Formel D 30th Anniversary
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What our people say
Our customers thoughts

Mr. Stefan Greiner
Head of Whole Vehicle Development Department (P/GE-G)
Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd.
How has Formel D helped your company achieve its goals?
Within record time we were able to set up together with our partner Formel D a new testing center in China for our future electric cars. With a testing capacity of up to 70 vehicles at the same time this is one of Audi’s most developed testing center worldwide.
What has been your experience working with Formel D?
Very open communication and always listening to our needs to make sure we can accomplish our goals together.
What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
With the highly professional management and team from Formel D in China it was easy to remove roadblocks on our way to open our test center in Changchun. Professionalism on the one side and hard work on the other side set Formel D apart from competitors and helped us to fulfill our milestones
How has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
In case of challenges Formel D addressed topics openly, suggested solutions and removed potential road blocks. Without Formel D we would not have been able to set up our testing center in Changchun in such a short period of time with such a high quality

Vincent Jacquemier
Plant Director
SVE Noyon
The partnership between Formel D and SVE was established in 2020, at the height of the COVID crisis. A special opportunity to immediately test the solidity of the relationship and the flexibility of the service. It was a successful step, albeit not without its difficulties, but who hasn't had difficulties at that time? We were a demanding customer in terms of flexibility, and Formel D has been always able to adapt and support us in times of downturns and upturns, with a very good responsiveness. It's true that commercial compromises are always tricky to reach in these situations, but the relationship remains a good one. We also appreciate the way Formel D listens to our requirements, particularly in terms of EH&S, with a real willingness from Formel D part to achieve the level we demand in the interests of continuous improvement.
PSA Group
What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
With Formel D, you can rely on the result in the projects assigned to them - without any need for training and checks beyond the scope of normal communication. Experience and work system of Formel D guarantee the quality of the output. It´s a global provider with great potential.
How has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
An average of 66 trained and experienced operators daily helped us to eliminate deviations from the nominal operation of the plant.
During the projects, we use Formel D resources several times - today we have about 30 engineers; during the modernization in the rise of the cadence, we used more than 30 mechanics.

Jaguar Land Rover
Formel D Nitra team has been one of the key stone and partner to build strong relationship across the business and JLR Nitra key stakeholders. They were helping to achieve high standard of quality and customer-oriented approach. Even during challenging period of time related to poor supplier performance and launch activities, they were pushing hard to protect the customer and make sure that JLR Nitra productions line has not been stopped. WELL, DONE FOMEL D TEAM.

Vincent Jacquemier
Plant Director
SVE Noyon
“Working with you as a third-party supplier for the first time was an exceptional experience. The communication was excellent, and I appreciated your willingness to collaborate with another third-party supplier. Your commitment to delivering high-quality work was evident, and I found the entire process to be flawless. I thoroughly enjoyed working with such a highly professional supplier like you!” – Harmen Becker Automotive Systems about our Ford Reflash Campaign
“Overall Formel D has been great to bring on as a partner to help contain issues, rework vehicles, and solve problems. I am overall please with the ability for them to react to issues quite fast. They are very flexible in production scheduling and long hours.” – Rivian about our Rivian GA Support
“been a pleasure working with the team across the board, especially the detail in every document that I receive is definitely in line with a great partner” – Rivian for Rivian Vehicle Launch Support
“FormelD has been an excellent support to the Lucid team, and I am very pleased with the results.” – Lucid for Lucid SQE Support

Mr. Yanle Qi
Director of VAC Department, Supply Chain
Li Auto Inc.
How has Formel D helped your company achieve its goals?
During key period of new model vehicle launch & ramp up, Formel D always keep good status to support our problem resolving.
What has been your experience working with Formel D?
Rapidly information cross-level transferring and high efficiency implementation to our demands.
What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
Formel D is conducting self audits and self evaluations to find shortages of team or individuals, following with systematic correct actions taken.
How has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
The most impressive to me, end of 2022, Formel D support the production of a high delivery risk supplier, gained good result. Middle of 2023, Formel D set a quality wall for a high quality risk component and reached quality target quickly. Our continuous and high efficient production benefit by Formel D strong cooperation.
Our customers thoughts
How has Formel D helped your company achieve its goals?
Within record time we were able to set up together with our partner Formel D a new testing center in China for our future electric cars. With a testing capacity of up to 70 vehicles at the same time this is one of Audi’s most developed testing center worldwide.What has been your experience working with Formel D?
Very open communication and always listening to our needs to make sure we can accomplish our goals together.What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
With the highly professional management and team from Formel D in China it was easy to remove roadblocks on our way to open our test center in Changchun. Professionalism on the one side and hard work on the other side set Formel D apart from competitors and helped us to fulfill our milestonesHow has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
In case of challenges Formel D addressed topics openly, suggested solutions and removed potential road blocks. Without Formel D we would not have been able to set up our testing center in Changchun in such a short period of time with such a high quality
The partnership between Formel D and SVE was established in 2020, at the height of the COVID crisis. A special opportunity to immediately test the solidity of the relationship and the flexibility of the service. It was a successful step, albeit not without its difficulties, but who hasn’t had difficulties at that time?
We were a demanding customer in terms of flexibility, and Formel D has been always able to adapt and support us in times of downturns and upturns, with a very good responsiveness. It’s true that commercial compromises are always tricky to reach in these situations, but the relationship remains a good one.
We also appreciate the way Formel D listens to our requirements, particularly in terms of EH&S, with a real willingness from Formel D part to achieve the level we demand in the interests of continuous improvement.
What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
With Formel D, you can rely on the result in the projects assigned to them – without any need for training and checks beyond the scope of normal communication. Experience and work system of Formel D guarantee the quality of the output. It´s a global provider with great potential.How has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
An average of 66 (in a peak season 150) trained and experienced operators daily helped us to eliminate deviations from the nominal operation of the plant.
During the projects, we use Formel D resources several times – today we have about 30 engineers; during the modernization in the rise of the cadence, we used more than 30 mechanics.
Formel D Nitra team has been one of the key stone and partner to build strong relationship across the business and JLR Nitra key stakeholders. They were helping to achieve high standard of quality and customer-oriented approach. Even during challenging period of time related to poor supplier performance and launch activities, they were pushing hard to protect the customer and make sure that JLR Nitra productions line has not been stopped.
WELL, DONE FOMEL D TEAM.
How has Formel D helped your company achieve its goals?
During key period of new model vehicle launch & ramp up, Formel D always keep good status to support our problem resolving.What has been your experience working with Formel D?
Rapidly information cross-level transferring and high efficiency implementation to our demands.What sets Formel D apart from other service providers?
Formel D is conducting self audits and self evaluations to find shortages of team or individuals, following with systematic correct actions taken.How has Formel D supported your company during challenging periods?
The most impressive to me, end of 2022, Formel D support the production of a high delivery risk supplier, gained good result. Middle of 2023, Formel D set a quality wall for a high quality risk component and reached quality target quickly. Our continuous and high efficient production benefit by Formel D strong cooperation.
“Working with you as a third-party supplier for the first time was an exceptional experience. The communication was excellent, and I appreciated your willingness to collaborate with another third-party supplier. Your commitment to delivering high-quality work was evident, and I found the entire process to be flawless. I thoroughly enjoyed working with such a highly professional supplier like you!” – Harmen Becker Automotive Systems about our Ford Reflash Campaign
“Overall Formel D has been great to bring on as a partner to help contain issues, rework vehicles, and solve problems. I am overall please with the ability for them to react to issues quite fast. They are very flexible in production scheduling and long hours.” – Rivian about our Rivian GA Support
“It’s been a pleasure working with the team across the board, especially the detail in every document that I receive is definitely in line with a great partner” – Rivian for Rivian Vehicle Launch Support
“FormelD has been an excellent support to the Lucid team, and I am very pleased with the results.” – Lucid for Lucid SQE Support
Our journey
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1993
— Foundation of Formel D in Troisdorf (Germany) with around 60 employees
— Opening of branch office in Rüsselsheim (Germany)
— Development of a range of services to support automotive manufacturers
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1994
— Certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001
— First branch outside of Germany in UK
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1996
— First international branch outside of Europe established in Brazil
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1997
— First-time build of show vehicles for IAA and Tokyo Motor Show
— Receiving the Founder's Awards of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg Region and Germany
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1998
— Establishment of branch in the USA
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2000
— Establishment of branch in Spain and Poland
— Formel D nomination under the 500 most innovative companies in Europe (study for Growth Plus)
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2003
— First-time participation as exhibitor at the IAA Cars in Frankfurt
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2005
— Opening of branch in Shanghai, China
— Renaming to Formel D GmbH
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2009
— Start of operations in India
— Certification of Formel D as education provider according to Admissions and Licensing Regulations for Further Training (AZWV)
— First project for vehicle individualization
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2010
— Foundation Skill Enhancement Center | SEC
— Start-up manufactory for special equipment in Europe
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2013
— Founders handover to new management board
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2015
— Realignment of the product portfolio
— New positioning and brand relaunch
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2017
— New owners investing in Formel D: 3i and Trustar Capital
— New management structure established
— Licensed partner of the VDA Quality Management Center in China
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2018
— Growth in the number of employees to 10,000 worldwide at more than 80 offices in 19 countries
— Consolidation of company’s restructuring in 5 regions
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2019
— Acquisition of Vdynamics & MobileNext
— Acquisition of CPS Group
— Global Project Management Office tool implementation
— Start of first Quality Conformation Center in the USA
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2020
— First Pre-Delivery inspection Center in China
— 20 Quality Confirmation Centers in France
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2021
— New HQ Cologne
— Over 10,500 employees in 21 countries
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2022
— Evolution to Next Electric Vehicle
— Rollout Value Creation Program
— BE-SMART Initiative
— Evolution to Supply Chain Quality