Commercial Vehicle Systems develops and manufactures components and complete cooling systems for buses, trucks and special vehicles. The main products include fan clutches for engine cooling, compressor clutches for vehicle air-conditioning, electromagnetic clutches for air compressors, vibration dampers for crankshaft applications, fan clutches with angle gear for cooling, pneumatic and hydraulic clutches, brakes and belt tensioners.

The business unit’s customers include all major OEMs in the global bus market and all first-line suppliers of air-conditioning systems, as well as manufacturers of refuse collection vehicles, agricultural vehicles, railway vehicles, and specialised vehicles such as piste bullies for the preparation of ski pistes.


Commercial Vehicle Systems has its head office (including production, R&D, sales and accounting) in Markdorf (Germany), and has additional production, R&D and sales departments in Atlanta (USA), Mexico City (Mexico), São Paulo (Brazil), Nanjing (China) and Pune (India). Commercial Vehicle Systems has a global network of partners for distribution and service. In 2013, the operations at the plant in Atlanta, USA, will be integrated in the Kendrion (Shelby) Inc. plant for efficiency reasons.

The business unit’s products help to reduce the fuel consumption of commercial vehicles and consequently contribute to lower vehicle emissions. Thanks to this contribution, the business unit has seen steady operational growth in recent years. The goal of the business unit’s corporate philosophy is to provide answers for customers’ technical issues by helping them to reduce fuel consumption using solutions based on electromagnetic components.