and engineering founded 1984 headquarters markham ontario canada key people peter czapka president ceo larry holt vice president multimatic engineering michael guttilla vice president sales & marketing website www.multimatic.com 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 . 1 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 . 2 multimatic was ranked 79 on the 2015 automotive news top 100 north american suppliers list . 3 multimatic engineered and constructed the carbon chassis and suspension systems for the ruf ctr3 and aston martin one 77 4 5 and is ford s build partner for the 2017 ford gt . 6 the company has also provided engineering input on the aston martin v12 zagato 4 aston martin cc100 7 and aston martin vulcan 8 models as well as lightweight sports cars by vuhl 9 and zenos . 10 multimatic motorsports designs engineers builds supports and campaigns racing cars in north america and europe . 11 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 . 12 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 . 13 following the design s initial success with newman haas racing s title winning 2002 cart season 14 multimatic dssv dampers have been series mandated as the official damper of the champ car atlantic series in 2006 2007 15 the u.s. f2000 national championship from 2011 16 the deutsche tourenwagen meisterschaft dtm from 2012 17 indy lights from 2015 ; 18 and the gt500 class of japan s super gt series . 19 dssv dampers were also supplied for red bull racing s four consecutive formula one titles from 2010 2013 20 21 22 23 and has equipped nearly half the field at the 24 hours of le mans . 24 road car dssv applications include the demacross epique gt1 25 aston martin one 77 26 chevrolet camaro z 28 fifth generation 27 aston martin vulcan 28 and mercedes amg gt base model . 29 references edit multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . multimatic.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . engineering . product engineering multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . multimatic.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link 2015 topsuppliers cmyk.qxp pdf . retrieved 2016 07 18 . a b engineering . road vehicles multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . multimatic.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link february 15 2012 2012 02 15 . 2012 toronto auto show aston martin one 77 has canadian connection . wheels.ca . retrieved 2016 07 18 . ford turns to ontario s multimatic to make gt concept car business cbc news . cbc.ca . 2015 02 13 . retrieved 2016 07 18 . template meta.author . aston martin shows new design direction with cc100 speedster concept . forbes.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . aston martin vulcan unveiled at geneva multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . multimatic.com . 2015 03 06 . retrieved 2016 07 18 . greg emmerson 2013 06 10 . new image of the vuhl 05 released european car . superstreetonline.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . 1 dead link engineering . race engineering support multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . multimatic.com . retrieved 2016 07 18 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link holt laurence j. ; o flynn damian ; tomlin andrew aug 12 2014 hydraulic damper spool valve retrieved 2016 05 17 brian makse 2014 04 22 2014 chevrolet camaro z28 z 28 track review retrieved 2016 05 17 bourdais and junqueira join multimatic motorsports team panoz for sebring . multimatic motorsports . 2006 02 28 . retrieved 2016 05 17 . dssv damping technology for new atlantic series . multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . 2006 02 06 . retrieved 2016 05 17 . andersen promotions jan 27 2010 . dynamic dampers will be required in top class of usf2000 series pdf . usf2000.com . andersen promotions . retrieved may 17 2016 . dssv dampers for motorsports . multimatic inc. global automotive supplier . 2013 06 10 . retrieved 2016 05 17 . andersen promotions may 17 2016 . 2015 indy lights regulations pdf . hardcard.indycar.com . indycar.com . retrieved 17 may 2016 . le mans co. ltd. products multimatic . www.lemans.co.jp . retrieved 2016 05 17 . red bull rb6 f1technical.net . www.f1technical.net . retrieved 2016 05 17 . red bull rb7 f1technical.net . www.f1technical.net . retrieved 2016 05 17 . red bull rb8 f1technical.net . www.f1technical.net . retrieved 2016 05 17 . team red bull racing formula one . rb9 red bull racing formula one team . red bull racing formula one team . retrieved 2016 05 17 . nesbitt wally . multimatic dssv is the damper of choice at le mans . www.insidetracknews.com . retrieved 2016 05 17 . 2012 de macross gt1 . top speed . retrieved 2016 05 17 . aston martin one 77 at geneva . evo . retrieved 2016 05 17 . camaro z 28 taps f1 suppliers for maximum performance sae international . articles.sae.org . retrieved 2016 05 17 . crask andrew . aston martin reveals vulcan track day car . www.racer.com . retrieved 2016 05 17 . get under the skin of the 2016 mercedes amg gt s . road & track . 2014 10 14 . retrieved 2016 05 17 . external links edit official website 2011 automotive news top 100 north american suppliers automotive news 100 cool things automotive news pace awards retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title multimatic & oldid 743577399 categories auto parts suppliersautomotive companies of canadacompanies based in markham ontariomanufacturing companies established in 19841984 establishments in ontariohidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from july 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 07 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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