ZF counts on CVT boost from Japanese automakers.(Suppliers)(ZF Friedrichshafen)(Continuously Variable Transmission)

Automotive News Europe,  December, 2004  by Armstrong, Julie

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Byline: Julie Armstrong

ZF Friedrichshafen is counting on Japanese automakers to push one of the German supplier's least known products in North America.

ZF cannot find a North American customer for its continuously variable transmissions, or CVTs. Ford Motor Co. uses only ZF's engineering for its CVT in the US. ZF no longer has any CVT production in North America.

"We have had a difficult time implementing the CVT concept in the US and Europe, while in Asia, we've seen a completely different situation emerging," said ZF CEO Siegfried Goll through a translator.

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