ZF Sachs

German family business
Organization business Q7692363
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ZF Sachs

Summary

ZF Sachs is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ZF Sachs is in the country of Germany[3].
  • ZF Sachs's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • ZF Sachs's instance of is recorded as enterprise[5].
  • ZF Sachs's founder is recorded as Ernst Sachs[6].
  • ZF Sachs's founder is recorded as Karl Fichtel[7].
  • ZF Sachs's owned by is recorded as ZF Friedrichshafen AG[8].
  • ZF Sachs's owned by is recorded as Sachs family[9].
  • ZF Sachs's logo image is recorded as ZF Sachs logo.svg[10].
  • ZF Sachs's followed by is recorded as Mannesmann[11].
  • ZF Sachs's followed by is recorded as ZF Friedrichshafen AG[12].
  • ZF Sachs's headquarters location is recorded as Schweinfurt[13].
  • ZF Sachs's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235147887[14].
  • ZF Sachs's child organization or unit is recorded as Fichtel & Sachs Verkaufs-AG[15].
  • ZF Sachs's Commons category is recorded as Fichtel & Sachs[16].
  • ZF Sachs's industry is recorded as automotive supplier[17].
  • ZF Sachs's industry is recorded as Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles[18].
  • ZF Sachs's industry is recorded as Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy[19].
  • ZF Sachs's industry is recorded as metal industry[20].
  • +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ZF Sachs[21].
  • ZF Sachs was dissolved in +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].
  • ZF Sachs's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04238t[23].
  • ZF Sachs's location of formation is recorded as Schweinfurt[24].
  • ZF Sachs's parent organization or unit is recorded as ZF Friedrichshafen AG[25].
  • ZF Sachs's official website is recorded as https://aftermarket.zf.com/go/en/sachs/home/[26].
  • ZF Sachs's director / manager is recorded as Peter Ottenbruch[27].

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Founding

Founders include Ernst Sachs[6] and Karl Fichtel[7]. +1895-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of ZF Sachs[21]. Its location of formation is recorded as Schweinfurt[24].

Identity

ZF Sachs's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schweinfurter Präzisions-Kugellager-Werke Fichtel & Sachs'}[28]. Successors include Mannesmann[11] and ZF Friedrichshafen AG[12].

Leadership

ZF Sachs's director / manager is recorded as Peter Ottenbruch[27].

Operations

ZF Sachs's headquarters location is recorded as Schweinfurt[13]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as ZF Friedrichshafen AG[25]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Fichtel & Sachs Verkaufs-AG[15].

Industry

Industries include automotive supplier[17], Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles[18], Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy[19], and metal industry[20].

Ownership

Owners include ZF Friedrichshafen AG[8], an enterprise[29], in Germany[30], founded in 1915[31], headquartered in Friedrichshafen[32] and Sachs family[9], a family[33], in Germany[34]. Products include 515[35] and Torpedo 415[36].

Dissolution

ZF Sachs was dissolved in +2011-00-00T00:00:00Z[22].

Why It Matters

ZF Sachs ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (150 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . aftermarket.zf.com. Retrieved . aftermarket.zf.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . aftermarket.zf.com. Retrieved . aftermarket.zf.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . aftermarket.zf.com. Retrieved . aftermarket.zf.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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