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The Commercial Vehicle Systems business unit is comprised of the Linnig Antriebstechnik Group, which was taken over at the end of 2007. The business unit develops and manufactures components and complete cooling systems for buses, trucks and special vehicles. These include fan clutches for engine cooling, compressor clutches for vehicle air-conditioning, 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 are comprised of all major OEMs in the bus market and all first-line suppliers of air-conditioning systems. In addition, Commercial Vehicle Systems also supplies products to 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’ head office is in Markdorf (Germany), together with the production, R&D, sales and accounting departments. The business unit’s subsidiaries with production, R&D and sales departments are located in Atlanta (USA), Mexicaltzingo (Mexico), São Paulo (Brazil) and Nanjing (China). Commercial Vehicle Systems has a global network of partners for distribution and service.

The business unit’s products contribute to the reduction of the fuel consumption of commercial vehicles, and to lowering their harmful emissions. This contribution has resulted in the steady growth of the operations during the past years. Pursuant to its corporate philosophy Commercial Vehicle Systems intends to solve the technical problems of its customers by fulfilling the role of a specialist in the reduction of fuel consumption using solutions based on electromagnetic components.

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