ZF Sachs

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Fichtel & Sachs

Company type	Private
Industry	Automotive
Founded	August 1895; 129 years ago (1895-08) Schweinfurt, Germany (as Schweinfurt Precision Ball Bearing factories)
Founder	Ernst Sachs Karl Fichtel
Defunct	2011
Successor	Mannesmann ZF Friedrichshafen
Headquarters	Schweinfurt , Germany
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Motors Bicycles Ball bearings Automotive parts
Revenue	Euro 1.832 billion (2009)[1]
Number of employees	16,488 [1] (2009)
Website	aftermarket.zf.com/go/en/sachs/home

ZF Sachs AG, also known as Fichtel & Sachs, was founded in Schweinfurt in 1895 and was a well-known German family business. At its last point as an independent company, the company name was Fichtel & Sachs AG.

In 1997, the automotive supplier was taken over by Mannesmann and renamed Mannesmann Sachs AG. As of 2001, Sachs belonged to ZF Friedrichshafen as a subsidiary company ZF Sachs AG. In 2011, ZF Sachs, like other Group subsidiaries, was legally merged with ZF Friedrichshafen AG and the independent business units integrated into the ZF divisions. Sachs has since become a brand of ZF Friedrichshafen AG. The head office for development, production and sales of products of the brand Sachs remained in Schweinfurt. The Schweinfurt plant is today (2017) the largest location of the automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen.^[2]

Today, Fichtel & Sachs is a German manufacturer of automotive parts, producing powertrain and suspension components. In the past the company also having produced ball bearings, motorcycle engines, bicycle parts and – via its subsidiary Sachs Motorcycles – motorcycles, mopeds,^[3] motorised bicycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).