Global truck and trailer components, The SAF-Holland SE, reported group sales in the 2019 financial year of EUR1,284.2m, a slight decrease of 1.3% from EUR1,300.6m in 2018.

Traton SE and RISE, have announced they are collaborating  on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).

Braking and motion control systems and components supplier for rail and commercial vehicles, Knorr-Bremse AG, has concluded the purchase of steering systems specialist, R.H. Sheppard Co Inc for USD149.5m.

Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA and Swiss investment holding company, PCS Holding AG, have announced an agreement has been signed (April 29, 2020) to acquire a combined 59% of the shares in Traktionssysteme Austria GmbH, a manufacturer of electric motors, generators and transmissions for rail and road vehicles based in Wiener Neudorf, Austria.

Mercedes-Benz AG is investing more than one billion Euros to establish a global battery production network for Mercedes-Benz Car operations.

Starting in the third quarter of 2020, ZF’s CeTrax electric central drive for public transport will go into volume production.

Ebusco NV says it is to deliver 13, 12m low-floor Ebusco 2.2 electric buses to Transdev Rhein-Main GmbH  in December 2020 to replace current diesel buses.

Andreas Moser (56, appointed head of ZF Commercial Vehicle Technology Division, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, on January I, 2020) last month at the parent company’s headquarters in Friedrichshafen, to a closed group of journalists laid out details of organisational changes within the CV division to address the post-Covid markets and to meet key technology trends taking place in the sector.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG late last month completed the acquisition of commercial vehicle technology supplier, Wabco Holdings Inc, having gained approval from all required regulatory authorities.

Knorr-Bremse AG has announced a high double-digit million Euro disc-brake supply extension contract with Europe’s biggest semi- trailer builder, Schmitz Cargobull AG of Horstmar, Germany.

Gearing up for increased future demand of its ultra-high energy batteries, Akasol AG in the last three months has announced several major investments to automate battery production at its two factories in Europe and in the USA.

Heavy-duty truck builder, Scania AB, has chosen Webasto Group to be its charging partner across Europe, to provide charging stations when selling its new plug-in hybrid truck.