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The Austrian Vehicle Industry Association represents the interests of Austria's third-largest industrial sector. This sector ranks second in exports. Including supplier companies as well as upstream and downstream economic sectors, the Austrian vehicle industry employs about 368,000 people.

149 members operate in areas like automobile manufacturing (passenger cars, agricultural tractors), two-wheelers (motorcycles and bicycles), trailers and automotive components & parts (such as engines and gearboxes, exhaust systems, plain bearings, clutches, brake parts) as well as a variety of other skills, like engineering, prototype construction, and industrial vehicle repair.

• A3PS (Austrian Association for Advanced Propulsion Systems)
• ACEA  (Association des Constructeurs Européens d´Automobiles)
• ACEM  (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles)
• CLCCR  (Comité de Liaison de la Construction de Carrosseries et de Remorques)
• CONEBI  (Confederation of the European Bicycle Industry)
• GTB  (The International Automotive Lighting and Light Signalling Expert Group) 
• IMMA  (International Motorcycle Manufacturers Association)
• OICA  (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d´Automobiles)

The association is led by a board of directors elected by all member companies for a term of five years each. This board is part of the association committee, which contains 20 representatives. This committee is the highest governing body of the association and decides on different matters such as budget, economic promotion, memberships as well as cooperation with universities and colleges.

We make things happen and shape the future of Austria as an industrial location.

• production                                              17,5 Mrd. €
• employees                                              35.900
• companies                                              149
• export rate                                              87 %
• trainees                                                   1.010
• R&D expenditure per employee           25.348 €
• monthly pay                                            5.787,23 €
• hours pay                                                23,15 €
• production valie per employee             543.000 €
• engines & transmissions                       1,8 Mio. pcs.
• cars, trucks & busses                            79.927 pcs.
• tractors & trailers                                   11.829 pcs.
• motorbikes                                              172.845 pcs.
• bikes                                                        133.196 pcs.

Chairman - Mag. Roland Prettner (MAGNA Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik GmbH)
Vice– Chairman - Komm.-Rat Mag. Hansjörg Tutner (ZKW Group GmbH)

Mag. Andreas Berger (Rosenbauer International AG)
Mag. (FH) Hans Brantner (Hans Brantner & Sohn Fahrzeugbaugesellschaft m.b.H.)
Manfred Gerger, MBA (G² Industrial Engineering GmbH)
DDr. Markus Guggenbichler (Kässbohrer Transport Technik GmbH)
Dr. Gerald Harzl (MAGNA Powertrain GmbH)
Mag. Michael Hummelbrunner (MIBA Gleitlager Austria GmbH)
Rudolf Kuchta (MAN Truck & Bus Vertrieb Österreich GesmbH)
KR DI Gerald Lackner (AVL DiTEST GmbH)
Mag. David Lindner (Traktorenwerk Lindner Ges.m.b.H.)
Mag. Florian Mayrhofer (Steyr Automotive GmbH)
Mag. Monika Moser-Koglgruber (BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG)
DI (FH) Wolfgang Muhri (Wilhelm Schwarzmüller GmbH)
Stefan Pielmeier (BMW Motoren GmbH)
DI (FH) Stefan Röpke (Samsung SDI Battery Systems GmbH)
Mag. Martin Reischer, MSc (GD European Land Systems - Steyr GmbH)
Mag. Anton Schantl (MAGNA Energy Storage Systems GmbH)
Dr. Markus Tomaschitz, MBA (AVL List GmbH)
Mag. Stefan Tschol (Hirschmann Automotive GmbH)
Mag. Hannes Wögerbauer (CNH Industrial Österreich GmbH)