The aim of the cooperation is to join AVL’s powertrain competence with the transmission know-how of GIF.

The agreement provides for the world-wide marketing of all development services within the scope of this cooperation. GIF’s knowledge with regard to transmission mechanical and functional development combined with AVL’s software- and application-engineering will be available to the worldwide sales and engineering network of AVL. Both partners believe that it will be increasingly necessary to focus development activities on the engine-transmission combination in the future, especially where drives with electric components are concerned.

AVL is the world’s largest privately-owned and independent company for the development of powertrain systems with internal combustion engines and alternative drive systems, instrumentation and test systems as well as mathematical simulation software.