ZF expands its Global IT Center in India, spearheading the Group IT Digitalization initiative

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• IT Product, Services & Digital Innovation plays an important role in ZF’s expansion in the India region, there is a special focus on Digitalization across ZF 
• ZF is planning to expand its Region India presence across Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai to attract the best digital talents to support and develop IT Product, Services & Digital Innovation for worldwide applications

·       Since inception of the Global IT Center India in 2018, the team has successfully implemented over 230 Digital Robotic Process Automation BoTs deployed across the globe

Pune, March 3, 2022: As part of its Refresh India four-point strategy, ZF will further tap into region India’s vast IT talent pool with the objective of expanding its Global IT Center in Pune, Hyderabad, and Chennai focusing on the IT Product, Services & Digital Innovations team to support digitalization within the group globally.  The Indian IT team will play a critical role to help accelerate the Group’s digital initiatives through advanced Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning, Analytics, Industry 4.0, Blockchain as well as Cloud technologies.

ZF Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) has been successfully leveraging the IT talents in India for its IT Product, Services and Digital Innovation competence for several years. With the setup of a dedicated organization focusing on Digital and IT Innovations in Chennai in 2018, the team in India has successfully delivered more than 230 Digital Robotic Process Automation BoTs, supporting various functions and areas of business ranging from Supply Chain, Quality, Sourcing & Purchasing, Human Resources, Finance, Product Engineering and Business Development.

To meet the increasing demand from customers and expansion of business, ZF now plans to expand its workforce across its three IT Centers. A huge focus on skills and capabilities leveraged from these IT Centers will be for Global Enterprise transformations across Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data, Mobile Applications, Blockchain and Cybersecurity etc.

An onshore - offshore model will help provide timely solutions in an agile manner to the growing demand for digitalized solutions by ZF customers across the globe.

Dr. Juergen Sturm, CIO ZF: “ZF as a leader in building solutions for a Next Generation Mobility offers exciting opportunities for digital talents. We would like to take a leap forward scaling up the skills and capabilities both for the Region India as well as globally for ZF. Further expansion and leveraging of the Global IT Centers will play an important role to accelerate our group initiatives in digitalization. 

Dr. Milan Kumar, IT Responsible for Region India at ZF: ”Technology is the backbone of any business and ZF has always been at the forefront of technological advancement that has benefited the mobility ecosystem. Given the vast IT talent pool in India with proven innovation power, the expansion of ZF’s Global IT Center, the Product, Services & Digital Innovation team here will be an important building block in the future to transform ZF into a Digital Enterprise.”

Press contact:

Mallika Apte, ZF India, Communications,

Phone: 9145003565, email: mallika.apte@zf.com

About ZF

ZF is a global technology company suppling systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility. ZF allows vehicles to see, think and act. In the four technology domains of Vehicle Motion Control, Integrated Safety, Automated Driving, and Electric Mobility, ZF offers comprehensive product and software solutions for established vehicle manufacturers and newly emerging transport and mobility service providers. ZF electrifies a wide range of vehicle types. With its products, the company contributes to reducing emissions, protecting the climate and enhancing safe mobility.

 

In fiscal year 2020 ZF reported sales of €32.6 billion. The company employs more than 150,000 associates at approximately 270 locations in 42 countries.

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ZF in India

In India, ZF is one of the leading suppliers of technology solutions and services that is shaping mobility trends in the country. The Group has been operating on the subcontinent for over six decades. 

ZF operations in India are through three subsidiaries, four joint venture partners, and eight engineering centres. The regional headquarter, ZF India Pvt. Ltd., is a multi-product facility based at Chakan in Pune. With a strong presence that has steadily grown to 18 manufacturing locations across India, ZF also provides a wide range of spare parts for automotive products from SACHS, LEMFÖRDER, TRW, and WABCO with robust service support through its ZF Aftermarket division. 

The ZF Group supplies high-end technology products, such as transmissions, axle systems, chassis, and suspension components for the CV segment in India. In addition, ZF also supports the Light Vehicle industry with powertrain, chassis, and safety devices. The technology centres of 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 these 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 13000 people, including its JV partners.