TRW to open new brake system plant in Mexico TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. announced that it will open a new facility in the state of Queretaro, Mexico, to produce brake systems. The 150,000 square foot facility will manufacture hydraulic control units for electronic stability control systems including TRW's Slip Control Boost system for hybrid and electric vehicles. The plant will also produce brake actuation units including boosters and master ...

新闻  2011/11/22 更新

Denso to relocate car air conditioner plant in Guangzhou, China Denso Corporation will move Guangzhou Denso Co., Ltd., its production company in Zengcheng, Guangzhou, China to 8 kilometers northeast of its current location in the same city. The relocation was decided based on the request of the Chinese government, which is planning a redevelopment project in the eastern area of Guangzhou. Construction work for the new facility is scheduled t...

新闻  2011/11/21 更新

WABCO to supply air compressors for European commercial car manufacturer WABCO Holdings Inc. will supply its c-comp(TM) air compression technology to a manufacturer of commercial vehicles headquartered in Europe. Series production in Europe is expected to begin by the end of 2012 to equip WABCO's c-comp air compressor on heavy duty truck and bus engines that will meet upcoming EURO VI emission standards. The compressor disengages a truck or bus c...

新闻  2011/11/16 更新

TI Automotive opens two new plants in India TI Automotive Limited announced that it has opened two new facilities, in Bangalore and Chennai, India. Both locations will produce technology for the domestic Indian market. The Bangalore facility was established to produce fluid-carrying lines for passenger cars, with full production beginning in December 2011. At full production, TI Automotive will employ 68 at the 12,500-square-foot facility. The Ch...

新闻  2011/10/28 更新

KEFICO starts mass produciton of GDI injectors KEFICO Corporation succeeded in developing and manufacturing injectors for gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines locally in Korea. Mass production of these products started in October 2011, and the company is going to produce 2.4 million GDI injectors a year initially. It is intending to construct a second production line for the product, which is scheduled to begin commercial operation in August 2...

新闻  2011/10/14 更新

Honeywell to form joint venture in China Honeywell International Inc. and Sinochem Group of China announced that they have signed an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture in China. The joint venture, to be located in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, will produce HFC-245fa, a non-ozone-depleting rigid foam blowing agent used in insulation for appliances, construction, transportation and other applications. The venture is expected to begin production i...

新闻  2011/10/10 更新

Continental to open new tire plant in South Carolina, U.S. Continental AG will build a new tire plant in Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.. Continental expects to begin construction of the plant in mid-2012 and complete the facility in 2013. The first phase of production capacity at the plant in this project is expected to be nearly five million passenger and light truck tires when the plant reaches full production levels in 2017. A second phase in th...

新闻  2011/10/06 更新

Federal-Mogul to set up new brake friction manufacturing plant in India Federal-Mogul Corporation announced that its Indian subsidiary broke ground earlier this year on a 10-acre site for construction of a new 38,000-square-meter facility to manufacture brake friction materials in Chennai, India. Federal-Mogul's investment is expected to be approximately 15 million USD. Production is scheduled to begin before the end of 2011. The new Chennai faci...

新闻  2011/09/26 更新

Jiangsu GPRO Group Co. Ltd. (GPRO). This agreement stipulates that Grupo KUO and GPRO will establish a company named INSA GPRO (Nanjing) Synthetic Rubber Co. Ltd. and will jointly invest 60 million USD in a new nitrile rubber (NBR) plant located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, with an initial production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year in its first phase. The Nanjing plant will create 100 direct jobs and is expected to begin operatio...

新闻  2011/09/22 更新

Harbin Dongan Auto Engine planning three investment projects Harbin Dongan Auto Engine Co., Ltd. decided at a board meeting held on August 17, 2011 that it will invest in the following three projects. Each construction plan is expected to take 24 months to complete, with new operations slated to begin in 2013. 1. A 531 million yuan project to establish a production line to manufacture its proprietary, dual VVT small displacement engine. The...

新闻  2011/08/18 更新

Woodbridge to establish joint venture in Mexico The Woodbridge Group and the Summa Group announced the expansion of their partnership, with the establishment of a joint venture in Leon, Mexico. DuraLite Formed Plastics will be built adjacent to the existing joint venture plant and will offer molded expanded polypropylene (EPP) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) capabilities. Production at the new Leon, Mexico plant is scheduled to begin in early 2012...

新闻  2011/08/05 更新

Hitachi Chemical to double production capacity for anode materials for vehicles Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. announced that it has decided to add third and fourth production lines manufacturing carbon anode materials for lithium ion batteries for vehicles (anode materials for vehicles) at Yamazaki Works (Katsuta: Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki) with the investment of about 3.5 billion yen. This is in response to increasing demand for anode materials for ...

新闻  2011/07/26 更新

JATCO to open CVT plant in Thailand JATCO Ltd announced that it will establish a manufacturing plant, which will produce CVT with auxiliary gearbox for mini and small FWD vehicles, in Chonburi, Thailand. With a total investment of approximately 20 billion yen, the new company, JATCO (Thailand) Co., Ltd., covers a land area of approximately 160,000 square meters. Production is slated to begin in the middle of fiscal year 2013 with volume estimated...

新闻  2011/06/30 更新

TRW develops new camera system TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. developed new camera system solutions for safety applications and now has production contracts in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The company will begin supply of its camera systems in 2013. These new systems are based on a scalable camera design where the base camera can deliver lane departure warning and/or active lane keeping functions; and are upgradeable to enable features ...

新闻  2011/06/13 更新

Magna to form joint venture in China Cosma International, an operating unit of Magna International Inc. and an automotive body and chassis system supplier, announced that it has established a joint venture in China with Guangzhou Automobile Group Component Co., Ltd. The new joint venture, which will be named Changsha Cosma Automotive, will be located in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. The JV partners plan to establish a manufacturing facil...

新闻  2011/05/10 更新

Mahle to begin series production at new air filter plant in India Mahle Filter Systems India Ltd announced that its new air filter production plant in Chennai, India takes up series production. The building was completed in December, 2010. In the first step of construction, the factory building has a ground surface of 3,300 square meters. In the medium term, it is planned to produce air filter systems, intake modules and cylinder head covers with...

新闻  2011/05/05 更新

Takata to establish first plant in Indonesia Takata Corporation announced that it will build its first plant in Indonesia with the establishment of PT. Takata Automotive Safety Systems Indonesia. The approximately 60,000 square meters plant will produce seat belts, airbags and steering wheels for automakers in Indonesia, and is scheduled to begin production in January 2012. Total investment in the plant will be approximately 20 million USD. (From...

新闻  2011/04/28 更新

TRW expanding production of electric parking brakes in China At the International Motor Show held in Shanghai in 2011, TRW Automotive announced its intention to expand production of electric parking brakes (EPBs) in China. Since 2007, when the company started making EPB calipers in China, it has supplied more than 2 million units to Chinese customers. Recently is has won new program businesses from two Chinese automakers. Delivery of the pr...

新闻  2011/04/20 更新

Bosch to begin production of regenerative braking system for hybrid and electric vehicles in China by year’s end On April 20, 2011, Bosch Corporation announced that it will start manufacturing its regenerative braking system for hybrid and electric vehicles in China. The brake technology called the HAS hev converts the rotating energy of wheels into electric energy to the maximum extent and stores it into the battery, which helps extend the...

新闻  2011/04/20 更新

Bosch strengthening safety system business in China Bosch Group (China) is expanding its production facility and testing center to upgrade its safety system business. Bosch Automotive Products (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is now constructing a second plant, which is scheduled to go into production soon. In the area of testing, construction of a second test road at Bosch’s winter test center will start this year. In addition, the first phase of the ...

新闻  2011/04/20 更新