Magna Car Top Systems
| Magna Car Top Systems GmbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1995 |
| Seat | Bietigheim-Bissingen , Germany |
| management | Zeljko Bobinac, Jacek Kokosza, Josef Reszka |
| Number of employees | 482 |
| sales | EUR 133.46 million |
| Branch | Automotive supplier |
| Website | www.magna.com |
| As of December 31, 2017 | |
Magna Car Top Systems GmbH is a German automotive supplier company that manufactures vehicle roof systems. The company's headquarters are in Bietigheim-Bissingen . The company belongs to the Canadian-Austrian group Magna International . Since 1996 Magna Car Top Systems has produced over 2 million roof systems, some of them already in the third generation of vehicles.
history
The manufacturer was founded in 1995 under the name Car Top Systems ( CTS ) as a 50/50 joint venture between Daimler-Benz and Porsche . CTS manufactures tops and roof modules . After DaimlerChrysler had sold all of its shares to Porsche in September 2003, Porsche sold the CTS company entirely to Magna International in November 2005. Since then, CTS has been operating under the name Magna Car Top Systems GmbH .
With effect from February 25, 2010, the Japanese production site of Karmann Japan Co. Ltd. taken over by the parent company Magna International. For the European market, the Federal Cartel Office prohibited the takeover of the insolvent Karmann GmbH on May 23, 2010 , as a dominant duopoly was to be expected.
Production sites
- Bietigheim-Bissingen (development)
- Bremen (Production Retractable Hard Tops (RHT))
- Müllheim (Baden) (production of soft tops)
- Szügy, Hungary (textile production)
- Tychy , Poland (assembly of the modular semi-convertible roof system for the Fiat 500 C and the convertible roof system for the Opel Cascada)
- Auburn Hills, USA (Softtops production)
The Korntal-Münchingen location existed until September 2015 (production of soft-tops, sewing of fabrics for all European soft-top production locations, assembly of the Porsche Targa panoramic roof).
The Toluca , Mexico location existed until December 2016 (production of all fabric scopes for North American and Japanese soft-top customers).
Current production of roof modules
The company manufactures and manufactures roof modules for the following vehicles:
- Mercedes SLC ( R 170 & R 171 ) (1996) & Mercedes-Benz R 172 (2011)
- Porsche Boxster (1996)
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class (1997)
- Ferrari 360 Spider (2000), Ferrari F430 Spider
- Mercedes-Benz SL-Class R 230 (2003) & Mercedes-Benz R 231 (2011)
- Saab 9-3 Cabriolet (2003)
- Peugeot 307 CC (2003), Peugeot 308 CC
- Cadillac XLR (2004)
- Corvette C6 (2005)
- Opel Astra Cabriolet (2006)
- Porsche 911 Cabriolet and Targa (996) as well as Cabriolet and Targa 4 (S) (997)
- Audi A5 Cabriolet (2016)
- Fiat 500 C (2009)
- Audi R8 Spyder Cabriolet (2010)
- Opel Cascada Cabriolet (2013)
- Nissan 370Z Cabriolet (2009)
- Toyota Aygo
- Peugeot 108
- Citroën C1
- Smart forfour
- Renault Twingo
- Infiniti G37 Convertible
- Opel GT
- Pontiac Solstice
- Saturn Sky
- Nissan Murano Cross Cabriolet
- Chevrolet Camaro
- Porsche Boxster Spyder
- Mercedes C-Class
- Mercedes S-Class
- Mercedes E-Class
- Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet
Concepts
At the Geneva Motor Show 2012, the Mila Coupic was presented with an innovative roof system consisting of two folding roof modules with glass elements arranged one behind the other. In the following year, a concept vehicle based on the Peugeot RCZ was equipped with the so-called View Top, a folding sunroof with integrated glass elements of different widths, for the Geneva Motor Show.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2017 in the electronic Federal Gazette
- ↑ http://www.bundeskartellamt.de/wDeutsch/download/pdf/Fusion/Fusion10/B9-13-10-OeFneu.pdf?navid=87 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was created automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bietigheimer Zeitung 04.09.2015: Magna CTS closes convertible factory. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
