# ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Group identifier: 529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25 (LEI of the parent company)  
Ultimate owner: ZF Friedrichshafen AG (LEI 529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25, GLEIF, class A) – Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person  
Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships – Source [A]: GLEIF – Level 2 (“who owns whom” relationships), LEI record 529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25 – https://search.gleif.org/#/record/529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25  
Data as of: 2026-10-21, version 2.32  
Page: https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/zf-friedrichshafen-ag

## At a glance

ZF Friedrichshafen AG – 2 companies in the register with 3 plants in 2 countries (most: Germany 2, Belgium 1). Metals of the plants: aluminium, alloy steel. Main links of the chain: end uses – 3 plants. The parent company ZF Friedrichshafen AG has no higher parent in GLEIF. Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person.

## Value-chain coverage

| Link | Plants | Stages |
|---|---:|---|
| Raw materials | 0 | – |
| Smelting and refining | 0 | – |
| Processing | 0 | – |
| Products | 0 | – |
| Recycling | 0 | – |
| End uses | 3 | automotive 3 |

## Plants by country

| Country | Plants |
|---|---:|
| Germany | 2 |
| Belgium | 1 |

## Full capacity by metal and stage

Full capacity of operating single-metal plants – separately for each stage and unit; no sum across stages (a smelter and an extrusion press process the same metal) and no ownership shares in plants (next stage). Multi-metal plants – in the totals table below.

No capacity of operating single-metal plants with a unit.

## Group structure

- **ZF Friedrichshafen AG** (corporate group; 529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25)
  - [ZF Friedrichshafen AG](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/zf-friedrichshafen-ag.md) (parent company; Germany; LEI 529900CAYOWB8YIG7X25; Business register HRB 630206; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - drive housings (Friedrichshafen, Germany) – plant; automotive; operating; class C
    - Saarbrücken – assembly of 8-speed automatic gearboxes (Saarbrücken, Germany) – plant; automotive (powertrain, forgings, exhaust systems); operating; class B
  - [ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/zf-wind-power-antwerpen-nv.md) (company; Belgium; LEI 5299007TSQVOLXOABA65; Business register 0403.646.296; Consolidation relationship from GLEIF (Level 2, CC0) – class A source)
    - Lommel – production of gearboxes and drive components (Lommel, Belgium) – plant; power generation (turbines, boilers, valves, gearboxes); operating; class A

## Capacity and output of the group companies’ plants

Totals cover the full capacity (and output) of operating plants owned by the group companies, without taking shares in jointly owned plants into account; capacity attributed to the group by share will be added in the next stage. Only values in the same unit and for the same metal are added up.

The plants of the group companies have no capacity or output with a unit in the register.

## Flow analyses

“Metal flows” analyses in which plants of the group companies appear; below – analyses covering the metal and country of the group plants.

- [Aluminium Flows in Germany](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/aluminium-flows-germany.md) – covers the metal and country of the group plants
- [EU-27 Aluminium Flows](https://ai-waw.com/en/metal-flows/eu-aluminium-flow-analysis.md) – covers the metal and country of the group plants

## Similar groups

Similarity: common metals (weight 0.5), chain links (0.3) and plant countries (0.2) – Jaccard index; only groups with at least one common metal.

- [Bharat Forge Ltd.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/bharat-forge-ltd.md) – in common: aluminium, alloy steel; end uses; Germany
- [BorgWarner Inc.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/borgwarner-inc.md) – in common: aluminium, alloy steel; end uses; Germany
- [Airbus SE](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/airbus-se.md) – in common: aluminium, alloy steel; end uses; Germany
- [Magna International Inc.](https://ai-waw.com/en/companies/groups/magna-international-inc.md) – in common: aluminium, alloy steel; end uses; Germany

## Data quality

- Source class of plants: A 1, B 1, C 1
- Plants verified at source: 3 / 3 (2026-10-08 – 2026-10-18)
- Ownership relationships of companies: GLEIF relationship (class A): 2 of 2; group as recorded: 0 of 2; companies with an LEI: 2 of 2
- Basis of membership: GLEIF relationships (class A); Reason given in GLEIF: no known controlling person

The group card (page and Markdown) is open to text and data mining with attribution; the JSON data – like the other JSON data of the register – is reserved as a compiled database. Relationships from GLEIF: CC0 1.0.