LONDON — TI Automotive is investing millions this year to launch production of an all-new dual-channel, single-stage (DCSS) fuel pump that provides dramatic improvements in efficiency and performance.
“The new pump will strengthen TI Automotive’s position as the auto industry’s only supplier of complete fuel systems and will enable us to significantly increase our share of the global market for fuel pumps,” said Bill Laule, TI Automotive’s CEO. “We expect this all-new DCSS line to account for the majority of our fuel-pump production within the next six years.”
The DCSS pump will debut on selected 2006-model vehicles with production at TI Automotive facilities in Germany and the U.S. Customers for the new line include two major European automakers, two American manufacturers and two Asia-Pacific producers.
“We continue to invest in new products and full fuel-system solutions valued by our OE customers,” Laule said. “The acquisition of the Pierburg electric fuel-pump business in 2003, for example, has proven to be an important addition to our fuel-systems group.”
The Pierburg brand currently represents more than 10 percent of TI Automotive’s worldwide production and gives the company a strong presence in the high-performance aftermarket and original-equipment fuel-pump replacement business, as wellm said the company.
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