KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik

KOSTAL

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KOSTAL R&D

KOSTAL Poland R&D

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KOSTAL Group

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Key Facts Business Units

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Leopold Kostal founds the parent company LK
1912 in Lüdenscheid
KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik
LK designs and produces its first parts for the
1927 automotive industry

Beginning of business activities in the first

1973 foreign subsidiary (Mexico) KOSTAL Connectors

Transfer of the four business divisions into own

2004 entities

KOSTAL Industrial Electronics

2.774 bn EUR 18,457
Revenues Employees

46 20
Sites Countries SOMA
(as per ACT 12/2021)
KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik – facts & figures

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15,800 2.4 bn€

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Employees worldwide Revenue 2021

110 years >130 m€

Independent family business Annual R&D expenditure

+7% CAGR 35 locations

Revenue 2011-2021 worldwide

Countries with KOSTAL location

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KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik – Partner of choice of global automotive OEMs

Examples of our customers

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Our products can be found in
every second vehicle worldwide.

We are shaping electromobility with

over 2 million onboard chargers* in the field.

We are the world market leader in steering column

modules, door control units and shift-by-wire modules,
each with a market share of more than 30%.

*Status: December 2021

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Product portfolio – Energy & Empathy

ENERGY EMPATHY

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Energizing mobility Embedding people
Steering column

Drive Controls
Power Electronics

Onboard-Chargers modules

DC/DC-converters Shift-by-Wire
mechatronic modules
Charging interface
control units

Roof modules

Comfort Controls
Comfort Electronics

Door control units

Control elements
Seat control units

Displays and
Tailgate control units Smart Surfaces

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Enhancing people‘s mobility experience – for generations.

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Technological automotive megatrends Global market requirements

ENERGY

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Energizing mobility

ELECTRIFIED GLOBALIZATION
Cost efficient
Shaping New
Global
Mobility
Footprint
SHARED / NEW
MOBILITY HMI SECURITY IN THE
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

AUTONOMOUS
3 Regional
Engineering
Centre ECONOMIES
OF SCALE

EMPATHY
CONNECTED Embedding people COST EFFICIENCY

Occasion / Author/ Date Slide 10

Our focus of Innovation 2022

Enhancing people's mobility experience

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– for generations

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Human-Machine-Interaction
(Displays, GUI, Touch-Controls, Haptics, Advanced Controls, Smart Surface …)

PRODUCTS
Smart Adjustment
(Kinematic Control, Safe Motion Control, Smart Algorithms …)

Electrified Driving
(Charge, Convert, Distribute, Communicate …)

ENERGY EMPATHY
New Vehicles
(Product Concepts for LCVs, Urban Delivery Vehicles and Purpose-built Cars …)

Digitalization
Energizing mobility Embedding people

TECHNOLOGIES
(Cybersecurity, Car Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Simulation, Data Analytics …)

Efficient Power- & Micro-Electronics

(Advanced Packaging, Substrates, Semiconductors ...)

Smart HMI Integration

(Shy HMI, Functional, Decorative and Robust Surfaces, Sensor/Actor Integration …)

PROCESSES
Sustainability
(Sustainable Processes, Repair and Recycling …)

Software Engineering
(Global SW-Engineering, SW Maintenance, SW as a Product, GUI Workflow …)

Occasion / Author/ Date Slide 12

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 Innovation

Energizing Mobility
ENERGY

Audi e-tron
KOSTAL Research & Development by Energy & Empathy

Volvo
Source:
Embedding People
EMPATHY

Source: Mercedes-Benz

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Empathy
Market & Product Trends
Large displays increasingly replace non-
safety-relevant switches
Shift by wire and display integration in
steering column
New interior concepts - incl. free seat
configuration
Future Interior
Large displays and closed surfaces
New steering wheel geometry and
partial elimination of steering levers
Elimination of the airbag allows fully
reduced dashboards
Trends
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The use of displays is being further
pushed. Displays are becoming larger
and more sophisticated in their
geometry
Function operation via new display HMI Closed surfaces that have a "secret till
lit effect" - switches only visible when
needed
New interface products in the interior.
Displays in new places, e.g. the door
for direct operation.
Elimination of airbag and new cockpit
Function operation via new display HMI
design | Sliding and retractable
steering wheel - incl. new design
High future demand for displays in the
interior as well as need of increasing
flexibility in the area of steering wheel
architecture
Global R&D Structure

KAE – Worldwide R&D Headquarter

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Europe+
Americas Regional HQ R&D Europe+ Asia
Regional HQ R&D Americas Regional HQ R&D Asia

Regional R&D Headquarter Regional R&D Headquarters

Regional R&D location cover all
Customer Support R&D competencies
Predevelopment
Production Support
International R&D Structure
Structure of KOSTAL Global R&D Network - Headquarter KAE

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KAE – Worldwide Headquarter
Engineering Center EUROPE

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Global Functional Responsibility
KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH
Lüdenscheid / Dortmund
626 engineers (2021)

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R&D Growth Poland
Scenario for Evaluation of Locations

Comfort Controls / Empathy in 2026

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Mechanic Hardware Software Mechatronic Testing Management

R&D Services in 2026

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In total 64 engineers
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PCB Design FSM QAM DFMEA SW Tool Standard SW Management
Support

In total 200 positions in 2026

Occasion / Author / Date Slide 19