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Schaeffler extends contract with Chief Technology Officer Uwe Wagner

Herzogenaurach | October 8, 2021 | At its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG renewed the contract with Uwe Wagner (56), Chief Technology Officer, early for another five years until September 30, 2027.

Uwe Wagner has been with the Schaeffler Group in various functions since 1993. Before his appointment as Chief Technology Officer of the Schaeffler Group in October 2019, the mechanical engineer was Head of Research and Development of the Automotive and Industrial divisions.

Georg F. W. Schaeffler, family shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler AG, said: "Being a technology leader in its markets, research and development are of exceptional importance to the Schaeffler Group. Uwe Wagner enjoys the full confidence of the Supervisory Board and has already provided significant impulses for key issues of the future such as producing and using hydrogen, new mobility concepts, and generating renewable energy."

Schaeffler Group - We pioneer motion As a leading global supplier to the automotive and industrial sectors, the Schaeffler Group has been driving forward groundbreaking inventions and developments in the fields of motion and mobility for over 70 years. With innovative technologies, products, and services for CO?-efficient drives, electric mobility, Industry 4.0, digitalization, and renewable energies, the company is a reliable partner for making motion and mobility more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable. The technology company manufactures high-precision components and systems for drive train and chassis applications as well as rolling and plain bearing solutions for a large number of industrial applications. The Schaeffler Group generated sales of approximately EUR 12.6 billion in 2020. With around 83,900 employees, the Schaeffler Group is one of the world's largest family companies. With more than 1,900 patent applications in 2020, Schaeffler is Germany's second most innovative company according to the DPMA (German Patent and Trademark Office).

Contact 


Dr. Axel Lüdeke                               Renata Casaro 
Head of Group Communications & Public Affairs Head of Investor Relations 
Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach,                Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach, 
Germany                                       Germany 
phone: +49 9132 82 8901                       phone: +49 9132 82 4440 
email: axel.luedeke@schaeffler.com            email: ir@schaeffler.com 
Daniel Pokorny                                Johann Eisenmann 
Head of Communications Technology,            Senior Manager Investor Relations 
Innovation & Digitalization                   Schaeffler AG 
Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach                 Herzogenaurach, Germany 
phone: +49 9132 82 88708                      phone: +49 9132 82 4440 
email: daniel.pokorny@schaeffler.com          email: ir@schaeffler.com

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Language:     English 
Company:      Schaeffler AG 
              Industriestr. 1-3 
              91074 Herzogenaurach 
              Germany 
Phone:        09132 - 82 0 
E-mail:       ir@schaeffler.com 
Internet:     www.schaeffler.com 
ISIN:         DE000SHA0159 
WKN:          SHA015 
Indices:      SDAX 
Listed:       Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, 
              Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange 
EQS News ID:  1239545 
 
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