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title: "ZF Friedrichshafen AG: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, and commonly abbreviated to ZF, is a German technology manufacturing company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. It is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south-west German state of Baden-Württemberg."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-zf-friedrichshafen-ag
type: Organization
wikidata: Q136119
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_Friedrichshafen
website: http://www.zf.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# ZF Friedrichshafen AG

> ZF Friedrichshafen AG, also known as ZF Group, originally Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, and commonly abbreviated to ZF, is a German technology manufacturing company that supplies systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology. It is headquartered in Friedrichshafen, in the south-west German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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## Facts

- Category: Autonomous vehicles
- Country: Germany
- Founded: 1915-01-01
- Headquarters: Friedrichshafen
- Status: private
- Website: http://www.zf.com/
- Industries: automotive industry, arms industry, aerospace industry, rail industry, Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy, machinery industry and plant construction, vehicle construction

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/zf_konzern
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zf-group
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKFB9w8mLD5DcSqnYY7bVzg
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zfgroup.deutschland
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zf_group

## Key people

- Ferdinand von Zeppelin, founder (German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917))

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: ZF Automotive Czech, ZF Friedrichshafen (Belgium), ZF Friedrichshafen (Japan), ZF CV Systems Hannover GmbH

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on ZF Friedrichshafen AG, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-zf-friedrichshafen-ag#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136119, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZF_Friedrichshafen

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