Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau

Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau
Company typeConglomerate
IndustryManufacturing
Founded1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Defunct1991 (1991)
Area served
East Germany
ProductsBicycles, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, automobiles, vans and heavy trucks
IFA at the Leipzig Trade Fair in 1986

Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau (lit.'Industrial Association for Vehicle Construction'), usually abbreviated as IFA, was a conglomerate and a union of companies for vehicle construction in the former East Germany.

IFA produced bicycles, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, automobiles, vans and heavy trucks. All East German vehicle manufacturers were part of the IFA, including Barkas, EMW (which made Wartburg cars), IWL, MZ, Multicar, Robur, Sachsenring (which made Trabant cars) and Simson.