Institutional

Beliefs

1. Professionalism - Execute work with high technical standards, with discipline and responsibility, but always with flexibility, adaptability and quick decision-making;

2. Responsibility - Having the capability to compromise ourselves and fulfill the promises we make for total client satisfaction;

3. Dialogue - Establish permanent and interactive communication with internal clients (employees) and external clients (middle and end clients) through interactivity, catering in this fashion, in real time, to the needs, desires, expectations and potentialities of the clients;

4. Trust - Belief in the client’s ability to compromise;

5. Team Work - Recognition of the necessity for the complementation of our values by others or by the group.
Wishing to learn from others, when working on the same goal;

6. Humility - Recognition of your mistakes, employing willpower to contain these limitations and accentuate your virtues, in all relationships;

7. Equality - Treating all persons with equality and respect, independently of their position in the company, social, cultural or economic level, ethnicity, or religious belief;

8. Respect - Recognition of the dignity and value of every person. It is a compromise to accept another person;

9.Solidarity - When, in a relationship, the key element is the collaboration. This is perceived by the other party, creating willingness to build a promising future, together.

ZOLLERN works on its brand for it to be perceived, in the mind of current and potential clients, as the best slide bearings manufacturer for capital goods, becoming a reference standard in excellence.

Essential competence in the usage of the best technology, from project development, through solution implementation, manufacturing and slide bearing control.

All rolling equipment needs its axle supported by at least 2 bearings. Slide Bearings, as opposed to other bearings, adapt themselves to extreme operational conditions, producing less noise, heat and vibration, yielding longer product durability.

The bearing is to the mechanical system as the fuse is for the electrical system, since the majority of the failures in the mechanical system show up in the bearings, despite having other sources.

1978 - Inauguration of the factory under the company name Glyco do Brasil Indústria Metalúrgica do Brasil Ltda with 76% German capital, 24% Brazilian capital, through a Society between Group Glyco from Germany and Cataguases-Leopoldina group - Brasil.

1981 - The Brazilian partner exits the company. The Glyco Group now owns 100% of capital.

1989-1996 - Intense technology exchange between Glyco do Brasil and its sister company in Germany, Braunschweiger Hüttenwerke (BHW), by means of orders transference from BHW to our company.

1990 - The Federal-Mogul Group, with headquarters in the USA, obtained share control of the entire Grupo Glyco Group including the Brazilian unit.

1991-1996 - We were part of the Federal Mogul Corporation, with headquarters in the United States.

1995 - Participation in sales for BHW grew significantly to the peak of 55% of the total sales.

1997 - The Zollern Group, based in Germany, bought Glyco do Brasil and its sister company in Germany, Braunschweiger Hüttenwerk, forming the Zollern BHW company.

1998 - The segment of bearings for Generators and Hydroelectric Turbines began to play a crucial role in our revenue. Launching of the Z bearings line.

1999 - Foundation of Zollern North America, our product distribution center for Mexico, the United States and Canada, located in Houston, Texas.

2001-2003 - With the blackout crisis and the subsequent hydrogenation “boom”, Zollern was in good position to service the strong increase in demand.

2002 - Investments of €3,000,000.00 to attend the manufacturing of Z bearings and the growth in the hydrogenation capacity.

2004 - Sales distribution in the order of 75% for the domestic market and 25% for countries such as Germany, the United States, Italy, Argentina, Mexico, Canada, Cameroon, Chile, Australia and India among others.

2005 - Investments of €1,000,000.00 for capacity increase due to a strong growth in domestic and North-American demand.
The company name was changed to Zollern Transmissões Mecânicas Ltda.