OECD Western Balkans Automotive Industry ConferenceSkopje, 16 - 17 June 2010

AVL-AST d.o.o., EXAMPLE OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT

IN CROATIA

2Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

AVL List GmbH International Company with 60 year of experience

AVL is the world's largest privately owned and independent company for the development of power train systems

4000 Employees in more than 40 Affiliates worldwide

Involved in more than 1500 engine development projects

More than 4000 engine testbed instalations

AVL LIST GmbH AUSTRIA - INVESTOR

3Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

AVL COVERS ALL CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

Engineering - PTE Dep.(Powertrain Engineering)

Simulation - AST Dep.(Advanced Simulation

Technologies)

Testing - ITS Dep.(Instrumentation&Test

Systems)

Passenger Cars Racing2-Wheelers

Construction Commercial VehicleAgriculture

Locomotive Power PlantsMarine

4Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

Founded in 1996 in Zagreb Croatia

Croatian Affiliate as R&D Center (no AVL customers in Croatia)

Developing SW tools for AVL List GmbH Graz

Simulation method development and application (FEM, MBS)

Zagreb University 30.000 students

Need for mechanical engineers (FMENA) and SW engineers (FER, PMF Math.)

Geo-position: 2 hours by car from Graz HQ

Engineering costs lower than in Austria

AVL-AST D.O.O. CROATIA

5Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

AVL–AST d.o.o. OUR RANGE OF ACTIVITIES

Analysis Team AST/PTE - 12 Employees

Static/Dynamic analysis using FEM,MBS

IC engine simulations

Powertrain simulation

SW Development Team AST- 44 EmployeesGUI development (C/C++, Python )

CAD interfaces (to Catia, ProE... )

CAE interface (Nastran, Abaqus, Ansys...)

Numerical algorithms

SW Development Team ITS- 23 EmployeesAutomation SW development

AVL PUMA Open

GUI and Real Time SW modules

6Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

SOME PROJECTS DONE FOR OUR CUSTOMERSNVH Analysis using AVL EXCITE

VOLVO S80

AUDI TT

MAZDA

7Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

COOPERATION WITH UNIVERSITY

Modelling of spray and atomisation processes:

8Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

VALUE FOR CROATIA - KNOWLEDGE BASED SOCIETY

Increase of employmentNew working position for highly educated peopleTransfer of know-how and new technologies from EU to CroatiaContribution to knowledge based societyBuild the stronger links with EU companies

9Goran Mirković AVL-AST d.o.o. 2010

THANK YOU!

Branko MihalićManaging Director

AutoCluster Croatiawww.autocluster.hr