# ZF and Wolfspeed partner on SiC innovation lab and fab investment

ZF signed a strategic partnership with Wolfspeed to set up an innovation lab for silicon carbide systems and is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Wolfspeed's 200mm SiC device fab in Ensdorf, Germany, in exchange for common stock and guaranteed supply.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2023-02-01
- Where: Ensdorf, Germany, Germany
- Status: announced
- Products: silicon carbide devices
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md), [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [ZF Friedrichshafen](https://endata.com/companies/4104.md) (partner)
- [Wolfspeed](https://endata.com/companies/35100.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [automotivelogistics.media](https://www.automotivelogistics.media/supply-chain/zf-secures-device-and-chip-supply-with-stmicroelectrics-and-wolfspeed/185445), 2023-04-17: "The close cooperation between fab and R&D centre will enable us to develop breakthrough innovations beyond state-of-the-art for the benefit of our customers."

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