The trend among automobile manufacturers is moving increasingly towards electronic antenna systems which are integrated in the vehicle body.
Hirschmann has played a major part in the promotion of this technology from the very start.
The company developed the world's first mobile radio antenna to be integrated in the rear bumper, for example, and also did pioneering work in modular antenna systems for the rear window which combine radio and TV reception with phone, satellite navigation and radio-controlled central locking.
Hirschmann now supplies such systems as a development partner for the automobile manufacturers to Audi, BMW, Daimler, General Motors and VW, to name just a few.