DENSO to Expand its Fukushima, Japan location as Part of Efforts to Enhance the DENSO Group Production System
2017年5月22日 - 11:26AM
JCN Newswire (英)
DENSO Corporation today announced that it will build an
additional plant at its DENSO Fukushima location in Tamura city,
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, to diversity its manufacturing lineup
to include powertrain components, which will enhance the
competitiveness of the group's production system Japan. The company
will invest about US$135 million (approx. 15 billion yen) by 2023
to build the new plant and expand production. The project will
start in August 2017 and will be completed in July 2018. Production
will begin in October 2018 in stages. The number of employees
required will increase to around 600 by 2023.
DENSO Fukushima currently manufactures automotive thermal systems,
including air conditioning systems and engine cooling modules
(ECMs). The new plant will manufacture fuel pumps and injectors for
gasoline engine fuel systems. Furthermore, this expansion aims to
serve as a DENSO Group production base in eastern Japan, and will
improve its capability to meet customer needs and contribute to the
development of the local community.
About Denso
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture,
Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced
technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal,
powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its
customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the
company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38
countries and regions and employs nearly 140,000 people.
Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2014, totaled US$39.8 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9
percent of its global consolidated sales on research and
development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya
stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.globaldenso.com,
or visit our media website at www.densomediacenter.com.
Source: Denso
Contact:
Sadayoshi Yokoyama, Toshiko Watanabe
DENSO CORPORATION
Phone: 81-566-25-5594
Fax: 81-566-25-4509
sadayoshi_yokoyama@denso.co.jp
toshiko_watanabe@denso.co.jp
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