TOKYO — DENSO Corp. has established a joint venture with Hanshin Electric Co., Ltd. as an initial base for producing automobile ignition coils in China.
The new joint venture — Wuxi DENSO Hanshin Automotive Products, Co., Ltd. — will be located in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China. The new company, with an initial capital investment of approximately $20.6 million will begin commercial production in January 2007. Wuxi DENSO Hanshin Automotive Products is DENSO’s 14th and Hanshin Electric’s first production base in China.
“Because of the growing demand for electronically controlled engines for automobiles and increased production by automotive manufacturers in China, DENSO and Hanshin Electric decided to jointly produce ignition coils in China,” said Hiromi Tokuda, managing officer of DENSO’s Powertrain Control Systems Business Group. “This allows us to improve product lineup and differentiation to meet customer needs. We’ll supply these products to auto manufacturers conducting business in China.”
Wuxi DENSO Hansin Automotive Products will produce two types of ignition coils: a stick coil with a cylindrical magnetic circuit, and a plug-top coil, which has a square magnetic circuit. The stick coil, a “world’s first” introduced by DENSO in 1997, has a magnetic circuit that fits into the plug-hole of an engine, increasing the available engine space. The plug-top coil has a magnetic circuit on its upper cover, means it can produce more power and allows greater flexibility in plug-hole size.
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