Carcoustics
| Carcoustics International GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1952 |
| Seat |
Leverkusen , Germany
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| management |
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| Number of employees | approx. 2,600 (2019) |
| sales | approx. 360 million euros annual turnover (2019) |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.carcoustics.com |
| As of May 11, 2020 | |
Carcoustics is an international automotive supplier with headquarters in Leverkusen ( Germany ).
The company develops and produces acoustically and thermally effective components for the automotive and commercial vehicle industries. In 2018, Carcoustics received the award "Top Employer Automotive Germany" for the fifth time in a row and in 2019 was named "Top Employer Germany" for the first time beyond the automotive industry.
In 2020 Carcoustics received the "Top Employer Austria" award for the third time in a row.
Works
Carcoustics has plants in:
- Leverkusen / Germany
- Haldensleben / Germany
- Klaus / Austria
- Rankweil / Austria
- Genk / Belgium
- Valencia, Spain
- Senec / Slovakia
- Novaky / Slovakia (2 plants)
- Wrocław / Poland
- Troy / Illinois / USA
- Buford / Georgia / USA
- Queretaro / Mexico
- San Miguel de Allende / Mexico
- Langfang / China
- Shenyang / China
history
The company was founded in Pattscheid in 1952 by Wilhelm Gustav Illbruck , who later became known as an offshore regatta sailor, as Illbruck GmbH. The processing of plastics was planned from the start. The first products were for the sanitary and construction sectors. Only later were the automotive applications added to the range. The parts of the company that dealt with the construction sector were sold in the course of the transfer of ownership.
In 2001 the company was taken over by the private equity company NIB Capital Private Equity and renamed Carcoustics. In 2008 Carcoustics expanded its business area to include commercial vehicles and selected industrial projects. With effect from the end of 2016, the Dare Group is a new investor in Carcoustics.
In June 2015, the Federal Cartel Office imposed fines amounting to 75 million euros on the five automotive suppliers Autoneum , Carcoustics, Greiner Perfoam , Ideal Automotive and the German subsidiary of the IAC for illegal price fixing in the period from 2005 to 2013. This penalty related to agreements in the product area of carpet production for automotive applications. Since Carcoustics had not operated the carpet production segment for a long time at the time of the penalty, the penalty for Carcoustics was proportionally lower than for the other companies.
Products and Technologies
The product range mainly includes acoustically and thermally effective components for the automotive industry. Applications for commercial vehicles are also produced.
Typical components for the automotive industry include: a. Close-to-engine insulation, interior components, drive train, wheel arch absorbers and trunk linings. In addition, aluminum heat shields, cabin linings and engine hood insulation are produced in the agricultural machinery sector, and cab insulation, acoustic engine compartment insulation, engine capsules, oil pan insulation and acoustic and thermal aluminum heat shields are produced in the truck sector.
Materials used include a. Foams PUR, PE / PP, foam rubber, melamine, fibers, foils as well as aluminum thin sheets.
Manufacturing process
The manufacturing processes used are thermoforming and vacuum molding , aluminum molding , blow molding , PU foaming and punching .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Management
- ↑ Illbruck Automotive is now called carcoustics , February 27, 2002
- ↑ Chinese group buys German suppliers. In: SPIEGEL Online. September 20, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Bundeskartellamt imposes fines of 75 million euros on automotive suppliers , June 24, 2015