From a single part to the body-in-white structure
Ever since cars have existed, we have been developing, producing, and supplying metal parts—and, for the vehicles of today, hybrid structures—for the automotive industry. From a manufacturer of individual parts, we have grown into an internationally recognized development supplier of components and body-in-white structures.
KIRCHHOFF Automotive provides vehicles worldwide with extra stability and safety.
But we also offer our customers much more than that: we make a considerable contribution to the growth of their competitiveness.
The crucial cost and logistical advantages of our streamlined, medium-sized company structure with international presence serves a single purpose: to drive the market success of our customers and safeguard our innovative strength and earning power. This is our pledge worldwide.
22-04-21
Auto Shanghai - The automotive world looks to Shanghai
Since Monday, our company has been live with its own booth at Auto Shanghai; the world's most visited auto show. In an interview with a regional newspaper, CEO J. Wolfgang Kirchhoff talks about electro mobility, our growth in China and more.
In Shanghai, we present our latest welding and joining technologies, lightweight construction concepts, as well as an advanced system that improves the crash management of the entire vehicle. "Particularly with electric vehicles, load management is quite different from that with internal combustion engines," explains J. Wolfgang Kirchhoff in an interview with the newspaper.
Due to the restrictive quarantine regulations for travelers coming into the city, he cannot be present in Shanghai this year. But he is all the more looking forward to the IAA, which is scheduled to take place in Munich in September. "The IAA is certainly still ahead in terms of innovation and importance - for now," he says. Among the exhibitors in China, he says, are also many manufacturers who produce less complex cars that would not be possible to sell in Europe. "But China is gaining a great deal of experience, especially in the field of electro mobility," added J. Wolfgang Kirchhoff.
You can read a translation of the entire newspaper article in the attachment.
20.04.2021 - We are ready to go
Four days to set up - anyone who takes longer has to pay a penalty. Thanks to perfect team coordination, we made it just in time. Our stand at this year's Auto Shanghai has been up and running since 6 p.m. Sunday evening.
On Wednesday, the world's largest auto show with around 1000 exhibitors opens its doors to trade visitors. Journalists already have access to the exhibition grounds on Monday and Tuesday to report on the latest trends, innovations and concept cars.
For more than 10 years our KIRCHHOFF Automotive stand has been an integral part of Auto Shanghai. But this year everything was different... For the first time, it was not possible to travel to China and accompany the preparations, set-up work and the first days of the trade fair directly on site due to the strictest Corona protection regulations - unless you had taken on a four-week quarantine.
But new challenges also lead to new paths. Thanks to perfect cooperation and intensive digital coordination between the Chinese team, the German and Chinese stand builders as well as our corporate marketing, the trade fair appearance at Auto Shanghai was implemented in KIRCHHOFF Automotive Design in the shortest possible time.
Our Chinese site manager sums it up just before she leaves for the next project: "Thank you so much for letting me be part of this worldwide teamwork via zoom/teams/bluejeans/whatsapp/wechat and email."
We are now looking forward to the official start of Auto Shanghai on Wednesday and to many visitors.
16.04.2021 - Finally a trade fair again
Embracing Change...this is the theme of the largest and most important automotive show in Asia, the Auto Shanghai. It will be taking place under the strictest Coronavirus safety regulations from April 19 to 28 in Shanghai/China. We are very pleased to be able to show new products and innovative technologies for the next generation of lightweight automotive construction on a 90-m2 stand.
Under the motto MAKING. MOBILITY. SAFE., we have invited our customers across Asia to our exhibition stand at Auto Shanghai. Safe mobility is important to us. We will be presenting our visitors with product developments that will make tomorrow's mobility safe. For example, a hybrid crash management system developed by us acts like a protective shield in the event of a frontal collision and ensures that all those involved in the accident are optimally protected in the event of a crash. Body structures developed specifically for e-mobility are also the focus of our trade fair presentation. In addition, we will present structural parts made of aluminum, in the development of which our many years of experience in the design and production of aluminum parts have played a decisive role.
This year, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the planning of the exhibition stand and the entire logistics had to be handled completely via video conferencing for the first time. Also, the usual support of our international colleagues from central departments (Marketing/Sales) at the stand was unfortunately not possible, as no one from Europe or North America was able to enter China in time with the current quarantine measures in place.
