The Foundation of the Automotive Chassis Control System Project of the Bosch Group in Chengdu

On February 14th, the world’s second-largest automotive technology supplier Bosch Group’s automotive chassis control system project laid a groundbreaking ceremony in the Chengdu Economic and Technological Development Zone. This project is the second production base of Bosch Chassis Control Systems in China. The new plant in Chengdu will be mainly engaged in the production and sales of ABS/ESP systems and sensor-based auto parts.

According to Sun Guozhong, Vice President of Sales Division of Bosch Chassis Control Systems in China, the new plant in Chengdu, which will be laid today, covers an area of ​​approximately 127,000 square meters, with a total investment of 137 million US dollars (approximately 880 million yuan). Among them, the first-phase project investment is 43.8 million US dollars (about 280 million yuan), and it is expected to be completed in early 2013. With a building area of ​​28,000 square meters, the plant will achieve an annual output of 1.4 million sets of ABS/ESP systems and 19 million sets of wheel speed sensors. The annual output value will reach 800 million yuan.

According to briefings, as early as 2010 Bosch Automotive established a "strategy for the west" and "Choose Chengdu is our decision after undergoing a strict comparison and selection of 10 cities in China and five rounds!" President of China and General Manager of Chengdu Su Fandu said that Bosch Group regards Chengdu as the first station to display its exhibition in western China, not only responding positively to the policy of China's western development, but also building up and developing the automobile industry in Chengyu Economic Zone and Tianfu New District. The concept of high-end's approval and recognition.

According to the plan, Chengdu will mainly serve customers in central, southern and western China. After the completion of the third phase of the project, the average annual production value is expected to reach more than 2 billion yuan.

Talking about the planning and construction of the Chengdu project, Dr. Luo Xinjie, Vice President of Manufacturing Operations at Bosch Chassis Control Systems, revealed that since the new factory in Chengdu is a new construction, instead of using the original factory refurbishment, Bosch can drastically implement the new factory in Chengdu. New production process. “I hope the quality control and production process here can be a model in the Bosch system.”

It is reported that in order to meet the demand for local talents for sustainable development in the western region, when Bosch plans to start production in 2013, Chengdu employs 500 people and will recruit about 1,000 employees for the Chengdu plant in the next three years.