LIVONIA, MI — TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. announced that the company’s operations in China have launched production of steering and occupant safety systems and components for the new Ford Focus model built at Chang’an Ford in Chongqing, China.
Recently named as one of Ford’s preferred strategic suppliers, TRW has worked with its Ford Engineering partners in several regions on the Focus platform including Europe where the Focus earned a five-star EuroNCap crash rating. In China, Shanghai TRW Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd. (STASS), a joint venture between the company and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, supplies occupant safety products including driver and passenger airbag modules and seatbelt systems and components for the Focus.
Steering products for the new model are supplied by TRW Automotive Components (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (TACS), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the TRW, at its manufacturing facility in Shanghai.
A major steering technology featured on the Focus is TRW’s electrically powered hydraulic steering (EPHS). The company has provided a full-range of steering technologies from hydraulic rack and pinion to EPHS and electrically powered steering (EPS) to support Ford’s global platforms.
As part of TRW’s portfolio of electrically assisted steering systems, EPHS eliminates belts, pulleys and all direct connection with the engine, combining an advanced brushless motor, hydraulic power steering pump, electronic unit and reservoir into an easy to install unit.
The Focus has been one of Ford Motor Co.’s biggest passenger car successes, winning more than 75 medals including many top-selling vehicle awards in North America and Europe since its launch in 1998.
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