“VDO (company)”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

VDO is a brand of Continental Automotive. Products under the brand include automotive electronics and mechatronics for powertrain, engine management system, fuel injection Systems. A full range of Tachograph and Data Management products and Telematics. Also since 1958 VDO supply Marine solutions for pleasure boats, yachts and sailing boats, wherewith with over 60 years of experience VDO stands as one of the oldest marine suppliers in the industry. In 2018 the Marine business has been separated from VDO and brand of VDO Marine has been established. VDO Marine products are made by Swiss manufacture veratron AG.

History

VDO was founded by Adolf Schindling and the result of a merger between DEUTA (Deutsche Tachometer-Werke GmbH, English: German Speedometer Works, Ltd.) and OTA Apparate GmbH (Offenbacher Tachometer-Werke GmbH, English: (City of) Offenbach Speedometer Works, Ltd.) in the German city of Frankfurt am Main in 1929.^[2] VDO stands for "Vereinigte DEUTA - OTA, English: United DEUTA - OTA."

In 1991, the company was acquired by Mannesmann. In 1999, Mannesmann was itself acquired by Vodafone and VDO was put up for sale. In 2000, the company was acquired by Siemens AG, Germany's biggest engineering company, and re-branded as Siemens VDO.^[3]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.vdo.com/|title=VDO - Global Website|website=Global Website|language=en|access-date=2017-07-28}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Lerner|first=Franz|title=Frankfurt am Main und seine Wirtschaft, Wiederaufbu seit 1945|year=1958|publisher=Ammelburg Verlag|url=http://www.aufbau-ffm.de/doku/Archiv/vdp.html}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Siemens-Mannesmann Link Is Set|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/20/business/siemens-mannesmann-link-is-set.html|accessdate=6 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 March 2000|agency=The New York Times Company}}

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5 : Automotive companies of Germany|German brands|Companies established in the 1920s|1920s establishments in Germany|Continental AG