ZF Sachs

Fichtel & Sachs
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
Founded
(as Schweinfurt Precision Ball Bearing factories)
FounderErnst Sachs
Karl Fichtel Edit this on Wikidata
Defunct2011
SuccessorMannesmann
ZF Friedrichshafen Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters,
Germany
Area served
  • Worldwide
Products
RevenueIncrease Euro 1.832 billion (2009)[1]
Number of employees
16,488 [1] (2009)
Websiteaftermarket.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 Motorcyclesmotorcycles, mopeds,[3] motorised bicycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).

  1. ^ a b "Kennzahlen 2009". 12 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
  2. ^ GmbH, Crain Communications (8 July 2017). "Login für". Automobilwoche.de. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ bochum, concedra gmbh. "ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Standort Schweinfurt". think ING. (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2020.