BIRMINGHAM, England — A subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., Roadster Automotive BV, has acquired Slovakian electric motor production business, Dana Emerson Actuator Systems (DEAS), from Dana Corp. The terms of the planned acquisition were not disclosed.
The business, which employs 455 people, manufactures motors used in electrically assisted steering systems for tier one automotive suppliers including TRW Automotive. The product is a component in TRW’s electrically powered steering and electrically powered hydraulic steering systems.
“This represents a strategic acquisition for TRW Automotive. We continue to develop our electrically assisted steering systems business in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific and this operation provides us with an in house source for a key component for a growing technology in our active safety systems portfolio,” said Dave Chew, vice president, European Steering Operations, TRW Automotive. “The plant in Nove Mesto, Slovakia, will become an integral part of our European steering operations. We’ll continue to develop the technology and production processes to strengthen our market leading range of steering systems.”
TRW Automotive supplies electrically assisted steering systems to a number of leading, global automotive manufacturers including Ford, Fiat, General Motors, Renault Nissan and Volkswagen.
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