Talk:ZF Friedrichshafen
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Whole thing reads a lot like PR stuff.
Borg Warner has been an independent company since at least 1993, and their company history page does not refer to ZF at all. I spent a few minutes with Google and couldn't find anything to support the claim that ZF bought Borg Warner in 1972. Can anyone verify this? --Rkstafford 15:48, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
I was able to review the ZF Group history on the company website and found the following information on the Borg Warner / ZF connection.
In 1970 ZF and Borg Warner established "ZF Borg Warner Gmbh" to build automatic transmissions for the European market in Saarbruken Germany.
In 1972 ZF bought out Borg Warner's shares in the joint venture and renamed the company "ZF Getreibe Gmbh"
ZF is still the largest independant transmission builder in the world, with 130 facilites and sales of greater than 10 Billion Euro's.
In addition ZF has a Marine division which build reduction gears, gearboxes, and controls for commercial and pleasure craft, in addition to transmissions and various chassis components for the world auto and commercial markets.
ZF is also responsible for the Zeppelin NT ( new technology ) sight seeing airships which provide tourist excursions over Lake Constance near the ZF headquarters in Friedrichshafen. Also home of the Zeppelin museum. Lexan Rex (talk) 21:59, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

