News Summary:

January 2010
Frank Syred from SVT presented a paper titled "Interaction of Vibration and Sound Stimuli in Transient Impact Events" at the recent EIS Seminar and Workshop "Right Sound Your Product" held at Warwick University. This paper was co-authored with Honda R&D Europe (UK).

February 2006
MTS Systems has announced the completion of the sale of its NVH software products and active software contracts to Maya HTT. Maya HTT has partnered with Brüel & Kjær to provide the continued sale and support of I-DEAS Pro and related software products for noise and vibration analysis.

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This positive development can only strengthen SVT's excellent relationship with Brüel & Kjær.

January 2006
MTS Systems announced that they have signed a letter of intent to sell their NVH software products and active software contracts and expect to complete the sale within the first quarter of calendar year 2006. Maya HTT and Brüel & Kjær have partnered to complete this acquisition with a commitment to continue the sales and support of I-DEAS Pro and related software products for noise and vibration analysis.

October 2005
Despite MTS Systems' recent announcement to withdraw from the NVH software market, we will continue to provide technical support to our existing customers for the following NVH products: I-DEAS Test, Sound Quality, Jury Evaluation and Reporter.

May 2005
Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S announced today that it has signed an exclusive contract with NoViSim Ltd to jointly complete the ongoing development of the next generation of NVH Simulator products to be sold and supported by Brüel & Kjær as integrated tools in the Brüel & Kjær PULSE platform.

NoViSim Ltd was recently formed to produce NVH Simulator products, based on the knowledge and experience of the founding partner companies, Sound & Vibration Technology Ltd, VRtainment and Triton Audio Solutions, a partnership with consulting and software development expertise in advanced NVH, driving simulators and audio signal processing. These products will be fully integrated into the NVH processes of today's and tomorrow's automotive industry.

“The NVH Simulator is a key element in helping automotive customers reduce time to market by allowing them to experience the NVH of a vehicle component in a complete vehicle in the correct context, so critical decisions can be made early in the development program before any physical prototype has been built.”

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May 2005
SVT's Mark Allman-Ward will present a paper entitled "Using an Interactive NVH Simulator for Target Setting and Concept Evaluation in a New Vehicle Programme" at the SAE Noise & Vibration Conference and Exhibition in Traverse City later this month. This paper was co-authored by Roger Williams, Fraser Henderson and Mark Allman-Ward of SVT and Garry Dunne, Martin Cockrill and Stuart Adlard of Jaguar Cars. Please contact us to obtain a copy.

April 2005
NoViSim Ltd was registered as a company in the UK. It is jointly owned by Sound & Vibration Technology Ltd., Triton Audio Solutions and VRtainment GmbH.

April 2005
Roger Williams, SVT Technical Director, presented a paper entitled "SVT Functional Approach to NVH Driving Simulation" at the Engineering Integrity Society's worshop for Human Perception of Combined Sound and Vibration. This event was conducted at Millbrook Proving Ground where the lunchtime activities allowed the delegates to 'drive' SVT's NVH Simulator, NoViSim.

December 2004
Sound & Vibration Technology Limited is delighted to inform existing and potential customers that its ISO 9001:2000 approval has recently been renewed. SVT has been assessed and approved by CQS (Certified Quality Systems) Limited. The scope of this certification applies to the approved quality administration systems related to sound and vibration consultancy.

August 2004
Mark Allman–Ward presented a co-authored paper “The Evaluation of Vehicle Sound Quality using an NVH Simulator”, at the Internoise Conference in Prague on August 25th, 2004.

July 2004
Despite starting operations in the tough market conditions in 2003, Sound & Vibration Technology Ltd completed its first year of trading in profit.

August 2003
VOICES project concludes with positive outcome. Further research approved under the ECHOES project.

April 2003
Sound & Vibration Technology Ltd buys the UK NVH Test operation from MSX International Ltd.
Millbrook, Bedfordshire, April 25th, 2003