In 2018, the Eberspächer Group increased its consolidated revenue to around 4.6 billion euros. This development was primarily due to increased sales volumes in the North American and Chinese automobile and commercial vehicle markets. More stringent emission standards in Asia lead to a rising demand for emission control systems. However, the operationally successful business year was impacted by expenses for restructuring measures. The Esslingen-based automotive supplier was able to present new technologies for the megatrends of e-mobility, autonomous driving and connectivity. M&A activities emphasize the Company's global growth course. For 2019, the group of companies expects revenue to remain at the same level and to further improve the consolidated net result. Further Information 

Variously applicable in the vehicle and even smaller than a car key: Eberspächer’s Programmable Control Unit (PCU). The compact unit ensures, for example, that the interior lighting in passenger cars or commercial vehicles is dimmed gently. The PCU is also used in delivery trucks: it controls the lifting platforms, for instance, or acts as a reversing alarm to ensure greater safety in road traffic. Another future application is the control of LEDs outside the vehicle, which could be used by autonomous vehicles to signal the environment when they have detected pedestrians and brake. The microcontroller-based solution can be used flexibly with its diverse assembly variants and adapted software programming. Further information

This year, Eberspächer is gold sponsor of the Formula Student Stuttgart University Racing Team. The Formula Student is an international design competition for students from around the world. In teams, they each design a one-seater formula vehicle and produce ready-to-drive prototypes, which compete against each other in competitions on the race track. The Stuttgart University Racing Team starts the new season as the defending champion in the internal combustion engine class and presented this year's prototype F0711-14 to the public for the first time. With many years of know-how in the development and production of exhaust system components as well as complete systems, Eberspächer is the perfect partner for the Stuttgart University Racing Team. Further information

The Eberspächer Group is one of the world´s leading system developers and suppliers of exhaust technology, vehicle heaters and bus air conditioning systems. Eberspächer is also a professional innovation partner for the automotive industry in air conditioning of special-purpose vehicles and in automotive electronics.