The new crankshaft plant of the materials and technology group ThyssenKrupp in China is taking concrete shape. Following the foundation stone laying last year, ThyssenKrupp is now celebrating a further milestone: The foundations of the new factory in Nanjing, China, show the scale of the future production shops.
Following completion of construction work in October 2012 the plant will manufacture crankshafts for the auto industry. The main customer is the truck industry, which has a particular presence in China.
ThyssenKrupp is investing around 190 million US dollars in the modern plant. Therefore ThyssenKrupp extend the production capacities of the ThyssenKrupp Forging Group at a strategically important location.
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