Aisin Group Launching a New Enterprise
Aisin Group is one of the leading manufacturers and suppliers of auto components and mechanisms for nearly every global automaker. But the company doesn’t get complacent and plans to boost manufacturing of automatic gearboxes, primarily in East Asia.
It is expected that the manufacturing capacity related to automatic transmissions will be increased up to 12.5m units per year in 2020. A new enterprise was launched in Japan, named as AW Mizunami. A new business (with a maximum manufacturing capacity equal to 400,000 pieces) will be specialized in production of automatic gearboxes and parts. But it is not the only undertaking of the Aisin Group intended for growth of production rates in East Asia.
The list of attempted measures also includes:
• Manufacturing scale-up at Tianjin AW Automatic Transmission located in China. It is expected that the assembly line for four-wheel drive 6-speed automatic gearboxes will be expanded in 2019.
• Expanding of the die casting plant located in Japan. This measure is intended for the manufacturing growth of automatic gearbox cases (planned to be launched in late 2018)
• Expanding of steel parts plants at Aisin Takaoka and Aisin Shinwa. Moreover Aisin also purchased an industrial area in Wakasa-cho (Japan) with the purpose to build up the plant specialized in output of torque converters and transmission parts. The launch of manufacturing is planned for May 2018.
