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ZF damper plant in western Germany to be impacted for months due to flooding

Flash floods have killed more than 180 people in Germany this month, with scores of people still unaccounted for. (Bloomberg)
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Douglas A. Bolduc
July 23, 2021 03:54 PM

It will take ZF Friedrichshafen months to return to full production capacity at a suspension parts factory in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, after flooding caused damages estimated to be in the millions of euros.

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