25 years fka — Automotive Research and Development in Aachen

The Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen mbH Aachen (fka) was founded by Prof. Jurgen Helling in 1981. Thus it celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. At present the fka is owned by ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Voss Automotive GmbH, Wipperfurth. The managing director of the company is Dr.-Ing. Jorg Leyers. The fka works in close cooperation with the Institut fur Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (ika) of the Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) that is currently directed by Prof. Henning Wallentowitz. In total the fka and ika engage 100 employees; 63 engineers, 20 technicians, employees in the administration and several student workers. The annual combined turnover of both institutions averages 12 million Euros.