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. Parmi ses nombreuses inventions, la roue libre pour vélos, of 1897, qui s'est avéré très populaire.

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), maintien de la production de roulements à billes à Schweinfurt.

Key to the énergique range; Between 1929 to 1996, F&S produced a range of engines, initialement pour les vélos, and later for motorbikes, motoneiges et petites voitures. 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 et a été succédé dans l'entreprise par son fils Willy Sachs.

Au cours des années 1960 au milieu des années 1980, the company continued in bike parts for major bike manufacturers. Et en 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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Où le moteurs préférés dans de nombreuses machines Energic, des tracteurs, motoculteurs, motobineuses, et même des tondeuses à gazon. Voir quelques exemples ci-dessous;

Moteur Energic Sachs 604 cm3 www.energic.info