Closer collaboration for Rolls-Royce and ZF

An agreement signed by Ulrich Dohle, CEO of Rolls-Royce Power Systems and Wilhelm Rehm, board member of ZF envisions the companies cooperating in research and development to produce integrated systems. The partners also intend to work together in the fields of marketing, sales and service.

As part of the agreement, the two companies will exchange information and knowledge relating to the development of new technologies and products more intensively to ensure that clients are provided with fully optimised propulsion solutions. In a statement the companies noted that the long-term aim is to provide optimally matched systems and new solutions for future marine propulsion systems, including hybrid propulsion systems and digitally networked solutions.

The precise details of the collaboration will be specified in subsequent talks.

Dohle said: “Through the even closer collaboration with our long-standing partner ZF, we will further expand our systems expertise and, with our MTU engines, will thus be able to provide our customers with optimally matched and innovative propulsion solutions.”

Rehm added: “Together with MTU, we will develop pioneering technologies and supply the market with system solutions.”