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Punch Powertrain on a rapid growth track

19 September 2017

Punch Powertrain is a transmission supplier that’s creeping up on the rails of the more established suppliers such as Aisin, JATCO and ZF and is providing them with stiff competition. Since 2013 it’s achieved average annual growth of around 50% and has plans to take its capacity from 1.2 million units at the end of this year to over 3 million units by 2020. It’s headquartered at Sint-Truiden in Belgium and is a major supplier of CVTs to Chinese domestic OEMs from its manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China. 

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New engines and other changes for 2018MY Jaguars

18 May 2017

When the Jaguar PRs said some of their cars at a regional driving day for UK media were factory-fresh, they were not kidding - several, with the new, in-house made Ingenium petrol engines, had come off the Castle Bromwich assembly line only a day before the event.

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The Week That Was - August replenishes batteries

5 August 2016

August's dog days are well and truly on us up here in the Northern hemisphere and in the soporific heat of a British summer – well OK – it's warmish – industry tends to take a well-earned break and recharge the batteries ready for an autumn which will rapidly see the Paris Motor Show loom large.

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January 2016, management briefing (Part 2)

26 January 2016

The second part of this month’s briefing reviews just some of the supplier autonomous driving innovations that caught our eye in the consumer electronics show (CES) and Detroit auto show this month. While they may not be household names, the likes of Autoliv, Bosch, Continental, Delphi, Denso, Magna, Valeo, Visteon and ZF TRW will heavily influence how your autonomous car will perform. Here, the tech talk is on sensor fusion (critical for self-driving cars), connectivity and vehicle-to-everything. In the meantime, semi-autonomous technologies are becoming more affordable thereby paving the way for mass-vehicle market growth.

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ZF VP on tomorrow’s electronic braking systems

8 August 2018

The apparently simple issue of braking continues to be a major issue for chassis system designers. Drivers are, of course, concerned that in an emergency their semi- and ultimately fully-automated vehicle should stop as quickly as possible. Continuing just-auto/QUBE’s series of interviews with tier one component suppliers, we spoke to Manfred Meyer, Senior Vice President global braking systems for ZF Active and Passive Safety Technology Division, to learn about tomorrow’s electronic braking systems.

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ZF on tomorrow’s occupant safety systems

29 May 2018

Continuing just-auto/QUBE’s series of interviews with tier 1 suppliers, we caught up with András Tóth, Vice President Product Planning & Strategy, Global Occupant Safety Systems, ZF Active and Passive Safety Technology Division. Here, we learn about how ZF is pushing back the technical boundaries of airbags and preparing passive safety systems for autonomous vehicles.

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ZF’s vision of steering systems in AVs

21 May 2018

Although autonomous vehicles (AVs) are on the horizon, steering wheels will be fitted as standard to new cars for a while yet. Continuing just-auto/QUBE’s series of interviews with global automotive component suppliers, we spoke to Thilo Bitzer, Senior Vice President, Steering Engineering, ZF Active and Passive Safety Division, about steering systems for AVs as well as active front steering and dual-pinion electric power steering systems.

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ZF ramps up R&D spend on AD technologies

14 February 2018

ZF recently presented its next steps on the road to autonomous driving. Its supercomputer, ProAI, acts as a central control unit within a test vehicle and with this ZF is taking a modular approach to the development of automated driving functions. The goal is a system architecture that can be applied to any vehicle and tailored according to the application, available hardware and desired level of automation. To find out more, we spoke to Torsten Gollewski, Head of Advanced Engineering at ZF and Managing Director of the ZF venture capital company, Zukunft Ventures GmbH.

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ZF acquires 35% of ASAP Holding

19 October 2018

ZF has acquired 35% of the shares of engineering services provider, ASAP Holding, located in Gaimersheim, Bavaria, near Ingolstadt, although financial details were not disclosed.

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ZF develops 3D interior observation system

17 October 2018

ZF said it is developing a three-dimensional interior observation system (IOS) capable of detecting and classifying vehicle occupants, determining their size, location and position, and whether or not they are in active control of the vehicle via the steering wheel or monitoring the automated driving systems – all key data to assist with advanced safety and automated driving functions.

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ZF launches networked rear axle transmission

17 October 2018

Friedrichshafen, Germany-based Tier 1 supplier ZF claims its new generation of electronic limited slip differential (eLSD) has opened "the next digital chapter for off-road and sports vehicles".

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VDL selects Openmatics connectivity platform

27 September 2018

Openmatics, a subsidiary of ZF Friedrichshafen AG, is the official connectivity platform provider for VDL Bus and Coach, the Dutch vehicle manufacturer of buses and coaches. The open platform including API (Application Programming Interface) and SDK (Software...

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ZF safety solutions meet EU NCAP 2020 requirements

26 September 2018

ZF showcased its current automated driving product developments at a customer and media event near Paris. These include enhanced emergency braking functions when turning in city traffic and automatic collision avoidance technology. “Safety is one of...

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ZF 'preparing to make truck platooning possible'

25 September 2018

ZF says that fully integrated ZF technology for truck platooning (driving automatically in close convoy for slip streaming) – sensor sets, the ZF ProAI supercomputer, ReAx electrohydraulic steering and the TraXon transmission system – are now in pre-production phase.

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ZF supplies active belt retractor for Merecdes CLS

25 September 2018

ZF said it had begun volume production of its next generation active control retractor, the ACR8, fitted by Mercedes in the CLS.

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ZF to plough EUR12bn into CASE megatrends

20 September 2018

ZF says it will invest more than EUR12bn (US$14bn) in e-mobility and autonomous driving during the next five years as part of its drive to make the logistics chain part of current megatrends.

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ZF to develop autonomous electric delivery vehicle

20 September 2018

The logistics industry is overtaking the passenger car sector when it comes to the automation of driving functions. ZF is supporting this trend with innovative concepts and major investments. For example, commercial vehicles that are intelligently connected...

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ZF aims to make multi-brand platooning possible

20 September 2018

ZF technology helps to enable commercial vehicles to see, think and act. This interaction between sensors, control software and actuators is particularly important when it comes to platooning. ZF is working together with truck manufacturers as part of the EU...

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ZF offers all-electric plug and drive solutions

20 September 2018

ZF complements its portfolio of electrification solutions for commercial vehicles with two new electric central drives. CeTrax lite and CeTrax mid are all-electric plug and drive solutions designed for use in delivery vans, light commercial vehicles up to 7.5...

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ZF wins UK/US orders for electric bus axle systems

18 September 2018

ZF is highlighting two market successes for its tried-and-tested AxTrax AVE electric portal axle. Firstly, 31 of the famous red London double-decker buses will be equipped with this technology and glide through the city powered solely by electricity. The...

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ZF develops radar-based turn assist solutions

14 September 2018

At the IAA commercial vehicle show, ZF says it is presenting solutions that can help make trucks safer in inner-city traffic using a radar-based turn assist system to monitor the entire right vehicle side (in left-hand drive markets, making left turn at junctions; opposite configuration needed for right-hand drive markets such as UK).

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EC approves Sachs Micro Mobility JV

4 September 2018

European Commission (EC) officials have approved, through the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of joint control of Sachs Micro Mobility, a newly established JV, by ZF Friedrichshafen, Gustav Magenwirth, Brake Force One and BMZ Batterien-Montage-Zentrum.

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ZF records H1 operating profit down to EUR1.1bn

30 July 2018

ZF has posted first-half adjusted operating profit down from EUR1.2bn (US$1.4bn) to EUR1.1bn, while sales rose to EUR18.7bn.

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ZF adds new members to its management board

30 July 2018

ZF Friedrichshafen’s Supervisory Board has appointed Sabine Jaskula and Dr Holger Klein to the company's Board of Management. Sabine Jaskula, an experienced HR manager and lawyer, will be responsible for Corporate HR and Legal functions from latest 1...

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VW names ex-ZF CEO as procurement boss

10 July 2018

Former ZF CEO Stefan Sommer (55) has been appointed as VW Group member with responsibility for Procurement effective latest January 1, 2019.

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ZF spins off ePayment platform Car eWallet

6 July 2018

ZF has founded Car eWallet, a Berlin-based start-up, in which the company will outsource the current activities of the transaction service Car eWallet.

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ZF slams possible US tariffs as "provocative"

29 June 2018

ZF is calling threats by the US to impose tariffs on vehicles imported from the European Union (EU) "a provocation," as commercial tensions between the two blocks ratchet up.

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ZF outlines autonomous and electric push

28 June 2018

ZF says it is looking to develop platooning concepts as it moves to increase its operations with autonomous and electric driving for vans and commercial vehicles.

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Peter Lake to leave ZF in September

28 June 2018

Industry veteran, Peter Lake is to leave ZF this September after overseeing the integration of the company with US supplier, TRW in 2015.

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ZF tech featured e.GO Mover to begin production

28 June 2018

ZF is demonstrating its multiple systems expertise as a partner in the newly founded e.GO Moove GmbH joint venture. In addition to other innovations which ZF will show at IAA in Hanover this September, the e.GO Mover is part of an entire digital logistics...

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ZF announces changes in executive board

28 June 2018

Peter Lake, board member for Corporate Market of ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Jürgen Holeksa, board member for Human Resources, are leaving the Executive Board on 30 September 2018. Peter Lake, having fulfilled the three-year term of his agreement, will end...

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ZF and Mobileye to launch 'innovative camera tech'

22 June 2018

ZF has announced it will team with Mobileye, an Intel company, to launch the S-Cam4 family of advanced cameras in 2018.

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ZF offers e-mobility transition solutions for OEMs

22 June 2018

In order to make the transition to local zero-emission city buses and low-emission logistic transport trucks as easy and flexible as possible, ZF is providing commercial vehicle manufacturers with technology and systems expertise. For example, the company is...

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ZF develops new fully active chassis system

21 June 2018

ZF’s says its new fully active chassis system, sMotion, can reduce unwanted car body movements caused by potholes, bumps or bends.

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ZF develops new eAMT concept

19 June 2018

With eAMT (electrified Automated Manual Transmission) technology, ZF has developed an innovative concept for the hybridisation of front-transverse vehicles by integrating its electric axle drive system (eVD) and an automated manual transmission (AMT) into one...

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Kia adds half million cars to US airbag recall

11 June 2018

Kia Motors said on Friday it was recalling a further 507,000 vehicles sold in the US due to a possible electronic fault which may prevent airbags from deploying in a crash.

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ZF joins 'Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative'

2 May 2018

ZF has joined the recently established Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) as a founding member.

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ZF to build e-mobility products plant in Serbia

12 April 2018

ZF’s E-Mobility division is expanding its production capacity for electromobility products by building a new facility in the Serbian city of Pancevo. The company is investing more than EUR100m (US$123.7m) in the project.