EDAG ENGINEERING GMBH

Their core work

EDAG is a major independent engineering services company headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany, specializing in vehicle and production engineering for the automotive and mobility industries. In H2020 projects, they contribute manufacturing process development, production cell design, and materials engineering expertise — bridging the gap between laboratory research and industrial-scale production. Their work spans advanced joining techniques, additive manufacturing of multi-material components, and digital platforms for circular economy value chains.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

EDAG's H2020 trajectory shows a clear shift from traditional manufacturing processes toward digitally-enabled, sustainability-driven production. Their early projects (2015-2018) focused on physical manufacturing challenges — hybrid joining techniques and composite material reuse and recycling. By 2020, their focus had moved to additive manufacturing with advanced materials (nanoparticles, multi-material parts) and digital circular economy platforms, reflecting an integration of digital and sustainability concerns into their core manufacturing expertise.

EDAG is converging manufacturing engineering with digital tools and circular economy principles, positioning for Industry 4.0 sustainable production projects.

How they like to work

EDAG participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator, which is typical for large engineering services firms that contribute specialized industrial expertise to research-led consortia. With 86 unique partners across just 4 projects, they operate in large Innovation Action consortia (averaging 20+ partners per project). This breadth suggests they are a trusted industrial partner that research organizations bring in for production engineering credibility and real-world manufacturing validation.

EDAG has built a broad European network of 86 unique partners spanning 17 countries through just 4 projects, indicating participation in large-scale demonstration consortia. Their geographic reach is pan-European with no apparent concentration in any single region beyond Germany.

What sets them apart

EDAG brings something most research consortia lack: a large-scale independent engineering firm with direct lines into automotive and industrial OEMs. Unlike universities or RTOs, they can validate manufacturing processes against real production requirements and cost constraints. Their combination of physical production engineering with growing digital and circular economy capability makes them a strong partner for projects that need to demonstrate industrial feasibility, not just lab-scale proof of concept.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MULTI-FUN
  Largest funding (EUR 576,692) and represents EDAG's most advanced technical involvement — multi-material additive manufacturing with nanoparticles and integrated multi-functionalities.
• FiberEUse
  Highest single-project funding (EUR 595,000) and a large-scale circular economy demonstration for composite fibre reuse, directly relevant to automotive lightweighting.
• DigiPrime
  Marks EDAG's entry into digital platform development for circular economy, signaling a strategic expansion beyond pure manufacturing engineering.