Enhancing People’s Mobility Experience – for Generations.

The dimmed headlights, the rain sensor, the anti-pinch protection system for electric windows, the first automatic emergency braking function based on a mono camera: KOSTAL invented them all.

KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik is the largest business unit of the KOSTAL Group: a company run by the fourth generation of the family that owns it and with headquarters in Lüdenscheid, in Germany’s Sauerland region.

We develop and manufacture innovative, reliable, and cost-optimised products for the global automotive industry and are among the top 100 automotive suppliers worldwide.

The company’s history goes back over 100 years and is visible evidence of the long-term, reliable and cooperative relationship that KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik enjoys with its customers, employees and everyone connected to us.

Our portfolio includes solutions in the areas of Comfort Electronics, Comfort Controls, and Drive Controls – featuring innovative technologies and forward-looking operating concepts for the vehicle interior.

Innovation with tradition

2020

Onboard Charger

Efficient charging of battery electric vehicles in large vehicle platforms in series production

2015

Driver Monitoring

First automatic emergency brake function based on a mono camera

2013

Fragrance systems for enhanced well-being

A multi-sensory experience

2011

Front-view camera for driver assistance systems

Greater safety and comfort through opto-mechatronic innovation

2004

Shift-by-wire gear selection switch

Switching using electrical impulses with a brand-defining control element in the centre console

1998

Complex steering column modules

Integration of wiper, indicator, cruise control and gear selection switches, clock spring cartridge and steering angle sensor makes KOSTAL the market and integration leader