Filed under: Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, MPG, China
Johnson Controls announced Wednesday that it's investing $100 million to construct a stop-start automotive battery factory in China. The facility will supply global and local automakers in Asia and is expected to gear up for production in early 2013. Kim Metcalf-Kupres, vice president strategy, sales and marketing at Johnson Controls Power Solutions says China, "will continue to be the fastest growing market for automobiles through the end of this decade."Johnson Controls says it will produce 2.4 million stop-start batteries annually by 2015. Aside from China, JC is exploring several other potential locations for a battery manufacturing facility and expects to announce its decision in the coming months.
According to Johnson Controls, demand for fuel-efficient autos is driving more and more original equipment manufacturers to add stop-start technology to their vehicles. Someone's got to provide the components, and Johnson Controls is expanding its operations to be that someone.
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