In India, ZF is one of the leading suppliers of technology solutions and services that are shaping mobility trends in the country. The group has been in operations on the subcontinent for over six decades. India is strategically important as a growth market for ZF and the Group has robust plans for the country. Most of ZF Group's strategic divisions and business units are already present in India and cater to the automotive and non-automotive segments in the country.
ZF operates in India through 14 entities including three joint ventures, and 10 global engineering centres. The regional headquarter for ZF India Pvt. Ltd., is a multi-product facility based in Chakan, Pune. ZF in India has a strong presence across the country and has steadily grown to 18 manufacturing locations across the country. ZF Aftermarket division provides a wide range of spare parts for product brands SACHS, LEMFÖRDER, TRW, and WABCO with strong service support.
ZF Group is represented in the Indian market, with high end technology products that are locally produced for diverse vehicle applications such as:
Other applications of ZF products include rail, aerospace, marine, and armoured vehicles. A strong local mechanical design and application engineering team supports the local OEMs on product development.
The eight global technology centres for ZF in India have a strong focus in the emerging fields of Electric Mobility, Autonomous Driving, Vehicle Motion Control, electronics, embedded software, and mechanical engineering. With technology centres across the country, ZF in India can provide strong local mechanical design and application engineering support to domestic OEMs for product development.
ZF in India employs more than 13,000 people across India, including its JV partners.
In 2015, ZF group reinforced it's commitment of expanding in a growth region by setting up a multi-product facility in one of the key automotive hubs of India-Chakan, Pune. The group strategy of working in close proximity of customers was also one of the compelling reasons for the move. Since then, this facility, which is also the regional headquarter for ZF Group in India has grown multifold.
The facility spread of over 85,000m2 houses ZF Group's Commercial Vehicle, Car Powertrain and Aftermarket businesses. The synergies from working under one roof enable improved efficiency and compelling value proposition to our customers. A strong design and application engineering team collaborates closely with customers to ensure market oriented technologies are offered to OEMs. The materials management team in this facility supports the global purchasing objectives of the ZF Group.
The ZF Group inaugurated its new ZF Technology Centre India (TCI) in Hyderabad on March 2, 2017, thus ushering in an era of change at ZF. Currently, ZF has more than 1,950 engineers working on development projects from India through its service partners and employees. In the last one year, it has successfully added more than 800 talented engineers to its workforce at TCI.
ZF’s first technology centre in India is an essential building block of the company’s digitalization strategy. Deeply integrated with the 19 main development centres of ZF worldwide, the India technology centre plays a critical support role in the area of electronics, embedded software and mechanical engineering. It is focusing on software that would amount to 80% of the R&D work and is playing a pivotal role in the development of the core and emerging automotive technologies including automated driving functionalities and E-mobility.
ZF Wind Power is a globally established designer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced gearbox solutions, supplying major manufacturers of gear-driven wind turbines with a gearbox output range up to 9.5MW and serving all key wind power segments.
ZF products are installed in onshore and offshore wind farms. ZF Wind Power, with headquarter in Lommel, has a global footprint with manufacturing presence in Belgium, Germany, India, China and the US.
ZF Wind Power Coimbatore (India) has a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant, fully integrated wind turbine gearbox manufacturing facility supplying for India and global wind turbine requirements with a plant capacity of 5,500 MW. The company employs more than 1,100 people. ZF Wind Power Coimbatore is determined to be the leading supplier in the Indian market, committed in making wind power the most attractive energy source.
Part of ZF’s new Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited (former WABCO INDIA Limited) is the region’s market leader for advanced braking systems, conventional braking products, and related air assisted technologies and systems.
Powered by its vision for accident-free driving and greener transportation solutions, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd provides industry-leading solutions in the Autonomous, Connected and Electric (ACE) domains to commercial vehicle industry in India.
Headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd has five manufacturing facilities, an advanced technology development center, a vehicle testing facility, and a nation-wide aftermarket distribution and services network.