JCS opens auto-conditioner factory in Nanjing

Shanghai, June 23 (Gasgoo.com) Japan Climate Systems (JCS), a joint venture of Visteon, Mazda Motor and Panasonic, has opened an auto air-conditioning system factory, JCS Nanjing, in China to support the needs of Mazda China and other Chinese automakers, gasgoo.com said today.
 
The new manufacturing facility, located in the Jiangning Economic and Technological Development Zone in Nanjing City, east China's Jiangsu province, has the capacity to produce 800,000 evaporators, 300,000 condensers and 300,000 heater cores a year, both for the Chinese market and for export to Japan and ASEAN countries.

"With an initial investment of 68 million yuan ($10 million), JCS Nanjing specializes in manufacturing various heat exchanger components for vehicle climate control systems, including evaporators, heater cores, and condensers," said JCS president Kazuhiko Tanaka said.

"This 10,000sqm facility is designed to house approximately 300 employees over the next three years," he added. With this plant opening, JSC is well-positioned to better capture growth opportunities in China.

Founded in 1987, JCS is an industry leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of vehicle air conditioning systems. Headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan, it also operates a plant in Yamaguchi, Japan and JCS Nanjing, China.