Denso Corporation will start manufacturing components for 1,800-bar diesel common rail systems at Siam Denso Manufacturing in Thailand from June 2002 and at Denso Manufacturing Hungary from November 2002.
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Denso claims to be first to develop and mass-produce diesel common rail systems capable of injecting fuel at 1,800 bar, higher than that of conventional systems, that will meet the next European emission regulation called “Euro IV.”
SDM was established on Feb. 8 with $US19 million (2.4 billion yen) capital in Samutprakarn, Thailand to manufacture components such as supply pumps, injectors and common rails for the common rail systems.
SDM plans to start constructing a plant in June 2003, and complete construction in 2004.
SDM has a two-step production plan for common rail systems. First, it will start manufacturing supply pumps in a Denso Thailand (DNTH) plant in June 2002 then, in 2004, it will start manufacturing other components as well as supply pumps in its new plant.
The investment will be $54 million (7 billion yen), and production volume projected for fiscal 2005 is approximately 250,000 systems.
DMHU in Hungary will introduce manufacturing lines into its plant and start manufacturing components for the common rail systems in November 2002.
The investment will be US$54 million (7 billion yen) and the production volume projected for fiscal 2005 is about 300,000 systems.
“European and Asian markets are expected to expand the most for diesel vehicles,” said Denso managing director Masami Manabe. “By manufacturing diesel common rail systems in Thailand and Hungary, we will be able to supply the systems in three regions, Japan, Europe and Asia.”
