Nexteer Automotive Announces New Production
Facility in Chennai, India
A Strategic Footprint Expansion to Provide High
Quality Products and Responsive Service in India Market
Nexteer Automotive announces the grand
opening of a new production facility in Chennai at Mahindra World City, India. Chennai
takes its place as Nexteer’s third manufacturing plant in India – joining
plants in Bengaluru and Pune – and as the 26thplant within the
company’s global manufacturing footprint.
The
company anticipates that the new plant will provide
150 job opportunities in Chennai by the end of 2019.
“The Chennai plant is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Nexteer Automotive, covering an area of 8,336 square
meters,” said Madhav Kulkarni, Managing Director, Nexteer India. “This
strategic manufacturing footprint expansion will bring Nexteer’s high quality
and safety-critical Electronic Power Steering (EPS) and Driveline products to
India,as well as fast, responsive service to better serve our customers.”
“Nexteer’sEPS
systems enhance driver comfort, control and feel-of-the-road, while also enabling
ADAS features, such as lane keeping, park assist, lane departure warning,
traffic jam assist and more. EPSsystems also offer automakers increased fuel
efficiency and reduced emissions.At the same time, theyhelp give your vehicle
personality and performance,”said Tao Liu, Senior Vice President and Global
Chief Operating Officer, Nexteer Automotive.“The opening of Nexteer’s facility
in Chennai and our expanded production capacity in India are important pieces
in our global strategy and represent our confidence in the growth potential of
the automotive market within this region.”
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