- Chinese Parts Company To Form Ventures With TRW,
Benteler.
Shanghai Huizhong Automotive Manufacturing Co., China's leading auto parts maker, said it will set up two joint ventures with Germany's Benteler AG and the German unit of TRW Inc. Shanghai Huizhong, owned by Hong Kong-listed Shanghai Industrial Holdings and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., hopes to improve its competitiveness ahead of ......
- Shanghai Auto To Buy Stakes In 3
Firms.
Shanghai Automotive Co. said it plans to buy stakes in three auto parts makers to expand its product line and create new sources of income, according to a report in the Shanghai Securities News. The company's board has proposed buying 50 percent of Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., a Sino-Japanese ......
- MATERIALS.
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- China's Low-Cost Labor May Keep Pricing Pressure
On Global Suppliers.
At a recent auto industry conference in Shanghai, Jack Perkowski, Chief Executive Officer of ASIMCO Inc., a component maker operating in China, said the country's low-cost labor supply is putting downward pressure on automotive parts prices globally. "If you want to be making engineer products, which auto components are, there ......
- Volvo To Establish New Bus Manufacturing In
China.
Volvo Bus Corp. and the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) signed several agreements covering establishment in Shanghai of a joint-venture company for the manufacture and sale of city and commuter buses, Volvo Bus said. SAIC's current production of about 2,500 buses per year forms a base for ......
- Shift patterns: the global automotive industry is
currently going through one of its periodic upheavals with changing
patterns trade and investment. This latest period of change is having a
dramatic...
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- China: Land of opportunity
HEADNOTE Low manufacturing costs and a thriving domestic market are fueling explosive growth in China. The right partner makes entry and operation easy. Growth in the high-tech arena, especially semiconductors, is exploding in China. Manufacturers are moving production to China to cut costs, operating their own plants or using contract ......