and decision-making. As one of the most comprehensive, open-architecture CAE solutions in the industry, HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, analysis, visualization and data management solutions for linear, nonlinear, structural optimization, fluid-structure interaction, and multi-body dynamics applications.
www.altairhyperworks.com


PBS GridWorks™ – Altair PBS GridWorks provides a suite of on-demand, policy-based grid computing technologies that allows enterprise clients to maximize their ROI on computing infrastructure assets. As an industry leader in both commercial and open-source workload management solutions, PBS GridWorks is the most widely implemented software environment for grid-, cluster- and on-demand computing worldwide.
www.pbsgridworks.com


Altair ProductDesign – Altair ProductDesign is an unique, multi-disciplinary product development consultancy of more than 500 designers, engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers. This cross-functional organization is best known for its leadership in combining human and machine creativity to fuel innovation, automate processes, and develop new methods.
www.altairproductdesign.com


HiQube, LLC – HiQube develops high-performance business intelligence (BI) software solutions that quickly deliver in-depth business analysis capabilities and superior reporting. With powerful enterprise analytics dashboards, HiQube delivers organizations with unparalleled decision-making power.
www.hiqube.com


solidThinking - solidthinking develops and markets industrial design/styling software that helps designers invent, explore and evaluate new ideas easily, rapidly and cost-effectively, without the limitations of traditional software. Designers use solidThinking software to create photorealistic 3D virtual prototypes of products across the design arena, from architecture and automobiles to electronic devices, jewelry, product packaging and yachts.
www.solidthinking.com


ilumisys, Inc. – ilumisys develops next-generation solid-state lighting technology. The company was formed in 2007 as a spinoff venture and wholly owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc. Initial products will be derived from Altair’s intellectual property as they relate to the direct replacement of fluorescent light tubes with light-emitting diode (LED) lamps.
www.ilumisys.com