Carcoustics - NVH Testing

Carcoustics International GmbH is a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of total vehicle acoustics solutions for the automotive industry. Focusing on the mid- to high-range passenger car market, Carcoustics’ customers include many of the world’s leading automotive manufacturing companies.

A PULSE data acquisition and analysis system, together with noise source mapping and acoustical holography techniques, are widely used in the development of cost-effective and efficient noise-reducing solutions and for the validation of acoustic simulation models based on statistical energy analysis.

The Power of Silence

Originally founded over 50 years ago, today Carcoustics has 18 facilities in 12 countries, and employs some 2200 people. The company focuses on the development and production of airborne absorbing, insulation and damping solutions for complete cars, systems and components. Carcoustics mid- to high-range automotive customers include such prestigious names as VW, Daimler Chrysler, BMW, Ford, Audi, GM, Fiat, Jaguar, Renault, Nissan, to mention just a few.

Carcoustics’ Tech Center, located at the company’s head quarters at Leverkusen, 20 km north-east of Cologne, Germany, has impressive test and measurement facilities including semi-anechoic rooms, a transmission loss suite, material testing equipment, test tracks and a large two-axle dynamometer test cell. Independent of wind and weather, this test facility enables the acoustic characteristics of a complete vehicle to be analysed under simulated driving conditions.

Carcoustics is globally accredited to ISO 14001 and ISO 16949 (the automotive quality standard).