75 YEARS AND BEYOND
In 2000, the business area for medical devices was sold to
Roche Diagnostics. 2002 saw operations begin at the test
track in Gratkorn, near Graz.
2003 saw the opening of the Helmut List Halle in Graz as
an event center for up to 2400 visitors. After four months of
planning and a ten-month construction phase, the event loca-
tion officially opened on January 9, 2003 with the first staged
performance of “Begehren” by Beat Furrer, which also heralded
the start of Graz’s year as Cultural Capital of Europe in 2003.
The 2000s
2001
AVL Schrick Performance Components GmbH
AVL Schrick Performance Components GmbH has been
focusing on the production, processing, and distribution of
mechanical components and systems made from a range of
materials – for chassis, combustion, electric, and hydrogen
motors and for the heavy-load sectors of the industry since
2001.
2002
Foundation of AVL Hungary Kft.
AVL List GmbH acquired the engine development department
of the company known as AUTÓKUT at the time, integrating
this into the AVL Group. AVL Hungary Kft. is involved in
domestic and international projects, working with state-of-the-
art equipment and developing propulsion systems of the future
for the automotive, heavy-load, construction, and shipping
industry.
2002
AVL Schrick GmbH
2002 saw AVL take over the German engine developer Schrick,
which was founded as Dr. Schrick GmbH in 1969, and integrate
it into the company. Schrick had its roots in motorsport
and specialized in manufacturing camshafts. AVL had been
working on the development of new, alternative propulsion
concepts since the early 2000s and started to integrate hybrid
technologies into vehicles in 2003.
2004
Foundation of AVL Tippelmann GmbH
Tippelmann GmbH near Neuenstadt, Germany, was founded in
1976 and became part of the AVL Group in 2004. Now active
on the global stage, the company develops measurement
procedures that allow the capture of flow processes in internal
combustion engine cylinders. The strict requirements in place
for exhaust gas quality mean that the development testbeds
and series test machines constructed for this purpose at AVL
Tippelmann play an increasingly critical role.
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