Intro: Wilhelm Karmann GmbH, with approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, is a full service supplier to the automotive industry, offering a wide range of services varying from complete vehicle development and manufacturing engineering to niche vehicle assembly.
Karmann is best known for its success with convertibles, but its expertise goes beyond open-top vehicles. Karmann has developed and manufactured many well-known car projects, amounting to over 3 million automobiles. The current Karmann customer list includes DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz CLK Convertible and Coupe, SLK), Jaguar (XK8 Convertible) and Renault (M’gane Cabriolet).
Karmann is headquartered in Osnabr’ck Germany, and has locations in Portugal, Brazil and U.S.A. In 2000 Karmann had a turnover of 1.2 billion Euro and manufactured over 50,000 complete vehicles at its Osnabr’ck and Rheine plants.
Recently the company made headlines because it was selected as the manufacturer of the Chrysler Crossfire sports car from late 2003. |
