Freddy Geeraerds: We do expect the Chinese automotive industry to grow further at a faster pace compare to the rest of the world. However, we also expect further consolidation of domestic OEMs and component manufactures.
May 23 , 2011Howard Liu: Some people say that heavy-duty truck sales in China will decline this year because of an inventory of 200,000 units in this market. But I think the sales this year will be flat, with a 5% fluctuation. The eventual trend will be determined by the intensity of the country’s macro-regulation and its control over the real estate market.
May 23 , 2011Affinia’s global footprint has changed dramatically in the past 3 years. We have closed over 25 different facilities primarily in North America to right size our business.
Apr. 29 , 2011"Federal-Mogul has in China manufacturing bases and a technical center to serve our customers. We have overall 11 manufacturing bases here for pistons production, rings, bearings, sealing, gaskets, friction material, systems protection and so on, together with our 18 technical centers in the world and more than 100 manufacturing plants all over the world."
Dec. 27 , 2010