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Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG
Company Profile
Business Overview
-The Company is a leader in developing and manufacturing plastic fuel systems, including blow-molded plastic fuel tanks for conventional vehicles and pressurized plastic fuel tanks for hybrid vehicles. The Company also develops clear-vision systems for automotive safety and ADAS applications, plastic tanks for selective catalytic reduction systems, engine camshafts, and other fuel system components.
-In addition, the Company offers lightweight composite Pentatonic battery systems, which include enclosures, underbody protection, and thermal management systems for hybrid and fully electric vehicles.
-The Company manages the product line of fuel systems and functional components under the Industrial Segment of its parent company, Textron Inc.
Shareholders
-The Company is a subsidiary of Textron Inc.
Products
Battery enclosures
-Pentatonic customizable composite battery systems for hybrid and fully electric vehicles
- Pentatonic underbody protection including fully composite or hybrid solutions
- Integrated battery thermal management solutions including water-glycol based cold plates or innovative heat transfer fluids
- Pentatonic Cell to Pack enclosures
- Pentatonic Green+ EV battery enclosures
Fuel systems
-All-plastic, pressurized hybrid fuel tanks
-Next-generation fuel tanks featuring tank stiffener elements
-Next Generation Fuel Systems (NGFS) featuring twin-sheet technology enabling easier component integration into the plastic shell including:
- Internal venting systems
- Low emission connections
- Delivery and indication elements
- Anti-slosh elements (baffles)
- Internal tank stiffeners from hybrid tank applications
-Co-extruded blow-molded fuel systems
-Mono-extruded blow-molded fuel systems
-Blow-molded Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems
-Injection-molded Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) systems
Clear vision systems
-Washer fluid reservoirs
-Fluid lines
-Fluid level sensors
-Reservoir heating technology
-Wash nozzles
-Screen washing systems
-Headlamp washing solutions
-Allegro ADAS cleaning systems combining water and air cleaning systems
Rough cast engine components
-Camshafts
-Balance shafts
-Bearing caps
-Crankshafts
History
| 1997 | Kautex Group (present name is Kautex Textron) acquired the camshaft manufacturer, Kenwood Products Corp and the seat support components maker General Rubber Goods. |
| 1999 | Kautex began operating the new plant to produce plastic fuel tank systems and filler pipes for the VW Golf, Jetta and New Beetle in Mexico. |
| Apr. 2000 | Kautex established a new plant for VW in South Moravia. The new plant was completed in Jan. 2001 |
| 2002 | Integration of Micromatic and CWC into the Kautex Textron Group. Foundation of the Kautex plant in Shanghai, China |
| Jul. 2005 | With the pay-off of the Company's joint venture partner Keylex in Hiroshima Japan and the opening of a new production plant in Shanghai, China, Kautex demonstrated its ling-term commitment to rapidly growing Asian market. |
| 2011 | Opened two new plants: in Silao, Mexico and in Craiova, Romania. |
| 2012 | Opened a new plant in Chongqing, China and a Development and Validation Center in Guangzhou, China. |
| 2017 | Opened a new plant in Wuhan, China. |
| 2019 | Opened a new plant in Pinghu, China. |
| 2021 | Opens a new plant in Tianjin, China. |
| Mar. 2023 | Officially opened the new plant in Tianjin, China. This is the Company's seventh plant in China. |
| Opened the Asia Tech Center in Pinghu, China. |
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