The FAG Foundation is an incorporated public foundation with headquarters in Schweinfurt/Germany.

It was established in 1983 and is led by the Schaeffler Group today. The foundation object is the promotion of science, research and teaching in the field of scientific engineering related to bearing technology. Bearings technology incorporates rolling bearings, plain bearings and magnetic bearings in mechanical engineering and the automotive and aerospace industries for both rotary and linear motion, and the developments, applications and processes associated with it.

The FAG Foundation supports innovations and competitive performance.

Promotion concept

• Scientific treatises from the field of bearing engineering by offering the Innovation Award.
• Promotion of school development

Foundation bodies

Foundation council

• Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler, Chairwoman
  Council INA-Holding Schaeffler KG owner
• Dr. Jürgen M. Geißinger, Vice Chairman
  Council President of the Schaeffler Group
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Udo Lindemann
  Chair of Product Development, TU München
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Holger Hanselka
  Chair of System Reliability and Machine Acoustics, TU Darmstadt
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Harald Meerkamm
  Chair of Engineering Design, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Meinig
  Forschungsstelle Automotive Business Research Establishment, Universität Bamberg
• Professor Dr.-Ing. Christian Brecher
  Laboratory for Machine Tools, RWTH Aachen

Foundation Board

• Klaus Widmaier, Chairman of Foundation Board
  Council President Schaeffler Group Industrial, Personnel Department
• Dr. Arbogast Grunau, Vice Chairman of Foundation
  Leader Product Development, Member of the Management Schaeffler Group Industrial
• Dr. Horst Golüke
  Leader Quality Management Schaeffler Group Industrial
  Leader Corporate Quality Management, FAG

Management

• Werner Parwoll, Werner.Parwoll@schaeffler.com
  Lawyer
  Director Human Resources
• Ellen Matthieß, Ellen.Matthiess@schaeffler.com