Altair Engineering


Altair Engineering Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Troy, Michigan. They provide product design and engineering, enterprise services, data analytics, IoT and cloud computing. Altair was founded by James R Scapa, George Christ, and Mark Kistner in 1985.
Altair Engineering is the creator of the HyperWorks suite of CAE software products.

Organization

Altair is divided into several business divisions, a few are Product Design, HyperWorks CAE Software, SmartWorks, Knowledge Works and PBS Works

History

Altair was established in 1985. In 1990, HyperMesh was released. In 1994, Altair receives IndustryWeek's "Technology of the Year" award for OptiStruct.
During the 2008 economy crisis, Altair started a program to offer free training on its product for unemployed persons in Michigan.
In September 2010, Altair purchased a Annex Facility in Troy, to initially house Altair's subsidiary ilumisys, Inc.
In September 2011, Altair ProductDesign unveiled BUSolution, a hybrid hydraulic bus.

Corporate acquisitions

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