Schaeffler
Herzogenaurach-based motion technology group with E-Mobility, Powertrain & Chassis, Vehicle Lifetime Solutions and Bearings & Industrial Solutions divisions. It reported 2025 sales of 23,492 million euros.
Industry: Motion technology for automotive and industry | Location: Herzogenaurach, Germany | Founded: 1946
About Schaeffler
Schaeffler is a German motion technology company headquartered in Herzogenaurach. It is organised in four divisions: E-Mobility, Powertrain & Chassis, Vehicle Lifetime Solutions, and Bearings & Industrial Solutions. The group says it has more than 250 locations in 55 countries. It had 110,753 employees at the end of 2025 and 108,912 at 30 June 2026.
Brothers Wilhelm and Georg Schaeffler founded Industrie GmbH in Herzogenaurach in the autumn of 1946. A patent was filed in 1950 for Georg Schaeffler's needle roller bearing, and INA, LuK and FAG are now united in the group. Klaus Rosenfeld is chief executive officer, Christophe Hannequin is chief financial officer and Georg F. W. Schaeffler chairs the Supervisory Board. Jochen Schröder became chief operating officer on 1 April 2026.
Schaeffler AG shares trade on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker SHA0, and they entered the MDAX index on 9 March 2026. Vitesco Technologies Group AG has been merged into Schaeffler AG. In November 2025 Schaeffler and Neura Robotics agreed that Schaeffler would supply actuators for Neura's humanoid robots and bring a four-digit number of Neura humanoids into its own plants by 2035. Schaeffler also holds a minority stake in Agility Robotics and has agreed to buy its Digit robots,, and TechScoop listed it among Agility's industrial partners in June 2026.
For 2025 the group reported sales of 23,492 million euros and EBIT of 295 million euros, or 936 million euros before special items, with a net loss of 424 million euros. The annual general meeting on 23 April 2026 approved a dividend of 0.30 euros per share.
In the first half of 2026 revenue was 11,667 million euros, 1.5 percent lower than a year earlier, while EBIT before special items rose 14 percent to 549 million euros and net income was 93 million euros. The group said its direct exposure to the conflict in the Middle East was minimal because of its limited footprint in the region. Rémy Triouleyre became chief executive for Europe on 1 April 2026.
Leadership
- Klaus Rosenfeld, Chief Executive Officer
- Christophe Hannequin, Chief Financial Officer
- Jochen Schröder, Chief Operating Officer
- Astrid Fontaine, Chief Human Resources Officer
- Uwe Wagner, Chief Technology Officer
- Thomas Stierle, Chief Executive Officer, E-Mobility
- Matthias Zink, Chief Executive Officer, Powertrain & Chassis
- Georg F. W. Schaeffler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board