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Manufacturers of German Origin Spare Parts Present in Indonesia





German spare parts manufacturer ZF officially entered Indonesia.

VIVA.co.id - Automotive market in the country began enlivened by the presence of famous spare parts manufacturer from Germany, Zahnradfabrik Friedrichsafen (ZF). ZF is known as a manufacturer of transmission assembly parts, axle drives, traction modules in many European cars, including Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz and Audi. ZF also spawned power train and chassis technology for commercial vehicles such as Hino, Volvo and bus trucks.
ZF now comes to offer products that can be ogled the Car Holder Agents in Indonesia. The product was brought by PT ZFAG Aftermarket Jakarta, as the official distributor of ZF and has branch offices in Jakarta and Balikpapan.


According to Cakra Wiyata, Director of PT ZFAG Aftermarket Jakarta, formerly APM who need ZF spare parts, they must bring direct from Germany or Singapore with a certain amount. The process was quite long.


"Now we as an authorized distributor, so no matter how many parts we need to provide. So the car manufacturer whose brand holder is here is not troublesome, "he said in SCBD area, Sudirman, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

Cakra believes that ZF in Indonesia will be superior in the aftermarket market, although individual ZF spares can not be purchased. So keep passing APM step, because ZF as OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers).

Aim Japanese Cars

Meanwhile, Sheerhan Jeaudeen, Commissioner of PT ZFAG Aftermarket Jakarta, said ZF is currently an OEM that is believed to be used in some European brand cars. The use of ZF components is not always located in every European car, depending on the type of car.

For BMW, some use automatic transmission components, and the legs like shockbreaker. While in the Audi only automatic transmission only.

Thus, to expand its market, ZF is now beginning to target Japanese brands in order to use the components of its concoction. "We want to try to enter the Japanese car, our communication with Japanese car manufacturers has long," he said.

But admittedly there is one obstacle faced. Japanese manufacturers now already have partner parts that have been trusted. "Like Toyota, he's using Aisin for his transmissions, and their product quality is good too. So we're trying to get in there, if when exactly I can not say, "he said.

Meanwhile, to seize the Japanese car market, ZF claimed to have sold some spare parts in the aftermarket market for Japanese cars. "Transmission and the legs in our Japanese cars have entered Asia in terms of aftermarket," he said.

For information, during the last two years ZF products are actually present for the Honda cars are welcomed by the users of Honda. But it is only devoted to the market in Britain.