thyssenkrupp signaled the start of construction on a new test and development center for steering technology in Liechtenstein with a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the project at its steering business's HQ in Eschen. In the future, the roughly 3,000 square meter test center will bring together thyssenkrupp's competencies in development, vehicle bodies and prototyping. Completion of the EUR 15 million project is planned for the first half of 2019. Based on this steering technology, the new test center will drive current development projects such as steer-by-wire, e-mobility and the further development of driver assist systems as a precursor to automated driving. Four- to six-week endurance tests will allow the quality and service life of these products to be mapped over the entire vehicle lifetime. Work in the acoustics center will focus on further optimizing the acoustic performance of the steering systems. In addition to the new test center in Liechtenstein, thyssenkrupp already operates a software and development center for steering technology in Budapest. This center brings together all the company's software development activities for electro-mechanical steering systems and among other things develops new software functions for improved driving safety.