HARTING Automotive wins Volkswagen Group Award 2020

 The HARTING Technology Group has been highly distinguished after subsidiary HARTING Automotive was conferred with the Volkswagen Group Award 2020 in the “E-Mobility” category. The award by Volkswagen Group recognises the exceptional achievements and innovative prowess with which HARTING Automotive contributes to the success of Volkswagen AG, as stated in the certificate of thanks.

The award praised the company’s proactive, rapid and targeted actions in the volatile electromobility sector, stating that HARTING Automotive reacts to short-term volume fluctuations and unplanned additional needs flexibly and in partnership. The congratulatory certificate further stated that HARTING Automotive’s broad spectrum of charging cables ensured the cross-brand/cross-plant supply of the Mode 3 charging cable. Volkswagen AG added that HARTING Automotive was an important and reliable component of the VW supply chain.

“We’re extremely pleased with the award. My thanks go out to the entire HARTING Automotive team, which has consistently kept customers in focus in these difficult times as well,” said Marco Grinblats, Managing Director HARTING Automotive.

Growing demand for E-mobility solutions

Subsidiary HARTING Automotive has long been at home in the supplier industry and is registering a strong increase in demand for e-mobility solutions. As a pioneer for reliable, clean and environmentally friendly e-mobility, HARTING Automotive offers tailor-made solutions and components for all relevant markets, as well as developing and producing charging equipment for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

The subsidiary supplies e.g. charging solutions for Volkswagen’s modular E-drive matrix (MEB), the Audi e-tron and the Porsche Taycan. The HARTING Technology Group boasts decades of experience in the field of connection and transmission technology for data, signals and power, and was among the first to recognise growing environmental awareness among the public with respect to vehicle traffic, as well as the associated challenges and opportunities.

Caption: HARTING Automotive Managing Director Marco Grinblats beams after Harting Automotive received the Volkswagen Group Award 2020 in the “E-Mobility” category.

About HARTING:

The HARTING Technology Group is one of the world’s leading providers of industrial connection technology for the three lifelines of Data, Signal and Power. The Group currently has a total of 14 production plants and 44 sales companies. Moreover, HARTING also produces retail checkout systems, electromagnetic actuators for automotive and industrial series use, charging equipment for electric vehicles, as well as hardware and software for customers and applications in automation technology, mechanical and plant engineering, robotics and transportation engineering. In the 2018/19 business year, some 5,300 employees generated sales of EUR 750 million. Founded on 1 September 1945, the company will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year.