Brooke Zalud

Brooke Zalud is Market Segment Manager for the IT and Telecommunication division of Ziehl-Abegg. She provides global support via a deep understanding of the Data Center market trends. Focusing on these trends, she provides strategic development plans focusing on product development and target applications.

Ziehl-Abegg (Künzelsau, Germany) is one of the leading global companies in the field of ventilation, control and drive technology. In the 1950s, Ziehl-Abegg established the basis for modern fan drives: external rotor motors which even today are still seen as state-of-the-art worldwide.

The high-tech company has an impressive innovative capability (all figures and statements refer to the year 2025). The company has a global workforce of 6,415 spread between 17 production plants, 30 subsidiaries and 114 sales locations. The products, approx. 30,000 in all, are sold in more than 100 countries. Revenue totals more than one billion euros annually.

Emil Ziehl founded the company in Berlin in 1910 as a manufacturer of electric motors. After World War II the company’s headquarters were relocated to southern Germany. Ziehl-Abegg SE is not a listed company but instead is family-owned.

In North America, the subsidiary was established in 2004 in Greensboro, North Carolina. The North American headquarters has since moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where it operates a 140,000 ft² production facility. ZIEHL-ABEGG Inc. maintains multiple sales offices across the United States and also serves the Canadian and Mexican markets, with sales offices located in each country.

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