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Autoneum Annual Report 2015
Business year at a glance
Shaping the future
by innovation leadership
2015 demonstrated how Autoneum’s success rests on intrinsic strengths:
Innovation leadership, a broad customer base and global presence
were instrumental to Autoneum and enabled it to successfully balance out
a cyclically-induced decline in demand in major automotive markets.
While the number of vehicles produced worldwide has hardly increased,
Autoneum showed not only significant organic growth but also gained
new customers and implemented a record number of successful
production launches.
Expertise at the service of consumers
and the environment
2015 was focused more than ever on acoustic
and thermal management for vehicles. Growth in
regulation of traffic-related environmental
burdens has led to continuing strong demand for
lightweight components that combine noise
and heat protection while reducing vehicle weight,
fuel consumption and emissions. Looking
ahead, demand for fuel-saving and aerodynamic
Autoneum components will further intensify
with the introduction of new vehicle test cycles
that take into account higher speeds and
accelerations. Measurement systems developed
by Autoneum based on many years of expertise
are now in worldwide use by the automotive
industry, enabling automobile manufacturers to
reliably predict the reduction potential of
parts and systems even at the predevelopment
stage. Faced with continuing high demand for
the Isokell measuring system, in 2015 Autoneum
launched a new version that measures the
airborne noise insulation and the transmission
loss of flat material samples as well as of
formed components such as inner dashes or
carpet systems. Beyond its products, Autoneum
contributes to increasing driving comfort
with measuring systems such as Isokell.