A 50-50 joint venture between Germany’s Getrag Group and China’s Dongfeng will produce dual-clutch automatic transmissions starting in early 2016.

The plant in central Hubei province will have an initial annual capacity of 250,000 units rising to 1m for both domestic and overseas markets.

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The new company, Dongfeng Getrag Transmission Co. Ltd, based in the provincial capital of Wuhan, is investing EUR120m (US$160m) in the first phase which will produce an all-new six-speed dual clutch transmission.

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