have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message edag engineering gmbh type gmbh headquarters wiesbaden germany number of locations more than 80 2016 area served worldwide key people j rg ohslen ceo harald poeschke coo j rgen vogt cfo revenue 721 mill euro 2015 number of employees 8139 2015 parent edag engineering group ag divisions new product development automotive supcontractor subsidiaries edag production solutions gmbh & co. kg website www.edag.com edag engineering gmbh is a german company based in wiesbaden in the state of hesse germany . the company works in the fields of product development and production plant development . the edag group is one of the world s largest independent development partners to the automotive industry . contents 1 history 2 offices 3 automotive industry 3.1 concept cars and prototypes 4 4 external links 4.1 references history edit in 1969 horst eckard founded the company eckard design in gro zimmern near darmstadt . in the same year as the company was founded the first branch office was opened in cologne . a year later the head office was moved to fulda and the company developed motor vehicles and production plants . prototypes have also been constructed since 1986 . the company s international activities began in 1987 with the opening of a branch office in martorell barcelona in spain . the company s rechtsform was changed in 1992 when it became a aktiengesellschaft and the name edag engineering design ag came into being . in 1998 edag was the first automotive service provider to be admitted to the verband der automobilindustrie association of the german automotive industry . in 2004 fft flexible fertigungstechnik gmbh & co. kg which is today called fft produktionssysteme gmbh & co. kg was integrated into the company . in february 2006 lutz helmig owner of aton gmbh and founder of the helios kliniken purchased edag from the nine founding families . in 2007 personnel service provider ed work gmbh & co. kg was founded . as a result of the takeover by aton gmbh the legal form of the company changed on 11 january 2008 from a joint stock company to a kommanditgesellschaft auf aktien . 1 a further consequence of the re structuring was that directors klaus blickle and j rgen b hm left the company on 8 april 2008 and were replaced by long standing managers j rg ohlsen manfred hahl and rainer bauer . 2 in the course of the merger with r cker gmbh early in 2014 the executive board was re structured . the executive board is composed of j rg ohlsen ceo harald poeschke coo and j rgen vogt cfo . the head office was transferred to wiesbaden . since march 2015 edag has been operating under the name edag engineering gmbh . with the listing of edag engineering group ag on the german stock exchange in frankfurt am main prime standard isin 0303692047 edag engineering gmbh became part of edag engineering group ag . as in the past the company s operative business continues to be carried out at the corporate group s branch offices . founded in november 2015 edag engineering group ag is based in arbon switzerland and as a swiss joint stock company is managed by a board of directors the president of which is thomas eichelmann . mr. ohlsen ceo and mr. vogt cfo both directors of edag engineering gmbh are also directors of edag engineering group ag . offices edit the branch offices on five continents are mostly located at important sites of partner industries . selection of sites in germany aachen eisenach friedrichshafen fulda gifhorn hamburg heilbronn neckarsulm ingolstadt cologne munich osnabr ck recklinghausen rostock r sselsheim sindelfingen weissach wolfsburg selection of sites in europe mlad boleslav czech republic warwickshire england gy r hungary gothenburg sweden helmond netherlands worldwide s o bernardo do campo s o paulo brazil troy detroit united states puebla mexico yokohama japan seoul south korea shah alam kuala lumpur malaysia pune maharashtra india shanghai china automotive industry edit edag is noted for its concept cars such as edag biwak estate concept on the beetle the edag pontiac solstice hardtop and the edag show car no. 8 based on smart mechanicals . edag has conducted design work for the application of 3d printing additive manufacturing technology under their genesis project in which fraunhofer laser zentrum nord and dmrc paderborn participated . 3 edag show car no. 8 edag light car sharing concept cars and prototypes 4 edit edag scout 1999 edag 2000 2000 edag keinath gt c 2001 edag keinath gt c cabrio 2002 edag pontiac solstice hardtop edag cinema 7d 2003 edag genx 2004 edag rinspeed chopster 2005 edag show car no. 8 2005 edag pontiac solstice hardtop 2006 edag biwak 2006 edag luv 2007 edag light car open source 2009 edag light car sharing 2011 edag genesis 2014 edag light cocoon 2015 5 external links edit website of edag engineering gmbh website of edag engineering group ag investor relations references edit edag gmbh & co. kgaa change in legal form of edag . 2008 04 19 . retrieved 2016 10 12 . edag gmbh & co. kgaa new appointments to edag executive board . 2008 08 07 . retrieved 2016 10 12 . newman john 1 january 2015 . 3d printing advances design . manufacture . desktop engineering . dublin new hampshire united states peerless media . designing the future . concept cars . on www.edag.de . retrieved 2015 11 18 . edag light cocoon world premiere in geneva 2015 . 27 january 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title edag & oldid 744125608 categories engineering consulting firmsmanufacturing companies of germanyaircraft manufacturers of germanyengineering companies of germanyauto parts suppliersmanufacturing companies established in 19691969 establishments in germanyhidden categories wikipedia articles with possible 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