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Technical Tours
T-1: Day Tour Audi AG
Friday 19 September
T-2/T-10: Half Day Tour BMW FIZ
Thursday 18 September (SOLD OUT)
Friday 19 September (morning)
T-3: Day Tour BMW
Friday 19 September
T-4: Half Day Tour IABG Ottobrunn
Thursday 18 September (afternoon)
T- 5: Half Day Tour DLR
Thursday 18 September (afternoon)
The Audi plant in Ingolstadt is not only the company’s biggest production facility,
it is also home to the Head Office and Technical Development Division. The tasks
performed by this division include the development of engines (power units and
transmissions), design, electrics/electronics development, body and chassis development,
through to the development of the total vehicle. This tour will give you
the chance to have a look at Audi’s Wind Tunnel Centre which comprises three test
rigs: the aerocoustic, the thermal and the climatic wind tunnel. The tour ends with
a visit to the company’s own mobile museum.
The BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ) was set up in 1986 and
was soon recognised as one of the car industry’s most advanced development
centres. The complex honeycomb layout was revolutionary at the time and today
still fulfils its purpose perfectly. It does not only facilitate communication among
associates, but actively encourages such communication through its architectural
design – it is “custombuilt for communication”. Take this chance to get inside the
“technical heart” of BMW.
This day gives you the chance to take a look behind the scenes of BMW. During
a guided tour through the BMW World you will receive exciting insights into the
company and learn more about the fascinating architecture of the building. You
will visit the home plant of the BMW Group and experience live how the company
produces individual cars according to customer requirements with passion and precision.
Experience how parts are produced from heavy coils of steel, how they are
assembled into a car body and painted. Follow a car on its way to completion, from
the wedding of engine and car body to various quality tests. The tour will be completed
with a visit to the BMW Museum.
For more than 45 years IABG has been a leading services and consultancy company
active across the whole of Europe offering customers solutions in the business areas
of Automotive, Transport & Environment, Information & Communications, Aeronautics,
Space and Defence. As a development partner in the automotive industry,
IABG takes on technical qualification tasks and solves problems in the areas of reliability,
quality, design and materials. IABG’s service spectrum ranges from numerical
analysis and experimental tests to the development of individually customised, turnkey
test installations, which are also operated. The tour provides a general overview
about IABG services and visitors can take a look at the laboratories and get information
on the testhouse for mechatronic systems and technical test stands.
The DLR site at Oberpfaffenhofen is one of Germany’s largest research centres, with
eight scientific institutes and approximately 1200 employees. The research centre’s
main fields of activity include participating in space missions, climate research, research
and development in the field of Earth observation, developing navigation systems
and advanced robotics development. During the visit to DLR you will get an
overall impression of the activities of the centre, take a deeper look at the Robotics
Laboratory and get the latest information about the European Galileo project.
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