75 YEARS AND BEYOND
2010 saw AVL open a battery lab in China, the AVL List
Technical Center (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. This was followed by
the AVL List Technical Center (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. as a second
Chinese center in 2016. The aim was to streamline the engine
development process to match the increasing demands from
the Chinese automotive industry for a shorter product devel-
opment cycle. This also allowed Chinese and foreign suppliers
to be included at an earlier stage of development. This was
the first technical center for engine development run by a
private company in China. To this day, the involvement of AVL
strengthens the long-lasting relationship with China, which can
be traced back to 1926, when AVL founder Hans List lived and
worked at Tongji University.
In 2014, AVL acquired a majority stake in qpunkt, which was
founded in 2008 and at the time employed 150 people in Hart
near Graz and at four other locations. qpunkt was well-known
for specializing in thermal management, flow technology, and
acoustics. The company focused on the use of physical and
virtual methods, as well as the corresponding instrumentation,
to develop innovative solutions related to thermal manage-
ment. The addition of the subsidiary Epzwo made it possible
to cover the entire V-process, from thermal management
development to SOP. In 2018, qpunkt was completely integrat-
ed into the AVL Group as the Thermal Management & HVAC
product line and operates globally within AVL’s worldwide
network.
The 2010s
2010
Foundation of AVL Engineering & Test Systems Türkiye
The steep development curve in the Turkish automotive
industry included the delivery of test systems in the 1980s and
AVL Instrumentation and Test Systems therefore decided to
become active in the region in 2010. The company has since
grown steadily, with 50 engineers now providing engineering,
after-sales, and project management services locally and
globally.
2012
Foundation of AVL SET GmbH
(formerly SET Power Systems GmbH)
2012 saw the company now known as AVL SET (then SET
Power Systems GmbH) established as a “Member of the AVL
Group”, in a joint venture with AVL List GmbH. The company is
located in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany. The aim was to provide
customers in the development area of the automotive industry
with power Hardware-in-the-Loop test systems. A completely
new methodology was developed for the market, to test
propulsion inverters using e-machine emulation technology.
Continuous technological advances and the resulting need for
innovation in the area of power electronics for electro propul-
sion systems continues to demand swift and agile growth from
AVL SET.
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