BorgWarner is opening a new plant in Korea to produce up to a million turbochargers over the next five years for Asian car manufacturers. Up to 130 new jobs will be created by 2012.
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The new plant will be operated by BorgWarner’s joint venture partner, SeohanWarner Turbo Systems. It will be located in Pyongtaek and cover 4,800 square metres.
In a statement BorgWarner said that spark ignition engines without a turbocharger will be inconceivable in the future, and this is behind the growth in demand for turbochargers in Asia.
The plant will also comprise engine and turbocharger test rigs of a turbocharger supplier in Korea. The test rigs are scheduled to be fully operational by the beginning of 2008.
The Korean investment follows a recent announcement to invest EUR 85m in new plants in Poland and Mexico, as well as a development centre in China. The planned factory in Rzeszov, Poland, will initially have an annual capacity of 500,000 turbochargers.
