SAF Holland

SAF-HOLLAND builds the hardware that keeps heavy-duty trucks, trailers, and buses mechanically connected to the road: trailer axles, suspensions, fifth wheels, kingpins, landing gear, coupling systems, and brake and air-suspension assemblies. Founded in 1881 as a village blacksmith business in Germany, it now operates across six continents with approximately 5,500 employees, selling under the SAF, HOLLAND, HALDEX, NEWAY, Gunite, and Midland brands to OEMs, fleets, distributors, and service operations.

The interesting attack surface is what happens when chassis hardware stops being purely mechanical. SAF-HOLLAND's technical domains include electronic braking systems and telematics alongside traditional air-suspension and brake engineering - meaning its product portfolio spans both components with embedded electronics and the data streams that come off commercial vehicles. Add in a global aftermarket operation handling original and remanufactured parts, and the IT/OT boundary runs through engineering, manufacturing, distribution, and service networks rather than stopping at the factory floor.

For security practitioners, that translates to a threat model shaped by connected vehicle components, geographically distributed operations, and an organization that predates the transistor by most of a century. The company describes its mission around safer roads, efficient freight movement, lower vehicle downtime, and reduced environmental impact - priorities that depend on the availability and integrity of both physical components and the systems behind them. Roles here would sit at the intersection of industrial engineering, telematics, and enterprise IT across a six-continent footprint.