The world's largest independent engineering company will bundle all its divisions and competencies in the electrics/electronics area under the new brand to form a strong globally active team of almost 1,500 employees at 15 locations around the world.
This development will see the integration of employees of BFFT Gesellschaft für Fahrzeugtechnik mbH (a subsidiary of the EDAG Group since 2013) in EDAG Engineering GmbH, the parent company with headquarters in Wiesbaden. This means that, in addition to classic electrics/electronics issues, the EDAG Group will also be strongly positioned in the current sector transformation process in the future fields of highly automated driving, connectivity, e-mobility, digitisation and mobile services, enabling the development of new standards for mobility solutions.
The former BFFT headquarters in Gaimersheim will remain an important component of the EDAG Group in this respect. BFFT has acquired an excellent reputation in the 20 years since it was established as an innovative development partner in the E/E environment and an attractive employer. “Our experienced team in the future fields of mobility ideally complements existing EDAG competencies. This organised merger also opens up new perspectives for our locations in Gaimersheim and Ingolstadt. Due to the global orientation of the EDAG Group, the EDAG BFFT Electronics brand also achieves a major international presence and obtains access to future-oriented development projects for existing and new customers”, emphasises Cosimo De Carlo, CEO of the EDAG Group.
About the EDAG Group
EDAG is an independent engineering service provider working for the global automotive industry. The company has a global network of some 60 branches at the world's major automobile centres to serve leading national and international vehicle manufacturers and technologically discerning automotive suppliers.
In addition, EDAG also offers engineering services in the vehicle engineering, electrics/electronics and production solutions segments. This extensive competence enables EDAG to provide its customers with all-round support, from the original idea to design, through to product development, prototype construction and even turn-key production systems. As an innovative technological leader, the company also has competence centres for ground-breaking future technologies for the automotive industry: lightweight design, eMobility, digitalisation, integral safety and new production technologies.
In 2018, the company achieved a sales volume of €792 million and an adjusted EBIT of €47.6 million. On 31st December 2018, EDAG employed a global workforce of 8,641 (including apprentices).