TRW Automotive Holdings has expanded its Chinese joint venture, LucasVarity Langzhong Braking Company (LVLB) ahead of the launch of its electronic park brake system there.
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Braking actuation production has been expanded into a new building, with an additional 8,000 square metres, and production starts in 2007 for two Chinese vehicle manufacturers.
Established in 1994, LVLB is TRW’s joint venture with Langfang Municipal Heavy Industrials State-Owned Asset Management Company Limited. The plant currently produces front and rear callipers and braking actuation, including brake boosters and master cylinders, for a range of customers including First Auto Works/Volkswagen (FAW/VW), First Auto Works (FAW), Chery, Nissan and BMW, with 2005 sales of 720,000 units of callipers and 75,000 actuation systems.
The plant’s general manager, Terry Larcombe, said: “We have secured contracts which are expected to start production in 2007 and are in advanced discussions with a number of other customers.”
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