Sachs engines/moteurs

Sachs engines/moteurs.

Sachs engines/moteurs history

On 1 August 1895, the Schweinfurter Präzisions-Kugellagerwerke Fichtel & Sachs, a partnership, was formed in the German town of Schweinfurt by 2 inventors Mr Ernest Sachs (1867-1932) and Karl Fitchtel. They produced ball bearings, bike hubs and associated components. Zu seinen vielen Erfindungen gehört der Freilauf für Fahrräder, of 1897, was sehr beliebt war.

The company grew, and by 1911, the year of Mr Fichtel’s death, had over 7 000 employees. In 1923 the partnership was then registered on the stock exchange and was bought by SKF (Swedish ball bearing company), Kugellagerfertigung in Schweinfurt halten.

Key to the energisch range; Between 1929 to 1996, F&S produced a range of engines, zunächst für Fahrräder, and later for motorbikes, Schneemobile und Kleinwagen. Ranging from small 2 strokes to diesel engines. By 1929 they also produced a range of clutches and many auto components.

Ernst Sachs died in 1932 und wurde von seinem Sohn Willy Sachs im Unternehmen nachgefolgt.

In den 1960er bis Mitte der 1980er Jahre, the company continued in bike parts for major bike manufacturers. Und in 1970 dabbled in producing a Wankel engined motorcycle for the manufacturer Hercules.

In 1987, the German Mannesmann AG company bought the majority of F&S stock, and in 1997 F&S was renamed to Mannesmann Sachs AG.

In 2001, Mannesmann Sachs AG.was purchased by ZF Friedrichshafen AG and renamed to ZF Sachs AG. The bike division was sold to the US- giant SRAM Corp. This left the Sachs division of ZF Sachs AG to concentrate on the production of auto components.

ZF Sachs AG employed some 16 500 employees in 19 countries by 2011, with annual sales of 1.8 billion euros. In 2011 ZF Sachs was incorporated to ZF Friedrichshaften AG.

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