Company Anniversary: 30 Years of AUDIO MOBIL Elektronik GmbH

On March 3, 1989, AUDIO MOBIL was founded by Thomas Stottan in the garage of a municipal building in Salzburg-Nonntal. By today’s standards, this would be described as a typical “garage start-up.” Since then, the company has been engaged in information and communication technology in the context of the automobile.

The journey began with car phones based on B- and C-network technology (at that time the size of a large briefcase), progressed through the gentle (because non-vehicle-modifying) integration of high-quality sound systems with sometimes more than 10,000 watts, and led to human-machine interactive operating systems (such as the “interactive Communication Steering Wheel” – iCS for short – where the entire cockpit with all functions was integrated into the steering wheel).

The AUDIO MOBIL team still has many plans in terms of ideas, visions, and reliable partnerships with suppliers and customers: The digitalization of the vehicle and the associated mobility is in AUDIO MOBIL’s DNA and will be passed on evolutionarily to our partners. CEO Thomas Stottan on the anniversary: “Hopefully the next 30 years will be just as exciting and challenging as the past ones – the digitalization of mobility can come, AUDIO MOBIL is already here!”