1971 in barcelona spain headquarters santa oliva tarragona spain number of locations 23 countries key people carles grasas ceo services design engineering testing and homologation revenue 133m 2013 1 number of employees 1793 2013 website www.applusidiada.com acoustic chamber test site in santa oliva noise measuring section rollover test setup applus idiada ishare concept vehicle at auto shanghai 2013 applus idiada is a multinational company providing design engineering testing and homologation services to the automotive industry . it has over 1800 employees in 23 countries . contents 1 history 2 products and services 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was first established in 1971 as idiada or institut d investigaci aplicada de l autom bil institute for applied automotive research at the polytechnic university of catalonia . in 1990 idiada was separated from the university and established as an independent company owned by the government of catalonia . it was privatised in 1999 as a company owned 80 % by spanish company applus and 20 % by the government of catalonia . 2 products and services edit applus idiada has a proving ground in spain . 3 the company provides engineering services for active and passive safety powertrains vehicle electricals and electronics nvh vehicle air conditioning durability and reliability . it also provides homologation and certification services worldwide for a wide variety of vehicles including motorcycles trucks and coaches and components including helmets and visors . 4 at the 2012 fisita congress in beijing idiada presented the ishare a concept electric quadricycle designed specifically for carsharing . 5 6 in 2013 idiada launched an electric sportscar called the volar e developed in cooperation with the croatian company rimac automobili . 7 references edit http www.applus.com csstg userfiles file 140625 % 20applus % 20investor % 20presentation % 20june % 202014.pdf http www.applusidiada.com en aboutus ourhistory http ertico.com partnerships applus idiada group http www.catalonia.com en about us newsletter news newsletter issue2 idiada.jsp http www.europapress.es catalunya noticia applus idiada presenta pekin biplaza electrico carsharing 20121128185409.html http www.autoevolution.com news applus idiada ishare ev is ready for car sharing in europe video 53638.html http www.topspeed.com cars others 2013 applus idiada volar e ar148251.html wikimedia commons has media related to applus idiada . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title applus % 2b idiada & oldid 722178819 categories companies based in cataloniaautomotive companiescompanies established in 1990road test tracks navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 26 may 2016 at 12 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view