EDAG

EDAG Engineering + Design AG
Type	Joint stock company
Founded	Groß-Zimmern, Germany (1969)
Founder(s)	Horst Eckard
Headquarters	Fulda, Germany
Number of locations	32 (2007)
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Manfred Hahl, Jörg Ohslen, Rainer Bauer
Revenue	611 Mill Euro (2008)
Owner(s)	Dr. Lutz Helmig
Employees	5541 (June. 2008)
Parent	ATON GmbH
Divisions	new product development, automotive supcontractor
Subsidiaries	ED Work GmbH & Co. KG, FFT Flexible Fertigungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, ELAN GmbH, Mühlenberg Interiors GmbH & Co. KG
Website	edag.com

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EDAG Engineering + Design AG is a German firm founded 1969 in Groß-Zimmern by Horst Eckard as eckard design. The headquarters are located in Fulda, Germany. The company has more than 4000 employees in 32 offices all over the world. It serves for new product development, production facility development, production system, aviation and spaceflight, tool development and subconstruction for automotive industry.

EDAG is noted for its concept cars such as EDAG Biwak estate concept on the Beetle, the EDAG Pontiac Solstice Hardtop and the EDAG Show Car No. 8 based on smart mechanicals.

[edit] Aerospace

EDAG's affiliate, ELAN GmbH, is represented in the Aerospace industry with comprehensive development services (Conception, Construction and Simulation, as well as Documentation) and project management. ELAN's customers are e.g. Airbus and the risk sharing partners of Airbus, Airlines as well as companies in the area of Repair and Overhaul. ELAN is situated in Hamburg.

[edit] Aerospace - Services & Expertise

ELAN offers development services and project management for aircraft structure and the aircraft cabin, for systems and system integration. The entire process chain from the initial concept through to design and verification of completely certifiable aircraft components is covered by ELAN. ELAN is certified to EN 9100^[1] with comprehensive process and quality management.

Project Management
Design
Simulation
Testing

ELAN supports customer's product development to a partial degree or accepts entrepreneurial development responsibility as a value adding partner. As a project integrator ELAN assumes central steering functions, coordinating development service providers and suppliers along the supply chain, also on an international scale. In cooperation with EDAG, ELAN works with more than 30 locations world-wide and offers offshoring solutions.

[edit] Aircraft Construction

Structure
Cabin
System integration
Electrical systems
Composite materials

[edit] Shipbuilding

Structure and components
Panelling parts

[edit] Locations

ELAN is represented in 9 locations in Germany, France and Spain.

Hamburg
Bremen
Munich
Augsburg
Toulouse (France)
Madrid-Getafe (Spain)

[edit] Concept Cars and Prototypes

[edit] LCOS

Edag Light Car - Open Source (LCOS)^[2], uses Protean Electric^[3] wheel hub motors, powered by 180 Gaia^[4] battery cells featuring lithium iron phosphate technology, with a maximum range of 150 kilometers (93 mi) and a top speed of 140 km/h (87 mph). Using the charger developed by EDAG and a charging rate of 10 kW, recharging takes approximately 2 hours^[5]