Founded 1995 · Ravensburg, Germany

Thirty years building
automotive testing
systems.

WKS Informatik GmbH is a privately owned company founded in 1995 and led by Ronald Kaempf. We are based in Ravensburg, Germany, and have been exclusively focused on LV124 and LV148 automotive testing since 2014.

We build the systems, the devices, and the expertise that make LV124 / LV148 testing structured, automated, and reproducible — for OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and research institutions across Europe, the United States, and Asia.

1995

Year founded

2014

Exclusive LV124 / LV148 focus

3 continents

Europe, US, Asia

Privately owned

Independent, founder-led
WKS Informatik LV124 LV148 testing lab interior Ravensburg
Ronald Kaempf
Founder & CEO, WKS Informatik GmbH

From the founder

 

“It all comes down to solutions. Innovative companies need to reduce testing costs for their components — and I believe this is only achievable through complete, standards-based solutions. That has been our strategic focus from the beginning.”

 

WKS Informatik was founded in 1995 as a test bench manufacturer and testing solution provider. Over the following decade, we developed deep expertise in automotive electrical testing before making a decisive strategic choice: to focus exclusively on LV124 and LV148.

That focus is what separates us from generalist test solution providers. We have spent almost 15 years years building systems, writing norm libraries, supporting customers through OEM audits, and developing hardware specifically for the challenges that LV124 and LV148 present. Nobody else has done this as long, or as completely.

WKS is privately owned by two partners. That means our decisions are driven by engineering and customer outcomes — not by quarterly targets or external investors. When we commit to a customer, we commit for the long term. Our maintenance contracts, our continuous norm updates, and our direct technical support are not afterthoughts — they are the product.

What makes WKS different

Three things that are genuinely hard to replicate.

Exclusive focus, since 2014

Every engineer, every product, every decision at WKS is oriented around LV124 and LV148. We do not split attention across multiple domains or standards. This depth is reflected in the norm library, in the hardware design, and in the quality of support — it is impossible to build this kind of knowledge as a side project.

Engineering-led, founder-owned

WKS is privately owned and led by its founders. There is no corporate layer between the people who build RTStand and the people who use it. When a customer needs a custom integration, a new interface, or a fix — they talk directly to engineers who have authority to act. This is why our support is consistently cited as a key reason customers stay with us.

Long-term product commitment

RTStand systems purchased in 2019 are still receiving software updates, new norm integrations, and hardware upgrade paths in 2025. We do not sunset products on a short cycle. Our customers make significant investments — and we treat that investment as a long-term relationship, not a transaction.
Company history

Over thirty years of automotive test engineering.

From test bench manufacturer to the world’s first fully automated LV124 / LV148 testing platform.

1995
WKS Informatik founded
Founded by Ronald Kaempf as a test bench manufacturer and testing solution provider for the automotive industry.

 

1995 – 2014
Test bench specialist
Nearly two decades of automotive test engineering, building deep knowledge of electrical test requirements and validation processes.

 

2014 – 2016
Strategic pivot to LV124 / LV148
First software and hardware developments specifically for LV124 / LV148 testing. First half-automated testing system released. The exclusive focus that defines WKS today begins here.

 

2018
Technical Innovation Awards Award
WKS receives Technical Innovation Awards for the LV124 / LV148 automation platform and hardware components — recognition from the industry that the approach was genuinely new.
2019 – 2020
First fully automated systems
RTStand LV124 / LV148 — the world’s first fully automated testing system for the complete norm — reaches its first series customers. No manual intervention required between test cases.

 

2022
First international deployments
RTStand systems sold and deployed in the United States and Asia — the first automotive test automation systems of this type to reach these markets.

 

2022 – 2025
Continuous expansion
Automotive Ethernet 1000base-T1 and GMSL integration. New market entries and customer partnerships. New systems for higher current capability. Windows 11 support. 10G Ethernet and GMSL2 development.

 

Today
RTStand 2026 — and beyond
The most comprehensive LV124 / LV148 testing platform available. Five system variants, 47+ norm library, deployments across three continents. Continuous development for zonal architectures and next-generation interfaces.
LV124 LV148 standalone testing devices — UFI Tube Analyzer SignalGeneration
Global reach

Systems deployed across three continents.

WKS started in southern Germany and has grown into a globally trusted partner for LV124 / LV148 testing — with systems running at OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, and research institutions worldwide.

3

Continents with active deployments

30+

Named customer organisations

2022

First US and Asia deployments

DAkkS

Certified calibration — highest German standard
Europe — primary market. OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers across Germany, Belgium, Romania, Turkey and beyond.

 

United States — first deployments in 2022. US partner: Spherea US (formerly Konrad Technologies), Farmington Hills, MI.

 

Asia — first deployments in 2022. Asia partner: Chroma ATE Inc., Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
Recognition

Industry recognition for genuine innovation.

NI Technical Innovation Award — RTStand

RTStand was recognised by National Instruments (NI) as a winner of their Technical Innovation Award — acknowledging the system’s architecture built on NI TestStand and LabVIEW as a breakthrough in automotive test automation.

WiR Technical Innovation Award — Tube Analyzer

The Tube Analyzer’s modular concept for parallel multi-channel monitoring with 10µs resolution was recognised as a technical innovation — enabling a level of ECU behaviour analysis not previously possible with standard logging tools.
Trusted by

Used across the global automotive supply chain.

WKS customers span the full automotive hierarchy — from the OEMs who define the standards, to the Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers who must meet them, to the research institutions that push the boundaries of what is testable.

OEMs

  • Porsche
  • BMW
  • Volkswagen
  • Lucid Motors

Tier X suppliers

  • Bosch
  • ZF
  • Continental
  • Valeo
  • Magna
  • Mobileye (Intel)
  • MAHLE Powertrain
  • Hella / Forvia
  • SMR Automotive
  • Bühler Motor
  • Odelo
  • and many more

Research & services

  • imat-uve
  • JABIL
  • voltaVision
  • TITech
Where we are

Ravensburg, Germany.

Our office and test lab are located in Ravensburg in southern Germany — well connected to the automotive heartland of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, and easily reachable from Switzerland and Austria.

WKS Informatik GmbH
Ulmer Strasse 8
88212 Ravensburg
Germany
Phone:+49 751 768792 30
Email:contact@wks-informatik.de

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