The Audi Group, with its brands Audi, Ducati and Lamborghini, is one of the most successful manufacturers of automobiles and motorcycles in the premium segment. It is present in more than 100 markets worldwide and produces at 16 locations in twelve countries. 100 percent subsidiaries of AUDI AG include Audi Sport GmbH (Neckarsulm), Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy). In 2017, the Audi Group delivered to customers about 1.878 million automobiles of the Audi brand, 3,815 sports cars of the Lamborghini brand and 55,900 motorcycles of the Ducati brand. In the 2017 fiscal year, AUDI AG achieved total revenue of EUR 60.1 billion and an operating profit of EUR 5.1 billion. At present, approximately 90,000 people work for the company all over the world, more than 60,000 of them in Germany. Audi focuses on sustainable products and technologies for the future of mobility.
Strategic partnership AUDI AG – AWARE
Being an internationally positioned company with automobile production in Brazil, Audi supports the cooperation of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) with the Brazilian universities. Within the traditionally very close collaboration with THI in Ingolstadt in the areas of production technologies and vehicle safety, we focus on the development of in car intelligent safety technology, mobile robotics and the digitalization of our products. The Brazilian students are welcome to apply for our announced vacancies that you can find on our website. In very important research fields of car manufacturing, THI professors offer thesis topics to graduate and PhD students, which are also open for students of the partner universities. These theses are jointly supervised by the department at Audi who accompany the student in the practical part of the research project and the THI. This network of international professors and universities and our globally positioned company provides an ideal environment for successfull research projects expanding the limits and at the same time securing the international education of tomorrows engineers.
Dr. Henning Löser
Head of Audi Production Lab
