Japanese suppliers in China (3): Southern China - Guangdong Province
Akebono Brake, JATCO, Koito Mfg, Asahi Tec, Ahresty, Denso, Unipres, Aisin Seiki, Topre and Aisin Ta
2012/08/01
- Summary
- Guangzhou city: Akebono Brake, JATCO and Koito increasing capacity; Asahi Tec, Ahresty, Denso and Unipres building new plants
- Dongguan city: Ogura Clutch, Piolax and Hitachi Chemical increasing production capacities while Clarion shifting part of car navigation production in Japan to China
- Foshan city: Aisin Seiki and Yutaka Giken increasing production, Tokai Rika, Faltec, Topre and Fuji Oozx building new plants
- Shenzhen city: Dainichiseika increasing high-performance resin production, Panasonic to produce automotive relays for EV/HV use
- Yunfu, Zhongshan, Shaoguan, and Qingyuan: Aisin Takaoka, Advics and Nihon Plast building new plants
Summary
Below is the third of the serial research report about the recent trends among Japanese automotive parts suppliers operating in China. Part 3 contains results of MarkLines' research on the recent trends in eight cities (Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shenzhen, Yunfu, Zhongshan, Shaoguan, Qingyuan) in the Guangdong province in the southern China in the past two years up to June 2012.
The main customers of the Japanese parts suppliers are three largest Japanese automakers that are rapidly expanding their existing plants or building new ones (new production lines) in Guangzhou city, Guangdong province.
Toyota plans to increase its annual capacity at the Guangzhou plant from 360,000 vehicles in 2011 to 600,000 by 2015.
In December 2011, Nissan started operation at its second Huadu plant of Guangzhou with an annual capacity of 270,000 vehicles. Nissan plans to increase its capacity in Guangzhou, including the first Huadu plant, from 600,000 vehicles at the end of 2011 to up to 800,000 vehicles by 2013.
Honda will start construction work at the end of 2012 of the third line at its Zengcheng plant to increase its annual capacity in Guangzhou from current 480,000 to 720,000 vehicles in 2015.
In response to these moves, Japanese parts suppliers are vigorously expanding their existing plants or building new plants in Guangdong province, especially in the city of Guangzhou and neighboring cities such as Dongguan and Foshan.
In addition, some suppliers including Tachi-S, NHK Spring and Unipres have established local headquarters in Guangzhou to control respective operations in China. Other companies, namely Hitachi Automotive Systems, F-Tech and Calsonic Kansei, have established development centers and Faltec has newly established a local development function.
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Annual capacities of Toyota, Nissan and Honda in their production sites in China including their plants in Guangzhou |
| Figures after * include passenger cars and commercial vehicles; figures without * represent passenger cars only (including SUV/MPV and mini-vans) |
| OEM | Passenger car plant in China |
Annual production capacity (1,000 units) | |||
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| End of 2011 | July 2012 | After expansion (planned year) |
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| Nissan | Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle |
Dalian plant | (Construction work started in June 2012) | 150 (2014) → 300 |
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| First Huadu plant, Guangzhou |
330 | 670 | 800(2013) | ||
| Second Huadu plant, Guangzhou |
270 | ||||
| Xiangyang plant, Hubei prov. | 100 | 200 (by August) | 250(by the end of 2012) |
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| Zhengzhou new plant (or second plant) *Note |
140 | 180 - 200 | 200 | ||
| Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile |
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| Zhongmu (first) plant, Henan prov. |
40 (*90) |
40 (*90) |
n.a. (*180) (by the end of 2012) |
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| Henan new plant, Henan prov. | (Reported as "undecided" on some media) | 200 (about 2015) |
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| Toyota | GAC Toyota Motor |
First line of Nansha plant, Guangzhou |
200 | 200 | 600(2015) |
| Second line of Nansha plant, Guangzhou |
160 | 160 → 200 (Later of 2013) | |||
| Guangzhou new plant | (Reported as "undecided" on some media) | ||||
| Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor |
Tianjin new plant | (Construction approval pending) | n.a. | ||
| Xiqing plant of Tianjin | 120 | 120 | 120 | ||
| TEDA plant of Tianjin | 300 | 300 | 350 | ||
| Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor |
Chengdu (new) plant | *30 | *30 | *50 | |
| Changchun existing plant | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Changchun new plant | 100 | 100 and over | 200 → 300 | ||
| Honda | Guangqi Honda Automobile |
Huangpu plant (Guangzhou first line) |
240 | 240 | 240 |
| Zengcheng plant (Guangzhou second line) |
240 | 240 | 240 | ||
| Zengcheng plant (Guangzhou third line) |
(Construction work to start at the end of 2012, engine plant to be affixed) |
120 (2014) → 240 (2015) |
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| Honda Automobile (China) |
Guangzhou export plant | 50 | 50 | 50 (by 2014) | |
| Dongfeng Honda Automobile |
First plant of Wuhan | 240 | 240 | 240 (2015) | |
| Second plant of Wuhan | - | 100 | 120 (2013) → 240 (by 2015) |
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Note: The Zhengzhou plant is currently operated by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company and Zhengzhou Nissan Company.
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