The Altair Enlighten Award honors the greatest sustainability and lightweighting advancements that successfully reduce carbon footprint, mitigate water and energy consumption, and leverage material reuse and recycling efforts. An award that garners interest from industry, engineering, policymakers, educators, students, and the public alike, the Enlighten Award showcases the latest and greatest technology innovations dedicated to sustainability.
The Altair Enlighten Award is presented annually in conjunction with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). This year's Award was presented on August 2, 2022.
Winner (Product): Ford Motor Company
2022 F-150 Lightning
Runner Up (Product): Lacks Enterprises
Composite Wheel Technology
Winner (Material): Ford Motor Company
100% Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR) Ocean Plastic Wiring Harness Clips (PA6)
Runner Up (Material): Nucor Corporation
Econiq™, the World’s First Net Zero Carbon Steel at Scale
Winner: Nemak
Recycled Materials for Sustainable Manufacturing and Product
Runner Up: ArcelorMittal
First Industrial Large Scale Hydrogen Direct Reduced Iron Test (H2 DRI Test)
Winner: BASF Corp., Toyota, and L&L Products
Toyota Tundra Second Row Seat Structure
Runner Up: Bocar Group
Toyota Tundra Rear End Post – Lightweight Design
Winner: Shiloh Industries and General Motors
ShilohCore Acoustic Patch Laminate (APL)
Runner Up: Bionic Mesh Design GmbH
Lightweight Design without Compromises
Runner Up: Human Horizons
Integrated High Pressure Die Casting (HPDC) Rear Cabin
Winner: McMaster University and Nemak
NemAlloy™, Novel Lightweight Automotive Aluminum Alloys
Runner Up: Adient Design & Technology
UltraThin Seating
Runner Up: Yanfeng International
Instrument Panel and Passenger Air Bag (IP PAB) Integration
Honorable Mention: csi entwicklungstechnik GmbH, AMC, BMW M, DITF
NaMiKo Biobased Automotive Center Console
Every organization that wins the Enlighten Award joins a distinguished, trailblazing club. This year's winners - Ford, Toyota, BASF, L&L Products, Shiloh Industries, General Motors, McMaster University, and Nemak – are among the latest organizations to showcase the future of vehicle lightweighting and sustainability.
You can see a complete list of previous winners here
Altair is very well known, and this is a very well known award. We are very excited about the business impact. When I looked at the competitors for it, there were some amazing technologies that were included as well, so we expect this will help spread the word for what we are doing.
– Craig Renneker | VP, Driveline Product Engineering, AAM -
Taking the Altair Enlighten Award in the full vehicle category for the Portofino BIW is a fantastic result for Ferrari
– Michael Leiters | CTO, Ferrari -
The Enlighten Award is extremely important to Ford Motor Company. This award is going to strengthen us - it shows that we are really a player in this field.
– Donna Dickson | Chief Program Engineer, Mustang Mach-E, Ford Motor Company -
“Our entire development team is honored to receive this coveted award.”
– JP Flaharty | Executive Program Manager at Toyota Motor North America Research & Development -
Highlighting the organizations who make the Enlighten Award possible.
Judging is conducted by an independent panel of judges, led by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR). CAR chairs the group of recognized industry experts to select the winning entries in all the categories.
Carla Bailo
Center for Automotive Research (CAR)
Harvey Bell
University of Michigan
Brian Brothers
Altair
Josh Brugeman
Fresh Coast Climate Solutions
Brian Daugherty
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association
Ryan Gehm
Truck & Off-Highway Engineering Magazine, SAE International
Dr. Deborah Mielewski
Ford Motor Company
Gina Oliver
American Chemistry Council
Dr. Wolfgang Seeliger
Leichtbau BW GmbH
Chris Theodore
Theodore & Associates,
Automotive Industry Consulting
Dr. Frank Zhao
Tsinghua University
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