Anhui ARN Group Co., Ltd.

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No. 1599, Dabieshan Road, High-tech Zone, Anqing, Anhui 246001, China

Business Overview

-The Anhui ARN Group (ARN) is engaged in the development, manufacturing, and sales of key engine components, New Energy Vehicle parts and special steel profiles. The main products are piston rings, valve seats and guides, pistons and piston pins, cylinder liners, engineering springs, seals and plastic rings, cooling tubes, drive batteries and other products.

-There are production bases in Anhui, Liaoning, Shaanxi and Hebei provinces. These include 1 in Dalian, 1 in Langfang, 1 in Xi'an, 2 in Hefei and 10 in Anqing.

-In 2023, sales reached CNY 13.7 billion, and the company has more than 7,000 employees.

-As of 2023, the company's piston ring products have a Chinese domestic market share of 53.7%; the domestic market share of aluminum-containing cylinder liners is 71.2%; and the domestic market share of valve seat rings is 53.9%.

-In 2023, the company established a New Energy Vehicle parts industrial park project team, and it is expected to start construction in April 2024. At present, its subsidiaries are developing New Energy products such as battery cell structural parts, overflow valves, motor housings, and busbars by introducing new technologies.

-Samsung SDI-ARN (Xi'an) Power Battery Co., Ltd., a joint venture with Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., has an annual production capacity of 18GWh.

Shareholders

(As of December 31, 2023)
Shareholders Shareholding ratio
Anqing Huanxin Investment Management Co., Ltd. 71.20%
Others 28.80%
Total 100%

Products

Piston rings
<Compression Rings>
-Chrome plated keystone rings
-Plasma sprayed rings
-GT (gas tight) rings
-PT-coated rings
-CD-coated rings
-Taper-faced rings
-Asymmetric oil scraping rings
-Chrome plated taper faced rings

<Oil Rings>
-Px-type spacer expanders & Cr-plated rails
-Px-type nitrided expanders & GT-nitrided rails
-Ux-type expanders & Cr-plated rails
-Tx-type expanders & Cr-plated rails
-Sx-Type expanders & Cr-plated rails
-Slotted cast iron oil control rings
-Oil control rings with coil expanders
-I-rings with Cr plated periphery
-GT-rings

Piston ring parts

Pistons

Cylinder liners

Valvetrain parts

-Valve seat inserts
-Valve guides
-Valve springs
-Spiral springs

Automotive Power Batteries
-New Energy Vehicle battery packs

Others
-Resin sealing ring for automatic transmissions
-Double clutch spring packs
-OCV valves
-Turbocharger bushings
-Cooling tubes

History

1953 Anqing Piston Ring Factory was established.
June 1996 The Company established Anqing TP Goetze Piston Ring Co., Ltd. jointly with Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Federal-Mogul (U.S.A.).
Aug. 1997 The Company started production at a new plant.
Dec. 1999 Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd. and Anqing TP Goetze Piston Ring Co., Ltd. jointly established Anqing TP Powder Metallurgy Co., Ltd. to manufacture valvetrain components.
July 2001

The Company passed a quality test given by Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile.

Oct. 2001 The Company started mass production of cylinder liners.
Jun. 2002 The Company and Art Metal MFG jointly established Anqing Art TP Pistons Co.,Ltd. to manufacture pistons.
July 2004 The Company, Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd. and Federal-Mogul jointly established Anqing TP Goetze Liner Co., Ltd. to produce cylinder liners.
Jan. 2005 Anqing TP Goetze Liner Co., Ltd. launched production of cylinder liners at its plant in the Anqing Economic and Technological Development Zone.
Feb. 2005 The Company, Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd., and Yoosung Enterprise Co. Ltd. (Korea) jointly established China United Piston Ring Co., Ltd. to make piston rings.
Sep. 2006 The Company, Teikoku Piston Ring Co., Ltd., Dalian Yuantongda Trade Consulting  Co., Ltd. (China) and  Xin-An Trading Co., Ltd. (Japan) jointly established Dailian Boxin Special Steel Products Co., Ltd. to manufacture piston rings and other wire rods.
Oct. 2006 The Company and Scherdel of Germany jointly established Anqing Scherdel Automobile Parts Co., Ltd. to manufacture piston rings.
2010 Hefei Huanxin Auto Parts Co., Ltd. was established.
Aug. 2013 Anhui Huan Ming Precision Control Co., Ltd. was established.
Mar. 2014 Anqing TPR Engineering Plastic Co., Ltd. was established jointly by the Company and Japan TPR.
Jun. 2014 Samsung SDI ARN (Xi'an) Power Battery Co., Ltd., a joint venture of the Company, Samsung SDI, and Xi'an Gaoke (Group) Company, was established.
Jun. 2014 Huangxin Federal-Mogul Powder Metallurgy Co., Ltd., a joint venture between the Company and Federal-Mogul of the U.S, held a groundbreaking ceremony in Anqing. The joint venture will manufacture valve seat inserts and valve guides.
2015 The Company established AXM and AXN with SAIF Partners.
2016 The Company established ARN Germany and ARN Japan.
Nov. 2018 The Company established Aisin (Anqing) Auto Parts Co., Ltd. jointly with Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2020 Aisin Anqing Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. started operations.
Feb. 2022 A technical center was established jointly with TPR in Anqing City, Anhui Province.

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