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ATESTEO North America: Strengthening located close to technical universities
Michigan’s Leadership in E-mobility and and vocational schools,” said Roy
Electrification M. Schulde, president, ATESTEO
North America. “This talent pool
ATESTEO, a global provider of testing services allows us to find students to help
for EV drivetrains and components, is establishing its run our test benches since our tests
North American headquarters in East Lansing. ATESTEO are run on a 24/7 operation. Many of
North America is a member of ATESTEO Group, a these students then join ATESTEO
Germany-based testing services provider for automotive after graduation. In fact, I can give 2
drivetrains. The company began serving the e-mobility excellent examples of how well this
industry in 2008 and provides testing services for has worked for ATESTEO. Both Schulde
hybrid and fully electrified auto drivetrains and our current and former CEO started working at
components. ATESTEO as students running test benches!”

ATESTEO’s North American The project is expected to generate
headquarters in East Lansing, The investments a total capital investment of
will install test benches to made by this year’s CORG $27.8 million and create up to
test drivetrain systems and 46 well-paying jobs with the
components. The North honorees are not only support of a $400,000 Michigan
American Headquarters in East significant in how they Business Development Program
Lansing allows the company are helping transform the performance-based grant
to penetrate a major hub for from the Michigan Strategic
automotive manufacturing and region today, but also in Fund. Michigan was chosen
innovation. The expansion into how they position for the project over competing
the U.S complements ATESTEO’s our region for sites in Ohio and South Carolina.
existing facilities across Germany
and China and will allow them to the future. ATESTEO’s new drivetrain testing and
offer over 200 test benches on three accredited calibration facility is dedicated
continents. to supporting eMobility applications,
which will increase the availability of resources
“The decision to enter the U.S. actually follows a business needed to test and validate the latest electrification
model that ATESTEO has used successfully for over 35 technologies. The ATESTEO move to East Lansing is
years in Germany and China, where our testing sites are also expected boost Michigan‘s efforts to position

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