[1] Headquartered in Untergruppenbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Getrag manufactured and developed passenger car transmission products and solutions for the important automotive markets Europe, Asia, and North America with 24 locations and about 12,500 employees worldwide.

[4] The company had three joint ventures: Getrag Ford Transmissions[1] headquartered in Cologne with Ford Motor Company,[1] Getrag (Jiangxi) Transmission Co. Ltd. with Jiangling Motors Corporation., Ltd. and Dongfeng Getrag Transmission with Dongfeng Motor Corporation.

In addition, Getrag supplied transmissions to a variety of automotive manufacturers, including BMW (Mini), Daimler AG, Ferrari, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Qoros, Renault, Volkswagen Group and Volvo.

Competitors include Aisin, BorgWarner, Graziano and ZF.

In July 2015, Getrag was acquired by Magna Powertrain for $1.9 billion and was gradually integrated into the company.