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Multimatic Inc. is a privately held Canadian corporation supplying engineered components, systems and services to the global automotive industry. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Multimatic has manufacturing divisions and engineering facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia, and alliance partnerships worldwide.
The company's core competencies include the engineering and manufacturing of complex mechanisms, body hardware, suspension systems, and body structures, as well as the design and development of lightweight composite automotive systems. In addition, Multimatic delivers niche vehicle design, development, and production for road and race car applications. Multimatic was ranked 79 on the 2015 Automotive News Top 100 North American Suppliers list.
Multimatic engineered and constructed the carbon chassis and suspension systems for the RUF CTR3 and Aston Martin One-77, and is Ford's build partner for the 2017 Ford GT.
The company has also provided engineering input on the Aston Martin V12 Zagato, Aston Martin CC100, and Aston Martin Vulcan models, as well as lightweight sports cars by VUHL and Zenos.
Multimatic Motorsports designs, engineers, builds, supports and campaigns racing cars in North America and Europe.
The company also markets the patented Multimatic DSSV (Dynamic Suspension Spool Valve) damper through its Dynamic Suspensions brand. DSSV dampers are characterized by the use of spool valves in place of conventional flexible shims. Primary among benefits cited in the 2010 patent filing is the elimination of performance ambiguity associated with flexible shims, resulting in mathematically predictable, repeatable, and robust pressure-flow characteristics. Multimatic also claims damper-to-damper manufacturing variance within two percent in the case of their hand-built racing dampers (with closer-to-typical variance in road car applications), as compared to contemporary industry variance of up to twelve percent for shim dampers.
Following the design's initial success with Newman/Haas Racing's title-winning 2002 CART season, Multimatic DSSV dampers have been series-mandated as the official damper of the Champ Car Atlantic Series in 2006-2007, the U.S. F2000 National Championship from 2011, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) from 2012, Indy Lights from 2015; and the GT500 class of Japan’s Super GT series. DSSV dampers were also supplied for Red Bull Racing's four consecutive Formula One titles from 2010-1014, and has equipped nearly half the field at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Road car DSSV applications include the deMacross Epique GT1, Aston Martin One-77, Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 (Fifth-Generation), Aston Martin Vulcan, and Mercedes-AMG GT (Base Model).