Anhui ARN Group Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
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. |