Automotive innovation Centre driving OEM collaboration on electric vehicle technology

The company may not be a household name, but its products are present in over 37 per cent of the battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for nameplates launched in 2021.

With its HQ in Oxford and corporate offices in Auburn Hills, Michigan, TI Fluid Systems (TIFS) has spent the past 100 years supplying automotive OEMs with advanced fluid handling and thermal management solutions, starting in 1922 with its first contract with Ford Motor Company for unfabricated gas lines on the Model T.

TIFS has since grown into a multinational with 25,600 employees and manufacturing facilities located in 104 locations in 29 countries. Its manufacturing capabilities are located near to – or co-located within – OEM assembly plants, and its Rastatt operations in Baden-Württemberg are no different.

The Baden-Württemberg region of Germany is the country’s automotive heartland and TIFS has set its sights on bringing automotive OEMs to Rastatt to work collaboratively on the thermal management systems that will be vital for the efficient running of BEVs.