As ZF navigates industry disruption, portfolio rationalisation and profitability pressures, its new CEO is reshaping the 111-year-old supplier around sharper priorities, stronger financial discipline and a growing focus on India.
22 Jun 2026 | 29084 Views | By Ketan Thakkar, Mukul Yudhveer Singh & Kiran Murali
"There was a period where big automotive suppliers thought they could do everything."
ZF CEO Matthias Miedreich is speaking about an era that helped define the modern automotive supplier industry. It was a period when electrification, autonomous driving and software promised to reshape mobility, prompting suppliers to expand aggressively ...
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