“October marked an important moment for Schaeffler, namely the merger with Vitesco Technologies. It is an important step by which Schaeffler continues its mission to become a leader in mobility and tomorrow’s mobility technology. Together with Vitesco we are stronger, we have complementary technologies and products.

At the national level, the new Schaeffler currently has around 8,500 employees in 4 cities: Timisoara, Iasi, Sibiu and Brasov. Among them, 2,500 employees work in R&D, passionate engineers who develop solutions for tomorrow’s mobility,” Sergiu Rosianu, R&D Manager, Schaeffler Romania said during Green Mobility Forum organized by The Diplomat-Bucharest and Automotive Today.

“Electric mobility is as green as the energy sources that power it. For us, hydrogen is a strategic direction to be used as an energy source. The EU has clearly defined a strategy in this direction. Romania aligned itself with this strategy and we started to take steps in this direction. There are fuel cells for vehicles, but also industrial applications.

Schaeffler is monitoring the degree of development of these systems. For us, it is important that the product, for example the bearing, which is delivered to our customers, has as low a carbon footprint as possible. We have a program in this sense, we follow green energies, electricity, photovoltaic panels. We are also looking for alternatives to replace methane gas because we are one of the biggest consumers of methane gas among all factories in Europe.

There are technical solutions that are used in electrification, for electric cars. The competences we have through the merger with Vitesco will help us a lot and will contribute to the development of solutions for electric vehicles.

Starting from the energy source, we must try to produce as sustainably as possible and have products that ensure electric mobility. It is very important to teach the new generations what we do and how we should behave in order to be more energy efficient and of course more sustainable.”