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Armin DiezVDA - Verband der Automobilindustrie

Organisational Chart

General meeting
Automobiles and respective engines
(Manufacturer group I)
Trailers, Bodies and Buses
(Manufacturer group II)
Parts and accessories
(Manufacturer group III)
Press
Eckehart RotterTel.: -120
  • Press automotive and politics, traffic education, media monitoring
Sandra CourantTel.: -124
Stefanie SenftTel.: -122
Peter MairTel.: -125
Executive committee / Management board
President
Matthias Wissmann
Matthias Wissmann
Tel.: +49 30 897842-110
Fax: +49 30 897842-
601
  1. Strategy and overall VDA coordination
  2. National and international association representation
  3. Cooperation with leading national and international associations
  4. Press and communication
Communication
Dirk EvensonTel.: -130
  • Strategic communication, PR, corporate design, IAA communication, association activities, Internet
Angelika OhseTel.: -132
Sabine SteinhoffTel.: -133
Jürgen MindelTel.: -101
Fax: -601
  • Head of the Office of the President and coordination
  • Fundamental issues and co-ordination, President’s speeches, support for VDA-policy projects, preparation & minutes of VDA Managing Board meetings, preparation for OICA Council & General Assembly, issues arising from minutes
Business unit A
Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn
Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn – Managing Director
Tel.: -105
Fax: -602
Support of manufacturer groups (HG) with regards to the following aspects:
  • Technology, safety, environment protection, energy, labour safety, hazardous materials, research standardisation, quality management, logistics
Leading competence of VDA‘s involvement in:
  • DIN, CEN, ISO, DVR, TÜV, Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft, VDI, ODETTE
  • Vintage vehicles
 
Technology

Hans-Thomas EbnerTel.: -280
  • Coordination Technical Department
    (Vehicle Safety, Emissions/Energy, Materials), Technical Committee ATSU
    R&D Committee Suppliers, Materials Committee, Technical Congress
    GOING (Engineers for the Automobile Industry), VDA Design Award (newcomers to the international design profession)
Roland HahnTel.: -284
  • Active Safety, Brakes and Steering Systems, SIM-TD, Road Tank Vehicles and Tank Transport Systems, brake and steering systems
Dr. Sascha PfeiferTel.: -286
  • Vehicle Safety, SIM-TD, Commercial Vehicle Technology (trucks and buses), Safety of Electric vehicles, View
    and Handling
Dr. Jakob SeilerTel.: -285
  • Vehicle Emissions, Energy/Fuels/CO2
    Noise Emissions
Marko GustkeTel.: -287
  • Networked vehicle systems and automated driving (incl. simTD), technical customer services (incl. exhaust and general inspections), standardization and harmonization of specifications and testing procedures
Uwe ToppelTel.: -288
  • Type Approval Procedure for Vehicles and Parts, Export Homologation,
    Lighting, Anti Theft Device
 
Logistics

Sascha GröbelTel.: -223
  • Container standardization (CoC packaging), Working Group Digital Factory, Working Group Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), RFID, VDA’s logistics events, Global MMOG/LE (suppliers’ assessment tool)
Werner MockTel.: -222
  • Logistics,
  • Logistics processes, invoicing processes, Odette, advisory council UPIK,
  • Co-operation:
    AWV, BVL CEN, DIN, DSLV, ENX, Fraunhofer, logistics service providers, universities
Jörg WaltherTel.: -224
  • EDI and ebusiness, invoicing processes,
  • working group KIT, working group
    E 12-Automotive,
  • UPIK advisory
 
Environment policy and technical environment protection

Dr. Stefan WöhrlTel.: -300
  • General environmental policy, production-related energy issues, product-related environmental issues, recycling, occupational safety,hazardous materials, fire protection, industrial engineering
Christina MessnerTel.: -302
  • Product-related environmental issues
 
Research Association for Automotive Technology (FAT)

Dr. Friedrich PreißerTel.: -310
  • Joint pre-competition research and development:
    Safety, technical environmental research, energy efficiency and electrical integration, materials/production technologies and calculation methods, the commercial vehicle transport system
 
Standardisation institution of the VDA and the DIN deutsches Institut für Normung e. V.

Egbert FritzscheTel.: -320
  • National/international standardisation strategy, electric mobility and alternative drive train technologies, co-operation with national/international standardisation organisations, cross-industry standardisation
Philipp NiermannTel.: -322
  • Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments vehicle dynamics / chassis technology, general vehicle an engine technology, accident protection and restraint systems
 Stephan Krähnert Tel.: -324
  • Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments electrical/electronic components and systems, load securing in commercial vehicles, containers and swap bodies
Eric Wern Tel.: -323
  • Standardisation at national/European/international level for the departments communication technologies, traffic control and management systems (traffic telematics) and driver assistance systems
 
Quality management centre (QMC)

Heinz-Günter PlegnièreTel.: -230
  • Director
Cosmina BaicanTel.: -231
  • VDA-QMC event management
Reinhard HagenTel.: -250
  • Head of vocational and further education
Marina EhrhardTel.: -235
  • Marketing
André ElsterTel.: -242
  •   Witness audits / office assessments
 Larissa Nurislamova Tel.: -254
  •   Training, international relations
Norbert HaßTel.: -240
  • Head of VDA-QMC specialist department, IATF oversight
Teresa Müller-OttTel.: -252
  • Co-ordination of open training sessions
Manfred MüllerTel.: -241
  • ISO/TS certification bodies
Anne SczukaTel.: -251
  • Inhouse training co-ordination
N.N.Tel.: -245
  • International projects
Timm Zöllmer
(QMC China Managing Director)
Tel.: +86 10 659000-67

Alexander Amyalyev
(QMC Moscow office)
Tel.: ++7 495 36343-53
 
Classic cars
Stefan RöhrigTel.: -380
  • Support of traditional areas, manufacturers and suppliers, cooperation with associations regarding tradition and vintage vehicles
Business unit B
Klaus Bräunig
Klaus Bräunig – Managing Director
Tel.: -103
Fax:
-602
Support of manufacturer groups (HG) with regards to the following aspects and support of the HG III advisory board:
  • Fundamental questions
  • Automotive supply industry, medium-sized businesses and aftermarket
  • Exhibitions
  • Taxes and customs duties, law and insurance
Responsibility for:
  • CLEPA, OICA, BDI, DAT
  • HR and finance
 
Automotive supply industry and medium-sized businesses

Helmut WeirichTel.: -400
  • Professional issues of manufacturer group III, VDA medium-sized business sector, cooperation with domestic and foreign supplier associations and institutions, specific aspects of the automotive supply industry
André KunkelTel.: -402
  • VDA manufacturer index ("VDA key”), VDA cooperation portal, specific questions concerning the automotive industry
 
Aftermarket

Thorsten SchneiderTel.: -410
  • Aftermarket business issues, suppliers‘ trade business, coordination and representation of specific aftermarket needs, cooperation with national and international associations
 
Exhibitions

Gabriele ZimmermannTel.: -200
  • International Automobile Fair (IAA), International Exhibition Committee (OICA), other exhibition issues
Jan HeckmannTel.: -205
  • IAA-Organisation
Michael KnabTel.: -204
  • Booth planning and allocation, booth construction regulations, review and approval of booth designs, booth assembly and disassembly
Katja SchüngelTel.: -202
  • Exhibitor service
Viola StockingerTel.: -203
  • Booth planning and allocation, booth construction regulations, review and approval of booth designs, booth assembly and disassembly
 
Taxes and customs duties
Hans-Joachim VanscheidtTel.: -270
  • Tax policy and tax-based legal issues of the automotive industry, road traffic taxation, driver taxation, EU taxes, "finance and taxes” institute, customs duties
 
Law and insurances

Dr. Ralf ScheibachTel.: -260
  • Law, financial services, customer support issues, distribution affairs, DAT, DVS, DVW, FIW, organisation and member management
Dr. Wiebke GebhardTel.: -263
  • Law, public procurement, insurance
Nicola von HollebenTel.: -262
  • Law, industrial property rights, Public procurement, Data protection, insurance issues, DKF
 
HR, finance, central services

Markus KubitzaTel.: -160
  • Annual financial statements, finance and insurance, facility management,
    travel and fleet management, health and safety committee,
    commercial projects 
Margret WunderlichTel.: -161
  • Contribution management – member companies, Reporting – International Automobile Fair (IAA)
Kathrin KramerTel.: -162
  • Other accounts payable and receivables, wages/salaries
Gabriele TkotzTel.:- 163
  • Accounting/controlling QMC/ HR processing
Ingrid BeckerTel.:- 164
  • VDA membership fees, VDA accounting (customers),International Motor Show (IAA) accounting
Business unit C
Dr. Kay Lindemann
Dr. Kay Lindemann –  Managing Director
Tel.: -107
Fax:
-603
Support of manufacturer groups (HG) with regards to the following aspects and support of the HG II advisory board:
  • Economic policy, markets, climate
  • Utility vehicles, transport policy,
  • European policy, Brussels office
  • Inhouse communication
Responsible for:
  • ACEA, IRU, CLCCR, Pro Mobilität
 
Commercial Vehicles, Trailers, Bodies and Buses

Thomas FabianTel.: -370
  • Technical matters in Manufacturer Group II, specific questions for commercial vehicle and bus manufacturers, CLCCR General Secretariat
Anja MichaelTel.: -371
  • Project-related questions in the commercial vehicle industry, Support for selected bodies in Manufacturer Group II
 
Economic and climate protection policy

Dr. Martin KoersTel.: -350
  • Economic policy, foreign economic and trade policy,national and international matters in climate-action policy
Angela MansTel.: -352
  • Head of Foreign Economics
Dr. Volker SchottTel.: -361
  • The economy and economic policy
 
Statistics, analyses, forecasts

Marius BaaderTel.: -330
  • Head of Department
Alexander FritzTel.: -333
  • Production and Export Statistics, Structural Analysis and Emissions
Christina MatthiesTel.: -332
  • Foreign Statistics and Analyses
Dennis KlingebielTel.: -334
  • Economic Situation, Forecasts, Foreign Statistics and Analyses
Petra MüllerTel.: -335
  • German Domestic Statistics
Tim StappenTel.: -336
  • Statistics Turnover, Employees and Foreign Trade
 
European policy and VDA branch office in Brussels

Ralf Diemer

Tel.: +32 2 50460-67

Fax: +32 2 50460-68

Sascha WagnerTel.: +32 2 50460-66
  
  
Tineke BartschTel.: -123
  • Political Communication Berlin
 
Transport policy

Dr. Michael NiedenthalTel.: -360
  • National and international transport policy, energy-, environment- and social-political issues related to traffic, telematics, and transport in the automotive industry
Dr. Volker SchottTel.: -361
  • Passenger and goods transport issues, data analyses and forecasts
 
Inhouse communication

Wolfgang BartschTel.: -180
  • IT business strategy, EDP network responsibility, telecommunication and mobile communication
First publication: 30.04.2008 Last modified: 19.12.2012