Brose new plant breaks ground in Chongqing

CHONGQING – Brose group, the automotive mechatronic system supplier celebrates the groundbreaking ceremony of its wholly owned subsidiary here on September 26^th, 2011.

Located in Sha Pingba district, the Chongqing Brose Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. will start operation by mid-2012. The site, which measures nearly 40,000 square meters, will employ around 250 people for the production of seat systems, window regulators, cooling fan modules and closure systems. Brose plans to localize more products here and aims to produce the entire Brose product portfolio in this region in the long term.

The built of Chongqing plant is out of the need meet the further development of the automotive parts marketing in central and western of China, meanwhile to provide closer and quicker responsive service to customers, said the company.

Brose started its activities in the Chinese market in 1995 and has been growing ever since. It will soon cover five of China’s most important automotive regions with seven sites and has localized its entire product portfolio and its R&D competence in the country. The company employs around 2,500 people in China and generated sales of around €480 million euros in this region in 2010.

The Brose Group is the fifth largest family-owned company in the automotive industry. Around 18,000 employees develop and manufacture mechatronic components, systems, and electric motors for vehicles in 22 countries. One in three vehicles produced worldwide is currently fitted with at least one Brose product.

The company is a world leader in the production of window regulators, door systems and drives for ABS and also numbers among the leading suppliers of HVAC blowers and electric steering systems. For electric seat adjusters Brose is number one in Europe and number two for closure systems.