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ZF Invests Further in Radar Facility in Brest, France
Peter Austen, Global Portfolio Director,
Driver Assist Systems at ZF TRW said:
“Radar is a fundamental part of the
automated driving equation. When
combined with camera, intelligent
control units and actuators, it can
help to enable partially automated
driving functions such as Highway
Driving Assist with automated lane
change. Together with our advanced
camera systems, our AC1000 family is
an ideal solution to meet Euro NCAP
requirements up to 2020.”
ZF’s radar systems are designed, assembled and tested at Brest
which currently occupies approximately 2200 square meters.
The facility produces around 300,000 units per year, and the
company anticipates that this figure will exceed one million by
2020.
Mickael Leon, plant manager at Brest, added: “Brest has been
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our global centre of excellence for
radar systems since the turn of the
century. Our ongoing investment in the
plant shows our commitment to the
technology – one where we anticipate
significant volume increases as the
market adoption of active safety and
automated driving systems continues
to accelerate. Furthermore, we have
an exceptionally skilled workforce in
Brest which has increased by nearly 30
percent over the last 18 months. We
are investing further in our engineering resources as this area of
the business continues to expand.”
ZF TRW has designed and developed radar in Brest since 1999
and started production with its first generation system in 2002.
Since then, the company has launched radar on multiple global
passenger car and truck platforms, and with the AC1000 family
it is entering its fifth generation.
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