KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik – Energy & Empathy!

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 of the four divisions 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. It would be hard to find a car on the road anywhere in the world that didn’t have a single KOSTAL product installed in it.

KOSTAL develops and manufactures innovative, reliable and cost-optimised products for the global automotive industry and is among the top 100 automotive suppliers in the world.

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.

With its innovative focus in areas such as electric mobility and new operating concepts, KOSTAL is shaping the future today.

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