Huf has opened of its new plant in China: Changchun Huf Automotive Lock is the 20th company within the Huf Group and the fourth in China.
The decision to invest in the 16,700 sq m production site in the northeast automotive region of China was made when Europe was hit by recession as automotive demand in China grew steadily.
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Changchun Huf is equipped with plastic moulding and painting facilities as well as various assembly lines for production of keys, locking systems, door handles and steering column locks, mainly supplying car manufacturers in the area.
The new Huf subsidiary will supplement an older subsidiary in Yantai which used to supply the north Chinese market on its own but hit capacity limits. The new company will also work closely together with Shanghai Huf. Yantai Huf has plastic moulding, die casting and painting facilities and Shanghai Huf has plastic moulding and painting, an electronic development centre and electronics production.
“We are supplying with our products not only international car makers and joint ventures with production capacity in China but also Chinese car manufacturers. This year we received some very attractive orders,” said Huf Group CEO Ulrich Huelsbeck.
Huf is one of the leading suppliers worldwide of passive entry systems popular in China.
Changchun Huf has begun with 45 employees and will expand to 220 by year’s end.
Besides the expansion in China, a Huf production plant in Mexico was set up last year. The site in Brazil is doubling its production area and new Indian and Romanian plants are being set up. Other plants are in the US, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain and Poland.
