Ricardo is a leading global provider of product innovation, engineering solutions, clean technology and strategic consulting. Through our advanced and well-equipped technical facilities in North America, Europe and Asia we serve a wide and balanced customer base including the market-leading brands across a range of industrial sectors, as well as government agencies and national and international regulatory authorities. We are a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange and a constituent of the FTSE techMark 100 index.
Since Ricardo was founded nearly a century ago, the company has been renowned for its track record of highly successful research-led product innovation and development expertise. With our internally funded research activity and proven ability to attract the best of international scientific and engineering talent, Ricardo has been able to maintain its technical edge, which has provided us – and our customers – with crucial first mover advantage in highly competitive markets.
Ricardo’s deep technical knowledge and wide experience is particularly apparent in the transportation sectors that we serve, which range from passenger cars and motorcycles, to commercial, agricultural and off-highway vehicles, railway locomotive power and marine propulsion systems. Key areas of expertise include low-carbon gasoline, diesel, hybrid and fuel cell powertrain technologies; the latest driveline and transmission systems; control electronics and software development; vehicle systems integration, and the engineering of the latest concepts in wind energy and tidal power systems.
Ricardo is capable of taking on the toughest of engineering and strategic consulting challenges and has an enviable track record of delivering exacting projects on time and to budget. Our most important asset is our team of dedicated professionals – of which nearly three quarters are highly qualified, multi-disciplined engineers and technicians.
Our core values include respect for all our stakeholders, utmost integrity in our honest and ethical approach to our work, the creativity and innovation that has defined the very character of Ricardo for almost a century, and the passion and commitment to our work that underscores everything we do for our customers.
Creativity in collaborative working is in the Ricardo DNA; it is no coincidence that time and again, big name clients across multiple industries return to Ricardo for successful project delivery, and record their appreciation of the seamless way that Ricardo people integrate into project teams.
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