Testing & Prototyping

Testing is where theory meets reality. Can a component or system – as designed – be manufactured and work properly? Will it meet the requirements of our own or our customers’ engineers? Does it comply with safety regulations? If not, what needs to be changed?

• World’s largest automotive supplier testing network.
• State-of-the-art labs.
• Innovative testing apparatus, such as next-generation crash test dummies.
• The full gamut of testing: Safety, durability, acoustics and comfort.

• Pre-launch proof that products can be manufactured as designed.
• Prototypes that are built and then run through equipment similar to our actual production lines.

• Recreating the most difficult environments to ensure that products meet legal and customer requirements.

• Enhancing our ability to test for new and increasing customer requirements.

• Test facilities on every continent, close to our customers’ plants.
• Globally standardized testing and prototyping processes and practices.
• Testing under identical conditions for any automaker, anywhere in the world.
• Support of OEM customers’ global platform strategies.