Schaeffler Automotive Symposium presents innovations and technologies for the future

From right to left: Klaus Rosenfeld, Chief Executive Officer of Schaeffler AG, together with Matthias Zink, CEO Powertrain & Chassis and Thomas Stierle, CEO E-Mobility.

By 2035, Schaeffler aims to generate 10 percent of its revenue in new segments. At the same time, the core business of the Schaeffler Group remains indispensable. “In addition to new growth areas, the automotive business remains central to Schaeffler, as the Schaeffler Automotive Symposium 2026 will impressively demonstrate. We also believe in Europe because many of our innovations originate here and because Europe continues to be a core market for our most important customers,” says Klaus Rosenfeld.

The transformation of mobility and the heterogeneous market developments in different regions place high demands on innovative capacity, resilience, and time to market. “The dynamic developments in our markets present big challenges – and we are prepared to meet them. With our broad portfolio, our global presence and local supply chains, and our pronounced systems expertise, we consistently transfer innovations to mass production. In this way, we are actively advancing the mobility transformation – toward higher efficiency and comprehensive electrification,” says Thomas Stierle, CEO E-Mobility at Schaeffler AG.

Technology partner on eye level
At the Schaeffler Automotive Symposium, the company will offer a glimpse into the future of mobility – which is much more than classic driving. For Schaeffler, the mobility of the future is defined by connected, software-driven, electrified, and highly integrated intelligent vehicle systems. “At the symposium, we will present integrated product innovations for cars, trucks, and two-wheelers from a single source and show how Schaeffler supports customers as a preferred technology partner with extensive systems expertise and a high level of vertical integration,” says Matthias Zink, CEO Powertrain & Chassis at Schaeffler AG. “One of our core strengths is the system-based approach that we take to link functions intelligently to provide a better driving experience.”

Innovations for cars, trucks, and two-wheelers
Schaeffler will present more than 320 products at the Automotive Symposium. In the passenger car segment, the largest customer segment, solutions for connected, software-driven, electrified mobility will be grouped into the four technology clusters of Vehicle Control, Chassis & Body, Powertrain, and Energy Management. In the area of commercial vehicles, the company will present zero-emission solutions for higher efficiency, reliability, and profitability, for example, for battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell-electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs, respectively) and hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines (H2-ICE). Flexible development approaches for bringing low-emission technologies to the market faster will be presented. In the two-wheeler segment, the company will show bearings, engine control units, automatic transmissions, and connectivity solutions for an enhanced driving experience as well as efficient and smart platforms.

Global customer event
The customer event is organized by Schaeffler once every four years and is global in scope. The event will open in Bühl for the Europe region before continuing on to Detroit (USA) on September 17, Suzhou (China) on November 4–6, and Tokyo (Japan) on December 2–3.

The recording of the press conference in English for the 13th Schaeffler Symposium can be found here: video

Press photos of Klaus Rosenfeld, Thomas Stierle, and Matthias Zink are available here: www.schaeffler.com/en/executive-board