Oct. 23, 2014—Federal-Mogul Powertrain, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation, opened a new Systems Protection manufacturing facility in Changshu, China, on Thursday to support domestic customers in automotive, high-speed rail and aviation sectors.
"Federal-Mogul Powertrain is committed to developing and providing solutions that help our customers improve fuel economy, reduce emissions and enhance vehicle performance," said Janice Maiden, senior vice president and general manager for Systems Protection, Federal-Mogul Powertrain. "China is an important operations base for Federal-Mogul. The new plant expands our manufacturing footprint in the region to serve local customers there."
The new 7,000-square-meter plant will provide additional production capacity for Federal-Mogul's complete systems protection portfolio, including its Thermflex exhaust insulating sleeve.
The new facility will enable Federal-Mogul to customize its systems protection products for specific local customer applications, providing important benefits such as abrasion protection, thermal management, electromagnetic interference shielding, noise suppression and shock absorption.
