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VDO

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German company

VDO is a German brand of Aumovio which makes automotive electronics and mechatronics for powertrains, engine management systems and fuel injection systems. A full range of Tachograph, Data Management, and Telematics products are produced. VDO has also supplied components for pleasure boats, yachts and sailing boats since 1958.2 It is part of Continental Automotive Systems.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1926Founded1
  • HeadquartersRegensburg1
  • Websitewww.vdo.de
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1

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VDO engine oil pressure gauge
Photo: R. Henrik Nilsson, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

VDO is a German brand of Aumovio which makes automotive electronics and mechatronics for powertrains, engine management systems and fuel injection systems. A full range of Tachograph, Data Management, and Telematics products are produced. VDO has also supplied components for pleasure boats, yachts and sailing boats since 1958. In 2018 the marine business was separated into VDO Marine, offering products made by Swiss manufacture Veratron AG.2

Corporate structure

VDO is part of a group headed by Continental AG. 86 entities, 22 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

VDO was founded by Adolf Schindling and the result of a merger between DEUTA (Deutsche Tachometer-Werke GmbH, English: German Speedometer Works, Ltd.) and OTA Apparate GmbH (Offenbacher Tachometer-Werke GmbH, English: (City of) Offenbach Speedometer Works, Ltd.) in Frankfurt am Main in 1929. VDO stands for "Vereinigte DEUTA - OTA, English: United DEUTA - OTA."

In 1991, the company was acquired by Mannesmann. In 1999, Mannesmann was acquired by Vodafone and VDO was offered for sale. In 2000, the company was acquired by Siemens and re-branded as Siemens VDO. Siemens sold VDO to Continental in 2007. With the spin-off of the Continental Automotive division in 2025, VDO became part of the newly founded company Aumovio.

From Wikipedia’s article on VDO (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

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Timeline

  1. Aug 28, 2007Acquired Acquired by Continental Automotive Systems1
  2. 1926Founded Founded1

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