Germany’s chemical industry giant, announced the establishment of an auto-related product technology center in Shanghai. The center will aim at global automakers in China and local Chinese vehicle manufacture, to carry out product development and customer interaction. Construction of the Shenyang Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim System Co. Ltd. Has begun in the Shenyang
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City. The new plant is backed by the Shanghai Yanfeng Visteon Automotive Trim System Co. Ltd. This project involves a total investment of 200 million RMB and occupies 50,000 sq meters of land. The plant will begin production in September, 2008. China becomes Shell’s second largest marketHaving acquired the Beijing Monarch Petroleum Chemical Co. Ltd, Shell now ranks in the third position on China’s lubricant oil market, next to CNPC and Sinopec. Caterpillar Co. and the Wuxi New District signed a cooperation letter about building an engine park in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. This is Caterpillar’s first investment in the Chinese engine field. Under the agreement, the engine industry park will realize an annual capacity of over 100,000 various engines after being completed in 2012, with sales revenue of about 5 billion RMB to be realized. At the same time, Caterpillar will build a world-class engine R&D center and an engine distribution center facing the Asia Pacific market in the new District. 上汽集团是我国最大的乘用车生产集团之一,其零部件生产体系完整、产品质量高、技术能力强,在国内一直出于领先地位。但它如何扩大在售后配件市场的服务资源,满足更广泛的用户需求还是令人拭目以待。值得期盼的是上汽集团的参与可能改变目前汽配交易会以商用车配件为主的格局,并为这个汽配行业的传统盛会注入新的活力。 |