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Continental begins to produce turbochargers in China

Daisy From Gasgoo| November 23 , 2017 18:17 BJT

Continental begins to produce turbochargers in China

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- A few days ago Continental AG announced that the first turbocharger production line outside Europe was completed in Shanghai Jiading District. There are about 1600 employees in Jiading factory, which has a number of production lines including ABS system.

Jiading factory started production of RAAX turbocharger in November this year, developed by Continental AG, the product was firstly put into production in European in 2016 and has been used in the Volkswagen Group's Audi A3 series EA888 Gen.3B engine platform. This new technology can effectively improve the response speed and efficiency of the engine.In China market, the turbocharger will be used in VW Teramont, followed by VW Tiguan and other big engines.

At the same time, Continental AG has been actively planning the next round of expansion. Continental AG is expected to establish another RAAX turbocharger production base in Mexico San Luis Potosi in 2018.Since 2011, Continental AG officially entered the turbocharger market. After that, the group gained market recognition in a short period of time.

Radial turbocharger is a common gasoline turbocharger, which is characterized by the exhaust gas flow radial inflow turbine impeller, and new turbocharger can achieve diameter axial flow, which also is the origin of the name of RAAX.

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