It’s possible you haven’t heard of ZF, because it doesn’t sell directly to consumers and isn’t listed on the stock market. But you will have heard of Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the man who ...

In 2011, Goodyear announced plans to replace the current fleet of GZ-20 class blimps first introduced in 1969 with three new Zeppelin NT airships.

Another Zeppelin Creation Falls From the Heavens (Bloomberg Opinion) -- In 2008, Schaeffler AG, a family-owned German auto parts supplier, made an offer to buy the shares of its listed rival ...

Take a trip in a Zeppelin NT airship and even learn to fly one. Pictures and trip report from a would-be airship pilot.

The Zeppelin NT–for New Technology–is made of carbon fiber and Kevlar and covered with space-suit material. And the idea isn’t upscale globe-hopping but airborne advertising and niche ...

The Zeppelin NT semi-rigid airship (model LZ N07-101, for aviation enthusiasts) was designed in Germany in a partnership between Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik and Goodyear.

Did you know…that ZF, of Friedrichshafen, Germany, was born into the gear/transmission business out of the need for smoother power transmission systems for its parent company’s Zeppelin ...

Zeppelin is countering the problem with a four-rotor, vectoring propulsion system. Thanks to this arrangement, the Zeppelin NT has pitch-yaw control unprecedented in an airship.

PC accessory vendor Cherry was bought out by ZF in 2008 – and that firm can trace its origins all the way back to 1891. Here’s a brief history of Cherry: 1891 – Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin resigns ...

Benz takes up the senior management post at Caterpillar dealer Zeppelin after a successful career at ZF and more recently at Neuman Aluminium/Raunfoss, a manufacturer of aluminium components for ...

ZF Friedrichshafen's potential $11 billion takeover of TRW Automotive surprised and unsettled workers in the supplier's home town of Friedrichshafen, Germany. ZF's bid for TRW shows the financial ...