ZF Group evaluated JSC Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant as a "reliable supplier"
Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant is the first Russian plant that was highly awarded by ZF Group experts, which is known as world leading supplier of automotive parts. ZF Group carried out the audit in order to choose the components supplier for its products. Hence, Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant has a right to deliver production to any of ZF Group divisions worldwide. Currently batch delivery agreement has been signed. ZF Group is one of the leading suppliers of automotive parts, including transmission and undercarriage. ZF Friedrichshafen AG has 119 production sites in 25 countries, including Western Europe, North and South America, Hungary, Slovakia, Russia, Japan, Korea and China. Turnover of the group in 2007 was 12.65 billion euro. As explained by Andrey Gartung, Director General of Chelyabinsk Forge and Press Plant, ZF’s annual forging purchase volumes made 3 billion euro. It exceeds all-Russian automotive industry demand. It will give us opportunity to manufacture innovative products which are in demand all over the world and allow forging production to its full capacity. Volume of orders and prices are usually guaranteed by long-termed contracts (5-7 years) that is also important at this difficult time.All news