MUNDA Kosova

What MUNDA Kosova does

MUNDA Kosova (legally MUNDA Textile Lichtsysteme GmbH) is a 50/50 joint venture founded in summer 2019 by AUNDE Group SE and MENTOR GmbH & Co. Präzisions-Bauteile KG to develop textile-based lighting systems. Headquartered in Erkrath, Germany, with a manufacturing plant in Pristina, Kosovo, the company employs 11–50 staff and operates as a pure development entity — it does not sell products or services directly to third parties. All manufacturing, logistics, and sales are handled by its two parent companies.

The company's core technology replaces traditional plastic optical fiber light guides with textile materials woven from clear polymer optical fibers (POFs) made from PMMA combined with white polyester warp threads. These light-guiding fiber mats are connected to custom LED modules, with light emitted laterally through specifically activated light-scattering surface structures. The technology enables illumination of large surfaces in crash-sensitive vehicle zones, supports dynamic lighting scenarios by assigning individual fibers to different LED modules, requires less than 5mm of installation space, and uses no component-specific tooling — the light guide is a roll-to-roll product that can be reconfectioned via process parameters. The company's first commercial application is the Audi A3 Facelift (2024), in which MUNDA's textile lighting system is integrated into door panels.

MUNDA's revenue model is professional services to its two parent companies, with go-to-market executed entirely through AUNDE's global network (117 factories in 28 countries) and MENTOR's channel (production on three continents, representations in 40+ countries). The primary customer segment is automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers seeking ambient interior lighting, with a secondary stated segment for other industries requiring product-integrated lighting. The company has received the German Innovation Award from the German Design Council in 2023 and 2024, plus a 2024 Design Plus Winner award.

Name

MUNDA Kosova

Legal name

MUNDA Textile Lichtsysteme GmbH

Website

https://munda.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MUNDA Kosova is a 50/50 joint venture of AUNDE and MENTOR that develops textile-based lighting systems — woven polymer optical fiber mats connected to LED modules — exclusively for its two parent companies, which handle all manufacturing and global sales. Its first commercial deployment is the Audi A3 Facelift (2024).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Automotive Interior Lighting

NAICS

All Other Textile Product Mills (31499), Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (3351)

SIC

Broadwoven Fabric Mills, Man Made Fiber & Silk (2221), Miscellaneous Fabricated Textile Products (2390)

akta.pro primary industry

Technical Fabric Mills (Performance/Protective/Medical Substrates) (IMAOABAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial & Technical Yarn Manufacturing (High-Tenacity/Aramid/Carbon/Glass) (IMAOAAAG)

Keywords

• Textile lighting systems
• Automotive interior lighting
• LED light guides
• Ambient lighting solutions
• Fiber optic lighting

Headquarters

HQ city

Obiliq, Kosovo

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Development Services to Parent Companies: MUNDA operates as a pure development company working exclusively for its parent companies AUNDE and MENTOR. The company develops textile lighting solutions that are then manufactured, sold, and distributed by the parent companies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

MUNDA develops textile lighting systems that use polymer optical fiber mats as light guides connected to custom LED modules, enabling large-area, flexible, and dynamic ambient lighting primarily for automotive interiors. The company operates as a pure development entity, working exclusively for its parent companies AUNDE and MENTOR, who manufacture, sell, and distribute the products globally.

Product overview

MUNDA develops textile lighting systems - a new technology combining LED-based light technology with technical textiles. The core product is a textile light guide system where fiber mats woven from polymer optical fibers act as light conductors, connected to custom LED modules. The company operates as a pure development entity working exclusively for its parent companies AUNDE and MENTOR, who handle manufacturing, logistics, and sales. The technology is designed for large-area illumination, free-form shapes, and dynamic lighting scenarios in automotive interiors and other industries, offering advantages in installation space utilization, reduced initial investment costs, and short development times compared to traditional plastic injection molding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Textile Lighting Systems A textile-based lighting technology where textile materials (individual fibers or fabric) serve as light guides. The system consists of LED light sources connected to light-guiding fiber mats woven from clear polymer optical fibers (POFs) with light-scattering surface structures for lateral emission. Designed primarily for automotive OEMs and tier-1 suppliers seeking large-area, flexible, and dynamic ambient lighting in vehicle interiors.
• LED Modules for Textile Lighting

Quantifiable outcome

• World's first automotive manufacturer to integrate textile lighting in series production vehicle

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AUNDE GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2019AUNDE Group is one of the world's leading automotive suppliers and MUNDA's equal partner parent company. Founded in 1899, AUNDE contributes expertise in technical textiles and provides manufacturing, logistics, and sales capabilities. AUNDE operates 117 factories in 28 countries with over 24,500 employees.
• MENTOR GmbH & Co. Präzisions-Bauteile KGcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2019MENTOR is one of Germany's leading specialists in product-integrated light and MUNDA's equal partner parent company. Founded in 1920, MENTOR contributes decades of experience with LED-based lighting technology. MENTOR develops and produces LED-based lighting systems for ambient and functional lighting with production sites on three continents and representations in over 40 countries.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Koito Manufacturing: Leading Japanese automotive lighting manufacturer with global OEM customers; competes in the same interior ambient lighting space and supplies premium ambient lighting programs to global automakers.
• HELLA (FORVIA): One of the world's largest automotive lighting suppliers (now part of FORVIA), competing for the same OEM ambient and interior lighting programs as MUNDA across premium European OEMs including the Volkswagen Group, of which Audi is part.
• ams OSRAM: Global leader in LED and optical semiconductor solutions for automotive lighting, supplying the LED light engines and components that MUNDA integrates with its textile light guides; comparable in automotive interior lighting application space.
• Marelli Holdings: Global Tier-1 automotive supplier with a major Automotive Lighting & Interior business unit that develops interior ambient lighting solutions for OEMs, directly contesting MUNDA's addressable market in cabin illumination.
• Varroc Lighting Systems: Indian-origin Tier-1 supplier of exterior and interior automotive lighting to global OEMs; comparable as a competing supplier for interior ambient lighting programs.
• SL Corporation: Korean Tier-1 automotive lighting supplier serving Hyundai/Kia and global OEMs with interior and exterior lighting products, directly comparable in automotive ambient lighting programs.
• Valeo: Major French Tier-1 automotive supplier with a significant Visibility Systems (lighting) business serving global OEMs with interior and exterior lighting solutions, including ambient interior programs similar to MUNDA's target use case.
• Stanley Electric: Japanese automotive lighting specialist with strong European OEM presence supplying interior and exterior lighting systems, directly comparable to MUNDA in target customer and product category.

Emerging players

• Lumileds: Global LED lighting company with a strong automotive lighting portfolio supplying LED light sources and modules to lighting system integrators; relevant as a technology supplier and competing lighting solution provider in the same automotive programs MUNDA targets.

Broad incumbents

• MENTOR GmbH & Co. Präzisions-Bauteile KG: One of MUNDA's two equal parent companies and a German specialist in product-integrated LED lighting across industries; comparable as a broader incumbent in LED-based integrated lighting rather than textile-specific technology.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pages/MUNDA-Textile-Lichtsysteme-GmbH/106527891421377
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/munda-kosova-sh-p-k

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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