ZF announces new operation in Brazil

The German ZF announced on Monday (08) a new competence center for developing solutions for the market overall, which includes offroad the agricultural segment. "The main goal is to expand the portfolio of solutions for the offroad area in the world and meet the machines intended for all types of operation in the field and in construction sites", explains the Manager of the industrial technology business unit of ZF South America , Paolo Vecchia. According to the company, the new Center will be responsible for coordinating the development of the countries served by ZF axles. Currently, the market for front traction around the world is 500,000 units (considering automakers that build your own axis). The Brazil, according to ZF, represents about 11% of this total. Nationalization one of the largest systemists in the world, the full 60 years ZF in Brazil in 2018 with seven industrial plants. Along with the unity of Argentina, the region has an approximate turnover of R $4 billion. The company is developing locally automated transmission TraXon, extra heavy truck – the same as fitted to many models of autonomous trucks in tests in Europe – and to medium and EcoTronic semipesados. Both are already in production in Brazil and available to equip the new models that will soon be launched in the domestic market. According to ZF, the investment totaled R $100 million since the beginning of the process of nationalization. Of this total, some $33 million were intended for R TraXon. "The location of these products is a sample of the best existing technologies in Europe, aimed at the commercial vehicle market, are already realities introduced by ZF in Brazil". For the foreign market, will be exported only components. Last year, the German company reached 500,000 axles produced in your factory in Sorocaba.