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2023

Reorganization of VAST Automotive Group. WITTE Automotive takes over VAST Automotive Group incl. VAST China and Japan and the Joint Venture Partnership on Minda VAST Access Systems.

2020

jingzhou plantVAST China opens another plant in Jingzhou

2018

vast china_phase2_2VAST China opens the extension of Taicang plant incl.
expansion of development and test capacities

2017

vast_logo_4c jpgA new logo was created for VAST with the aim of more strongly expressing the company´s global connectedness and its affiliation with the industry

2015

minda_vast_logo_15_07_2015_vbFounding of Minda VAST Access Systems (MVAS), a joint venture with the leading Indian automotive supplier Spark Minda, Ashok Minda Group

2011

2011VAST China: Opening of the third facility in Taicang, including plastic injection molding and painting for door handle production.

New VAST organizational structure: One face to the customer for all our global OEMs

2009

2009VAST takes over the remaining shares of the local partner in VAST China

2008

2008

STRATTEC and WITTE Automotive together acquired Delphi Power Products, Delphi's business unit specialist for powered sliding doors and tailgate systems.

Foundation of VAST Korea, our sales & engineering office to support Korean OEM business

2007

Foundation of VAST Japan - sales & engineering office close to our JOEM customers

2006

2006ADAC Automotive from Grand Rapids, MI/ USA, joined the Alliance as the third member. Renaming as VAST- Vehicle Access Systems Technology

2004

2004VAST's second plant in China was established in Kunshan as WITTE-STRATTEC Great Shanghai

2002

2002In 2002 WITTE-STRATTEC started its business in China. The first plant WITTE-STRATTEC China in Fuzhou was a joint venture with a local partner

2001

2001WITTE-STRATTEC founded WITTE-STRATTEC do Brasil together with a local Brazilian automotive supplier

2000

2000Foundation of VAST, at the beginning as "WITTE-STRATTEC" the Strategic Alliance of the German WITTE Automotive, Velbert, and the American STRATTEC Security Corporation, Milwaukee WI
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