Jerome Mortal is quite specific about the importance to his company of increasing the environmental efficiency of the products it makes. “57% of our turnover is derived from products that make vehicles greener,” he states. Mortal is special vehicle application and electrification director for French manufacturer of electric motors, Valeo. A key element underpinning all this work, he confirms, is its use of Romax design analysis software packages from system supplier Hexagon. “We have been using Romax software since 2018,” he says. “Initially, we primarily used Concept, a ‘simpler’ version of Romax Designer used for design space exploration. Then, while switching our models to the cloud-supported Romax Nexus suite of products, we expanded to use the Enduro, Spectrum and Energy modules that focus on efficiency, gear definition, NVH, bearings and durability.”