Memberships and external activities

TQ is a member of the registered professional association for design, printed circuit manufacturing and component manufacturing (FED). TQ provides a FED board member (Patrick von Unold) and runs the FED’s regional group for Munich (Karin Schlierenkämper).

The FED is the partner for any establishment which develops and produces electronics, including the entire value added process from the circuit design, to the printed circuit design, to the finished electronic system.

As a member of the Central Association for the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry (ZVEI), TQ is active in the Traceability research group, and assisted with compiling the “Identification and Traceability in the Electrical Engineering and Electronics Industry” guideline.

The ZVEI represents the economic, technological and environmental interests of the German electrical industry at a national, European and international level. It specifically provides information on the economic, technical and legal framework conditions for the electrical industry in Germany.

TQ joined the Obsolescence Management Group Germany (COG) to promote the exchanging of experiences with other obsolescence experts.

The Component Obsolescence Group was founded in Great Britain in 1997, and serves as a platform where experts from the industry can meet and exchange information on obsolescence. Data can also be passed on and, links to available information established using modern search methods. Members are always individual workshops of companies which supply components or use them as OEMs.

TQ undertakes regional commitments as part of its membership at the Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungsentwicklung im Landkreis Starnberg mbH (gfw).

The gfw Starnberg is the point of contact in all economic and site-relevant issues in the district of Starnberg. As a co-ordination centre and interface between companies, administration, politics and citizens, it is the first port of call for solving problems under one roof.

TQ participates in the Hochschule Dual initiative, and joins forces with the University of Munich to offer a course in electrical engineering and information technology with a more in-depth practical component.

TQ sponsors several children at SOS Children’s Villages, and also supports the Ammersee-Lech SOS Children’s Village in Dießen, Germany.