· WINDHILL ​​& Softing joint venture company established

On February 9, 2018, Beijing WINDHILL ​​and Germany Softing announced the formal establishment of the joint venture company and signed a joint venture agreement. WINDHILL ​​CEO Qiu Jun, WINDHILL ​​General Manager Yang Huanhuan, Softing AG CEO Dr. Wolfgang Trier, Softing ITN Business China General Manager Mr. Chen Quanhao and media reporters attended the press conference.

Mr. Qiu Jun, CEO of WINDHILL, first introduced the development history, main business, purpose of the joint venture company and the main business and planning of the joint venture company of WINDHILL ​​and Softing. Subsequently, Dr. Wolfgang Trier also expressed Softing's emphasis on the Chinese market and its prospects for the joint venture.

WINDHILL ​​is a leading domestic technology company. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Beijing, it has subsidiaries in Shanghai and Hong Kong. It provides professional products, innovative solutions, engineering services, consulting, training and training for the automotive industry and related industries. Customer Support. At present, it has passed ISO 9000 certification, customs general enterprise certification, high-tech enterprise certification, and has a number of software copyrights, registered trademarks, etc., or members of international organizations such as ASAM, CiA, OBD4HDD. WINDHILL ​​owns the independent research and development brand DSO. It is the only strategic partner of Germany IPETRONIK company and Germany Janztec company in China. Now it has reached a joint venture agreement with Germany Softing Company to realize the international goal of WINDHILL ​​and strengthen WINDHILL ​​in China. The market position of the industry. Typical clients of WINDHILL ​​include: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, General Motors, SAIC, FAW, BAIC, Dongfeng, Autoliv, TRW, Bosch Rexroth, Foton Lovol Heavy Industries, Harbin Institute of Technology and many more.

Founded in 1979 in Hal, Germany, Softing is a leading global company in the automotive electronics, IT network and industrial automation industries. With more than 30 years of experience in automotive electronics, Softing is an important partner for international automotive manufacturers and ECU suppliers and a member of the automotive electronics industry standards development organization. Softing's services in the areas of measurement, test and diagnostics cover the entire lifecycle of electronic control units and the entire system from development to production to after-sales service. Softing's professional solutions enable customers to quickly and accurately evaluate the functionality of electronic automotive components, helping customers ensure product quality and optimize costs. Currently, it has various products such as DTS-Venice, OTX-Studio, DTS-Monaco, DTS-Automation and DTS-COS. Softing's IT Networks business, which provides specialized measurement equipment for telecommunications, data center, mainframe or industrial automation to test, qualify, certify and document the performance of copper and fiber based on global technology standards to ensure Faster, more secure connections throughout the network lifecycle optimize data communication. Industrial automation focuses on fieldbus, network communication and automation systems. Products include software and hardware, from data integration to basic communications to network monitoring and diagnostics, with customers in the automotive, steel, aerospace and other industries. As an international company, Softing currently employs nearly 500 people worldwide, with an annual production value of more than 80 million euros, and has established branches and offices in several countries. Typical Softing customers include: Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Daimler, Continental, and more.

The Sino-German team has joined forces to achieve complementary advantages. It is believed that the joint venture company that brings together the advantages of both shareholders will create higher value for customers and more opportunities for partners with more competitive products and services. Development makes a greater contribution. Both parties indicated that they will increase investment in manpower and material resources, improve pre-sales, after-sales service and technical training, and strengthen the development of new products. WINDHILL ​​has jointly developed a diagnostic tool (Q-Tester) for ECU diagnostic testing with Softing, and will soon launch an automated test tool, Q-Automation. This year, it will be launched on DTS 9.0 and will be China in the future. The OEM develops after-sales diagnostic equipment.

In recent years, in the face of the challenges of the Chinese economy and the opportunities brought about by the national “One Belt, One Road” strategy, the joint venture company will also actively respond to the call of the state to contribute to the field of new energy vehicles and smart driving. At present, in the field of new energy, it has been involved in the testing, production and after-sales diagnosis of electric vehicles, road tests, etc. In the field of intelligent driving, ADAS and intelligent car ECU testing, road testing and evaluation have been released.