MAUMEE, Ohio – Dana Holding Corp. has launched production for its Victor Reinz multi-layer steel (MLS) cylinder head gaskets, exhaust gaskets and transmission valve body separator plates at its facility in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China.
The products will be produced at Dana’s 129,000-square-foot technical center, a comprehensive engineering and manufacturing facility that enables the company to develop and produce Victor Reinz sealing solutions within its Wuxi campus. The company said this expanded manufacturing footprint will immediately support Dana’s key customers with local operations in China, as well as offer further support for customer growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
"The Asia-Pacific region remains a strong focus for Dana and we regularly evaluate the product needs of our customers to ensure our manufacturing strategy aligns with their needs," said Dwayne Matthews, president of the Dana Power Technologies Group. "Launching production of the MLS gasket and transmission plate technologies enables Dana to meet the growing product demand and also support current and future customers with an extensive technology portfolio in this region."
The Wuxi facility also will produce Dana’s MLS transmission valve body separator plates, which allow for optimized channel paths and smaller valve bodies through the reduction of fasteners that can interfere with desired flow paths. Through this technology, Dana can substantially increase valve body sealing for high-performance transmissions with operating pressures of up to 80 bar. This capability helps automakers eliminate leak paths thus increasing efficiency of advanced multi-speed, dual clutch and continuously variable transmissions, according to Dana.
