GoForLite® - Intelligent Lightweight Solutions

About us

GoForLite® - Intelligent Lightweight Solutions is an independent consulting, development and manufacturing service provider for multi-material lightweight construction based in Winnweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate). The company systematically identifies lightweight-construction potential and develops tailored solutions in plastics, fibre-reinforced composite (FRP) and hybrid (metal/plastic) design. Its range of services covers the entire product development process: from potential analysis and feasibility studies through consistent computer-aided design, numerical simulation and digital twin to the manufacture of tools, moulds and fixtures, testable functional prototypes (additive manufacturing), component testing, field trials and start of production (SOP). GoForLite is material- and process-neutral and supplements its own competencies through a network of specialised partners whose services are bundled as a single general contractor. The company emerged from ADETE®, a development service provider founded in 1999, and continues the spin-off tradition of the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) at RPTU Kaiserslautern.

Site

Winnweiler

Processes

Expertise & feasibility (potential analysis, feasibility studies, material and, Engineering & simulation (consistent computer-aided design, numerical simulation,, Implementation: tools, moulds, fixtures, Prototyping / Additive Manufacturing (functional prototypes, testable prototypes), Component testing and field trials, Start of production (SOP) and digitalisation in manufacturing (Industry 4.0), Potential analysis & feasibility studies, Idea development

Materials

Plastics, Fibre-reinforced plastic composite (FRP), Composite (fibre-reinforced plastic), Hybrid (Metal/Plastic)

Certificates

ISO 9001:2015, ISO 9001

Founded

2018

Industries

Mechanical engineering, Commercial vehicles & agricultural machinery, Automotive, Medical technology, Plant & apparatus engineering, Energy sector

1. 01

   Potential analysis & feasibility

2. 02

   Material and process selection

3. 03

   Design & numerical simulation

4. 04

   Tools, moulds, fixtures

5. 05

   Prototyping / Additive Manufacturing

6. 06

   Component testing & field trials

7. 07

   Start of production (SOP)

8. 08

   Digitalisation in manufacturing

Materials & Processes

Locations

Winnweiler

DE

Registered office

Materials

Plastics, FRP, Hybrid

Kaiserslautern

DE

Visitor address (by appointment, c/o iT-Campus)

Components & Applications

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality

GoForLite follows the ISO 9001:2015 standard in quality management. Customer satisfaction is made measurable through a systematic process involving the assessment of individual expectations and a customer satisfaction compass, and is integrated into the continuous improvement process.

History

1. 1999

   Founding of the predecessor company ADETE® - Advanced Engineering & Technologies GmbH, Kaiserslautern, by Dr.-Ing. Markus Steffens

2. 2000

   Doctorate at RPTU Kaiserslautern; founder award 'Pioniergeist 2000' of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

3. 2001

   Co-initiator and founding member of the Plastics Network Rhineland-Palatinate

4. 2012

   ADETE was absorbed into a renowned commercial vehicle industry group; industry award 'Trailer Innovation 2013' (Components) at the IAA Commercial Vehicles for the 9t trailer lightweight axle 'ECO Vision'

5. 2015

   European Sustainability Award of the Transport Sector 2016 for the 9t trailer lightweight axle 'ECO Vision'

6. 2016

   JEC Award 2016 (Medical Technology) for the X-ray-transparent aneurysm clip 'InnoClip'

7. 2017

   Member of the Executive Board of Composites United e.V. (CUeV), WEST division

8. 2018

   Founding of GoForLite® - Intelligent Lightweight Solutions, Winnweiler; spin-off tradition of the Leibniz Institute for Composite Materials (IVW), RPTU Kaiserslautern