A quarter-century ago, Autoneum’s joint venture plant in the South African city of Rosslyn opened its doors. The joint venture with Feltex Automotive was officially formed in July 1997. However, the collaboration between the two automotive suppliers goes back as far as the 1980s, when Autoneum – at that time still as a division of the Rieter Group – supported Feltex in manufacturing dampers. But it was Autoneum’s expertise in producing lightweight, noise-reducing heatshields which laid the foundation for the plant’s 25-year success story. Today, the site also manufactures LFT (long-fiber thermoplastic) components such as underfloor and under engine shields and also trades in inner dashes and wheelhouse outer liners produced in the plants of its joint venture partner. Numerous awards from long-time customer Toyota and successful cooperation with some of the world’s largest German and Japanese vehicle manufacturers attest to the high-quality performance of the plant’s approximately 70 employees. Congratulations, Rosslyn, on this important milestone!

With a new state-of-the-art cold chamber at its headquarters in Winterthur, Switzerland, Autoneum is further expanding its capabilities and innovation leadership in vehicle thermal management. The tests and measurements of entire vehicles carried out in the chamber enable the Company to optimize existing technologies as well as simulation and engineering services and to adapt them to the changing thermal requirements of electric vehicles. With its tailor-made thermal management systems, Autoneum supports vehicle manufacturers in improving energy efficiency and thus battery performance and range, as well as the thermal comfort of occupants in e-cars. The new state-of-the-art test facility thus enables Autoneum to support its customers even more comprehensively in mastering the latest challenges in thermal management of electric vehicles in the future.

Autoneum took International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022 as an opportunity to launch the first in-house Women’s Network. In this way, the Company offers female employees worldwide a platform to better network with each other, share experiences and knowledge and inspire each other in the cross-regional and cross-functional exchange of ideas. In 2022, two presentations were organized, followed by roundtable discussions on topics such as career development, work-life balance and female leadership. In addition, the Autoneum Women’s Network organized a voluntary peer networking program. As a Company with operations spanning four continents, Autoneum employs people from a large variety of national, ethnic, cultural and personal backgrounds. Diversity & Inclusion go hand in hand with Autoneum’s corporate value of “living a global spirit” and are part of the Company’s Advance Sustainability Strategy 2025.