Company Our Automotive Technology business is passionate about the automotive industry and produces as well as markets high-tech automotive components worldwide. With over 20,000 employees, we are responsible for the success of this business.
Throughout the world, the name thyssenkrupp Bilstein is synonymous with innovation and high-tech engineering in the shock absorbers technology. With its competence for the entire chassis, the company – with production facilities in Europe, NAFTA, and China – supplies products for the complete spectrum of damping applications.
On top of this, thyssenkrupp Bilstein has for many years now been a much sought-after partner in the motor sports and tuning sector. thyssenkrupp Bilstein is an operative business unit in the Components Technology business area.
The Company
thyssenkrupp Bilstein is made up of two divisions, namely the Original Equipment (OE) and the AfterMarket (AM) divisions. There are currently over 2,000 people working for thyssenkrupp Bilstein worldwide. The company’s head offices are still based in the place where it was originally founded, in Ennepetal (Germany). Other production facilities are in Germany (Mandern), Romania (Sibiu), and the USA (Hamilton, Ohio, and Poway, San Diego), as well as in China (Shanghai).
Belonging to the internationally active thyssenkrupp Group enables the company to generate resources for investments and also secures an extra advantage in terms of R&D competence. With our simultaneous engineering activities in particular, we make a sustainable contribution towards the ongoing improvement of structural designs and systems in the automotive industry and are correspondingly a renowned partner of this industry all over the world.