Blue Ridge’s CFdesign product leads a category called “upfront CFD,” which enables multi-tasking engineers to perform vital computational fluid dynamics analysis early in the design cycle, when it is most cost-effective to explore and validate designs. CFdesign customers throughout the world report an average 65-percent reduction in project expenses and reclaim 70 percent of their project time to explore new ways to increase engineering quality and innovation.

Blue Ridge Numerics is the fastest-growing CFD company in the world, and among the fastest-growing technology companies in the country as ranked by the Inc. 500 and the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Last year, the company dramatically expanded its international presence, doubling its sales outside of North America.

“I thank START-IT magazine for this honor, and salute the Blue Ridge engineers and customers that have made it possible,” says Ed Williams, co-founder and president of Blue Ridge Numerics. “From the beginning, our mission has been to enable mainstream engineers to develop higher-quality, more innovative products in much less time. The avalanche of acceptance worldwide for CFdesign proves that we are fulfilling our mission.”