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THE NEXT GEN AFTERMARKET IS HERE WITH ZF After a record sales year in 2020, ZF is taking its Oceania business to the next level
Regarded as one of the world’s leading suppliers in the automotive aftermarket, ZF has close to 35 years of local operations servicing the industry right across Australia, New Zealand and the entire Oceania region. ZF services a diverse customer landscape in over 115 countries, with more than 10,000 workshop partners and over 9,000 employees worldwide. The business supplies and services original equipment quality technology and components for passenger cars, motorbikes, light trucks, heavy trucks, buses, construction and mining vehicles, plus agricultural equipment, marine and even railway applications. In Oceania, ZF has its Head Office in Blacktown (NSW), with sales and service representation in four other states as well as New Zealand; employing more than 70 people and working with over 25 service partners. As a business, ZF says it continues to define and embrace the latest in automotive technology to ensure the automotive aftermarket is future proofed.
The ZF Oceania Leadership Team
“Our Next Generation Mobility strategy underpins all that we do at ZF – to focus on developing and delivering technology solutions to make cars, commercial vehicles and other automotive see, think and act in order to reduce emissions and increase road safety,” ZF in Oceania Managing Director, Mark Lowe, said. “ZF Aftermarket is the second largest aftermarket organisation worldwide, benefitting from more than 100 years of innovation, technology, expertise and experience in developing OE quality parts. “Every single product available through ZF Aftermarket is quality tested with the latest equipment for the best possible quality control, ensuring we can keep our customers equipped for their business needs, both today and in the future.” The company’s range of automotive aftermarket offerings consists of driveline, chassis, steering and braking components from its primary premium brands – ZF, LEMFÖRDER, SACHS and TRW, as well as a broad range of services.
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Additionally, ZF offers its original equipment transmission lubricants range as an aftermarket product called ZF-Lifeguardfluid for passenger car transmissions, which is available for servicing or replacement for factory-filled fluids. These synthetic or semi-synthetic lubricants are factory filled on ZF transmissions, having been optimised to reduce friction and therefore fuel consumption, while also promoting the reduction in exhaust emissions.
LEMFÖRDER Steering and Suspension ZF Aftermarket’s LEMFÖRDER brand is considered to be one of the top brands in steering and suspension components. Through excellence in engineering, development and testing, it brings the benefits of generations of OE manufacturing expertise and a pioneering spirit to the aftermarket.
ZF is a global technology company suppling systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, enabling the next generation of mobility.
Utilised as original-equipment fitments by more than 50 vehicle manufacturers worldwide, the LEMFÖRDER range of steering and chassis components includes stabiliser links, steering arms, idler arms, tie rods, control arms and suspension joints.
The group is well known for its extensive range of automotive transmissions which are fitted as original equipment to many different types of passenger vehicles.
For all LEMFÖRDER steering parts and chassis
ZF Transmission and Lubricants
The local ZF team
These are supported by a range of genuine spare parts for servicing and repair, with ZF carrying stock for up to 15 years after volume production has finished.
Also available are engine mounts, transmission mounts, axle bearings, suspension strut mounts and complete mounting kits.
