ZF TRW gunning for safety leadership through ‘unique’ portfolio

With competition among global automotive suppliers rising, the pursuit of multi-million dollar acquisitions has been a common approach to get ahead in recent years. Why shell out on development costs yourself when you can bolt on a competitor with the existing expertise? However, murmurs of a high-profile merger between ZF and TRW around the end of 2014 caused some ruckus within the industry, and for good reason