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Kautex Pentatonic Underbody Protection System Offers a Flexible Solution in an Intrusive Environment

Our lightweight Pentatonic underbody protection system helps protect the battery pack from intrusion.

Expanding Our Footprint in China

A recap from our opening ceremonies for a new plant in Tianjin as well as our Asia Tech Center in Pinghu, China.

Kautex wins first order for Pentatonic Skid Plate for Battery Electric Vehicles

Win marks Kautex’s entrance into battery housings and related components

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG Receives Lingxuan Innovation Award

Prestigious award showcases Kautex's innovative solution for battery electric vehicles

Kautex Pentatonic Battery System Showcased at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Exhibit

System is featured as part of a larger display on new vehicle design and technology

Monolith AI software: Kautex-Textron engineers reduce product development time and costs

Kautex Textron & Monolith have announced the results of its collaboration.

Functional Safety in Automotive Electronics & Software

As new technologies and more electronics are added into the vehicle, there are many dependencies among electronics on one another. Because of this, if any electronics fail, it will lead to catastro...

Putting Some SPICE Into Mechatronics

SPICE stands for "Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination". Even if software development was the main driver of the initiative at that time, the "S" in SPICE is nowadays used for ...

EHS Supports Sustainability to Reduce Carbon Footprint

The EHS team is key to Kautex's sustainability goal of reducing CO2 emissions. EHS implements energy reduction plans, and is supporting Kaizen workshops and projects.

Kautex Adopts Life Cycle Assessments with Easy-to-Use Tool

Kautex keeps sustainability & recyclability in products as a priority to stay competitive & meet customer requirements.

ITB 2023 Recap

A few of our team members attended the ITB Group 2023 Sustainability Conference.

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG Receives A- Climate Change Score from CDP

CDP rating underscores company’s commitment to sustainability and environmental performance

Kick-Off of project "Gabriela" – Resource-Efficient, Recyclable, Lightweight Battery Housing

Project "Gabriela" is a joint development project to investigate the recyclability of the Kautex Pentatonic high-voltage battery housing.

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG Joins SBTi

Commitment reinforces Company's global emission reduction targets

Kautex sponsors and attends Ferndale Pride

Kautex proudly sponsored and attended Ferndale Pride, a family-friendly event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in Michigan.

Kautex San Antonio Launches High School Internship Program

Our San Antonio facility has launched a high school internship program to help students learn more about manufacturing and our company in general.

Employee Appreciation Day Celebrations

A collection of some of our celebrations of this North American holiday.

Kautex Celebrates Women's History Month

This month we'll be showcasing testimonials from some of our employees and celebrating women's accomplishments throughout history to today.

Kautex Celebrates Black History Month

In which we share some of our plant celebrations, some educational resources, as well as sharing what we've been posting on our social media channels.

Kautex Japan celebrates 20 years

On December 22, 2021, Kautex Japan celebrated its 20th anniversary with all employees.

Kautex exhibiting at the Battery Show Europe 2023 in Stuttgart

Customer-focused innovations on display in Hall 6, Booth D66.

Kautex wins first order for Pentatonic Skid Plate for Battery Electric Vehicles

Win marks Kautex’s entrance into battery housings and related components

Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG Receives A- Climate Change Score from CDP

CDP rating underscores company’s commitment to sustainability and environmental performance

Monolith AI software: Kautex-Textron engineers reduce product development time and costs

Kautex Textron & Monolith have announced the results of its collaboration.

Large Battery Enclosures Made From Plastic Series-Ready

- Feasibility of plastic enclosures for high-voltage batteries in electric vehicles proven - Technology demonstrator passes all important mechanical and thermal tests - Prototype testing in an elec...

Kautex supports GEARE Exchange Program

GEARE (The Global Engineering Alliance for Research and Education) is a global exchange program, which includes a three months work experience and study abroad at an exchange university.

Kautex participates in Long Night of Industries

The event was initiated to give a look behind the scenes of an industry company, to show technological processes and products of the company and to increase the name recognition of the company in t...

Formula Student Germany 2018

In this year Kautex again supported the Formula Student Germany which was held from August 6 to 12, 2018 at the paddock of the Hockenheimring motor racing circuit. The Formula Student Germany (FSG)...

Signatory of the Charter of Diversity for 10 years

In 2008, Kautex was one of the first organizations that signed the Diversity Charter. This year, we are celebrating our 10-year anniversary of promoting diversity and a prejudice free working envir...

Kautex Mallersdorf celebrates its 30th anniversary

On its anniversary day on 12 May 2018, the plant organized an “Open Day” for all employees including temporary workers, pensioners, external service providers such as cleaning staff, porter, CSC, c...

The Festo Didactic train-the-trainer program at Kautex Textron

If companies want to meet changing market conditions and the needs of their customers, they must evolve, recognize opportunities and drive innovation. About two years ago, when it came to identifyi...

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Future Mobility

Composing tomorrow's requirements for today's audience.

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Current Technologies

Fueling more sustainable options before electric takes over.

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Sustainability

Protecting our environment is a crucial aspect of our company’s philosophy. Because our planet can't be better unless we can be better.

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Culture

With over 5000 employees across 4 continents, we are unapologetically global.

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