Press Release
ZF and Siemens Joint Tech Day Focus on Electrification, Automation and Digitalization
On September 12, ZF and Siemens joint Tech Day with the theme "Electrification, Automation and Digitalization for ZF Manufacturing" was successfully held in Shanghai. Both parties had in-depth communication on how to empower each other for win-win cooperation and jointly create new quality productivity in the industry.
Renee Wang, Executive Vice President, ZF Group, President of ZF China and Operation Asia Pacific, Matthias Lang, Vice President of Corporate Materials Management Asia Pacific, Gabriel Gonzalez-Alonso, Head of Global Manufacturing Technology, and Jia Chunpeng, General Manager of Automotive Industry Management, Siemens (China) Digital Industries, attended the opening ceremony of the Tech Day, which was hosted by Fang Dongxin, Head of Purchasing, Non-Production Material, ZF Asia pacific.
“Siemens and ZF have a century-long partnership. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Siemens for its continuous support. Despite the challenges in the automotive industry, ZF Group's business in Asia Pacific has achieved steady growth, which is due to the support of outstanding partners like Siemens,” said Renee Wang, Executive Vice President, ZF Group, President of ZF China and Operation Asia Pacific. “Thanks to Siemens' advanced technologies and localized solutions in electrification, automation and digitalization, we have achieved excellent results in terms of cost efficiency and expect continuous improvement. In the next hundred years, we hope to join hands with Siemens to promote the development of the automotive industry towards high efficiency, value-added, high quality and advancement at a deeper level. ”
“We in our ZF AP HQ do have a great platform for you to share your technology. I expect from all of you to use the time and the platform here today in our HQ to talk, discuss and learn about “the Future of Automation” and ”Design to Fit” to strengthen our overall competitiveness .”said Matthias Lang, Vice President of Corporate Materials Management Asia Pacific,
Matthias Lang,
During the Senior Management Meeting, both parties had in-depth exchanges and discussions on strengthening globalization cooperation, exploring future automotive manufacturing technology and value-added service cooperation, and reached consensus on many aspects, thus consolidated the cooperation foundation of "consensus, co-creation, co-development and win-win".