Company:IAV GmbH

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IAV GmbH
Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr

Type	Limited liability company: GmbH
Industry	Automotive industry
Founded	Berlin, Germany (1983)
Founder	Prof. Dr. Hermann Appel
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Number of locations	16 operations across Germany, several Subsidiaries
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Matthias Kratzsch, Chairman of the Managing Board; Katja Ziegler, President; Dr. Uwe Horn, President
Services	Powertrain, Electronics and Vehicle Development
Revenue	896 million Euro (2020)
Number of employees	8,200 worldwide (2020)
Website	IAV.com

IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr, (literal Engineer Society Automobile and Traffic), abbreviated to IAV GmbH, is an engineering company in the Automotive industry , designing products for powertrain, electronics and vehicle development. Founded in Berlin in 1983 by Prof. Dr. Hermann Appel as a university-affiliated research institute, the company employs over 8,000 members of staff, and supplies Automotive industry and component suppliers. In addition to development centres in Berlin, Chemnitz and Gifhorn, IAV operates at sites in France, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, China, Japan, South Korea , Brazil and the United States.

Clients include the Volkswagen Group, BMW, Stellantis, Ford, GM, Porsche, Toyota, Claas and Liebherr. Component manufacturer clients include Bosch, Aptiv, Continental, ZF Group, ETAS, Forvia, Freudenberg, Glatt, MWM, Schaeffler and Sonplas.

Shareholders

(As of 2019) the shareholders of IAV GmbH were:

• Volkswagen AG - 50%
• Continental Automotive GmbH - 20%
• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG - 10%
• IAV GmbH - 10%
• SABIC Innovative Plastics B.V. - 10%

Subsidiaries

IAV has the following worldwide subsidiary companies:

Europe

• Consulting4Drive GmbH
• IAV S.A.S.U. (France)
• IAV Cars GmbH
• IAV U.K. Ltd.
• IAV Fahrzeugsicherheit GmbH & Co. KG
• TRE GmbH
• CPU 24/7 GmbH
• IAV Automotive Engineering AB (Sweden)

Asia

• IAV Automotive Engineering (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
• IAV Co., Ltd. (Japan)
• IAV Korea Co., Ltd.

North / South America

• IAV Automotive Engineering Inc. (USA)
• IAV do Brasil Ltda.

In-road electric vehicle charger

In 2009 the company submitted a patent for an electric vehicle recharger that is built into the road. The technology would allow electric vehicles to be charged as they drive over roads embedded with a recessed wireless recharging strip, using electromagnetic induction.

See also

• Ground-level power supply

External links

• IAV.com official international portal