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ZF Aftermarket Plans to Strengthen it Positions in North America


ZF Aftermarket Plans to Strengthen it Positions in North America

ZF Aftermarket, one of the largest suppliers of automotive components to European markets, plans to participate in AAPEX, SEMA, and ATRA Powertrain exhibitions later this year. ZF representatives say that participations in such major aftermarket events is a great opportunity to present ZF’s latest products and to establish business relationships with reliable distributors in North America.


It should be noted that the company will provide several technical training sessions at the AAPEX exhibition, with such topics being covered as high-voltage overviews and ZF transmission solutions. The rapidly-changing automotive industry with rising trends of electrification, self-driving vehicles, and tightened environmental requirements frequently create a lot of problems for auto repair businesses. To stay competitive in this segment, owners of repair shops have to update their technical expertise and keep up with the latest repair technologies. Therefore, ZF Aftermarket experts are eager to share their wealth of knowledge with car repair businesses to ensure their future success.


ZF Aftermarket at the 2018 AAPEX & SEMA


Thanks to theoretical and practical help from ZF experts, repair businesses receive the best possible technical know-how to position themselves even more competitively. According to Mark Kali, head of after-sales support at the US-Canadian division of ZF, the company is seriously determined to consolidate its positions in American and Canadian markets. Besides a high level of competitiveness at these markets, ZF has interesting solutions for American customers.


It is known that the company is working on several new products exclusively for the US market. For instance, it has already been confirmed that Sachs and Lemforder (major ZF brands) will produce spare parts for the Chrysler Hellcat. It is expected that more information about ZF plans for the US market will be unveiled after another exhibition – ATRA Powertrain Expo 2019. According to some rumors, in the near future ZF will become a technical partner for racing events in the US.

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Probably every transmission repair specialist was keen on LEGO constructions or at least enjoyed making some minor things with their hands. Here's the game taken to a new level of creativity!

Modern auto industry is full of sophisticated drivetrain technologies which are supposed to make your driving experience even more pleasant and trouble-free. Despite a great abundance of sophisticated technical solutions, it is highly likely that very few people know a transmission solution operating like a manual CVT.

Over recent years engineers developed a lot of gear shifting solutions for different car brands, which may seem a bit unusual for oldtime drivers. In this article we will review the most peculiar gear stick technologies and provide video materials related to these technologies.

Only few people know about transmission concepts which were popular 70-90 years ago. For men of today, these gearboxes may seem very unusual and weird, but even now some gearboxes that date back to those years are quite competitive in comparison with modern transmissions.

Nowadays Extroid CVTs are commonly known as “toroidal” due to the fact that the working surface of driving and driven discs in this transmission has the form of a torus. Extroid CVT is not a V-belt transmission, but a friction drive CVT.