Granta – Material Intelligence

We are the materials information technology experts. At Granta Design, we work closely with our customers and partners to specify, develop, and deliver software, materials data, and materials database solutions that help you improve quality, innovation, and efficiency, while reducing risk and cost.

Our technology and expertise originate in Cambridge University and are reinforced through extensive industry partnerships. We help enterprises manage, analyze, and apply critical data in the engineering process. We also provide the world's leading teaching resource for materials and process education.

People & history

Granta was founded in 1994, from a materials engineering software collaboration between Professors Mike Ashby and David Cebon at Cambridge University.

The company has grown steadily to become the largest organization in the world dedicated solely to the niche area of materials information technology. We have invested in developing new materials information solutions with support from our customers, ASM International (the world’s largest professional society for materials engineering), and three industry consortia. The oldest of these, the Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC), is a collaboration of top aerospace, defense, and energy organizations that drove development of GRANTA MI, now the industry-standard system for managing materials information in engineering enterprises.

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Technical leadership

Granta’s “firsts” include: Ashby charts and materials performance indices, pioneering approaches in systematic materials selection; the fi rst manufacturing process selector; unique materials data checking and estimation procedures; novel eco-design tools; and the only enterprise materials information management system for the complete materials data lifecycle.

Ownership & partners

Granta is an independent, private company owned by its founders, employees, the University of Cambridge, and ASM International. Our three collabortative consortia are: the Material Data Management Consortium; the Materials Strategy Consortium, focused on software for systematic materials selection, substitution, and cost optimization; and the Environmental Materials Information Technology (EMIT) Consortium for eco-design and eco-regulations.

Our solutions are augmented by data partnerships with specialists in metals and alloys (MMPDS, MI-21, ESDU MMDH), composites (CMH-17), and polymers (CAMPUS, RAPRA, IDES, MoldFlow), and by technology partnerships with leaders in computer-aided engineering (e.g., SIMULIA, ANSYS, PTC, Siemens PLM).

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Example customers

Airbus, Aubert & Duval, Boeing, Dow Chemical, EADS Astrium, Emerson Electric, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin, GE - Aviation, Honeywell, Intel, Moen, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Renault F1, Rolls-Royce. Over 700 universities and colleges worldwide.

Where are we?

Everywhere! Headquartered in Cambridge, UK, we support customers worldwide.

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