Annual Report 2016

Autoneum Annual Report 2016

Business Year at a Glance

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Market Leadership

Further Expanded

The year 2016 marks a special anniversary for Autoneum: five years

of independence as an automobile supplier in one of the most competitive

industries in the world. Autoneum’s very successful performance since

achieving its independence in 2011 is reflected not only in the continuous

increase of the Company’s profitability but also in the expansion of its

innovation leadership, its global presence geared to customer demand and

not least in a large number of customer and product awards.

Shaping the future of mobility

as a technology leader

As an innovation leader in acoustic and thermal

management for vehicles, the continuous

advancement of its technological expertise is

a prerequisite for Autoneum’s corporate success.

To this end, Autoneum made future-oriented

investments in 2016: In Novi (Michigan), the

Company’s development capacities in the USA

were significantly expanded with a new technical

center at the future location of the North

American headquarters. As well as the develop-

ment and adaption of noise- and heat-reducing

vehicle components for the North American

market, vehicle predevelopment studies for

customers will also be conducted at the technical

and development center. Component properties

as well as the best possible production process in

each situation will in future be simulated and

tested through the use of specially installed

production lines. In 2016, in order to not only

maintain its existing innovation leadership

but to expand it further in a profitable manner,

Autoneum likewise opened the “Competence

Center for New Mobility” in Sunnyvale, California.

There, Autoneum intends to join forces with

new OEMs to evaluate the potential of current

automotive trends such as electric mobility,

autonomous drive and digitalization and how

they might be implemented in new technologies

and products for acoustic and thermal manage-

ment. The aim is to provide established and new

OEMs with the best possible range of acoustic

and thermal management products for the cars

of the future.