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News Release from: LMS International
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 13 September 2004
New centre to focus on ride and handling
The Engineering Services Division of LMS International has set up a new vehicle engineering competence centre for ride and handling in Turin, Italy.
The Engineering Services Division of LMS International has set up a new vehicle engineering competence centre for ride and handling in Turin, Italy The new competence centre groups top-class engineers in ride and handling, with a joint experience of over 45 years in vehicle development programmes at major European automotive OEMs and tier one suppliers
The creation of the new engineering team complements the expertise of LMS in key performance areas such as NVH, acoustics, structural integrity and durability, and strengthens the capabilities of LMS Engineering to take up full-vehicle engineering projects.
For over 25 years, LMS Engineering Services has been building strong relationships with automotive OEM and leading suppliers, setting new standards in performance engineering and taking development responsibility for numerous subsystem and vehicle development programmes.
The LMS expertise applies to the full product development cycle, from pre-concept and initial design optimisation, over detailed modelling and virtual prototype engineering, up until the final prototype testing and refinement stages.
LMS has taken a particular focus on optimising the reliability, sound quality and comfort of the vehicle, and provides innovative solutions for all key aspects that shape the experience of driving a vehicle.
Based on the strong market demand for such combined vehicle engineering expertise, LMS Engineering decided to extend its capabilities and recently formed a team of top engineers in Turin, Italy.
The engineering group has a joint expertise of over 45 year in vehicle dynamics and contributed in the development of some of the finest Italian and other European sport cars, renowned for their leading-edge handling characteristics.
The new LMS competence centre is capable of taking full responsibility over ride and handling development projects, including pre-programme benchmarking, target setting, concept development, detailed chassis development, and prototype refinement of suspension and steering system characteristics.
The ride and handling centre in Turin complements the LMS Engineering centres in Belgium, Germany and North America.
It strengthens LMS' skills, engineering experience and process knowhow to balance key vehicle targets like cost and weight, handling, ride comfort, sound quality, structural integrity and durability throughout the vehicle development process.
"Through its multidisciplinary engineering teams and the new competence centre in Turin, LMS uniquely combines know how in NVH, durability and vehicle dynamics engineering", commented Dirk De Vis, Vice President of LMS Engineering Services.
"This new investment sharpens our capability to engineer the character of a vehicle by delivering a meticulously balanced combination of handling, ride comfort and sound quality".
"Through our multidisciplinary engineering know-how, we are perfectly positioned to help our customers in developing cars that deliver the right driving experience, and comply with ever-tighter constraints in terms of reliability and weight". Request free introductory details about products from LMS International ...
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