Dr. Freist Automotive GmbH is an innovative, internationally oriented, and family-owned enterprise that is here to stay. We are experts in the design and production of sound deadening and reinforcement materials, and primarily supply the automotive industry. Since our incorporation in 2004, we have been investing continually in innovative production technology. Our aim is to provide our customers with tailor-made solutions of the highest quality for even the most specific and complex of needs.

Innovative, experienced, committed

As experienced system specialists for all aspects of structure borne sound deadening and localized panel reinforcement, we are a strong and reliable partner for our customers around the world. Our own excellent facility configuration, together with our great partnerships, allow us to meet the demands of virtually any customer-specific need with respect to geometry and acoustic efficiency.

We manage all raw materials and semi-finished products using an ERP system which allows for systemized compliance with the FIFO-principle, and ensures that our raw materials and semi-finished products can be traced in the finished product. Thanks to our trademark MKA (mixing, calendaring, and equipment engineering), we are outfitted with an on-site, ultramodern array of machinery and specialized equipment, which we strive to improve continually.

In 2013 we founded GKD GmbH, a company that produces adhesives and sealants. Its focus is on developing and producing heat activated and pressure-sensitive adhesives.
Our laboratory, where our specialists are constantly and enthusiastically at work to create new adhesives and formulas for reducing weight and increasing acoustic efficiency, completes our high degree of vertical integration.

Released finished products are collected at our logistics center by Kanban system, where our finished components are prepared and family pallets are assembled.

In 2015, our subsidiary company, DFA US Inc. was established. In November of the same year, we began collaborating with Orotex in the United States and Mexico. In 2016, production of sound deadening materials began in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Another subsidiary company was established overseas in August 2016, namely DFA de Mexico.

We are a young company with tradition

Our company's history and development

The DFA – an overview of the german team in Goslar

Management team

Dr. Ralf Dopheide
Managing Director

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+49 (0) 172 522 97 92
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ralf.dopheide(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Dr. Christoph Freist
General Manager

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geschaeftsleitung(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Murat Kabak
General Manager

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General Managers

Darius Balcerzewski
General Manager

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Dr. Markus Kreye
General Manager

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Tobias Hagemeier
General Manager

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Sales

Chris Missal
BMW

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chris.missal(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Matthias Kürner
Daimler

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matthias.kuerner(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Florian Körner
Volkswagen and general industry

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florian.koerner(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Quality Management

Mario Schwanke

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mario.schwanke(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

DFA US Inc.

Dr. Ralf Dopheide
President DFA US Inc.

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+49 (0) 172 522 97 92
Mail
ralf.dopheide(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Dr. Freist Automotive de Mexico

Henning Freist
President Dr. Freist Automotive de Mexico

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+49 (0) 176 9660 1438
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+52 (0) 449 391 2618
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henning.freist(at)dfa-gmbh.eu

Janeth Karina Gómez Carrillo
President Dr. Freist Automotive de Mexico

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+52 (0) 449 112 4952
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+1 (980) 389 9922
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janeth.gomez(at)dfa-mx.com

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DFA - Dr. Freist Automotive GmbH
Alte Heerstraße 21
38644 Goslar
Telefon: +49 (0)5321 3746-0
Telefax: +49 (0)5321 3746-46
E-Mail: info(at)dfa-gmbh.eu