Autoliv building new Chinese seatbelt factory
Autoliv Inc. began construction of a new $10 million (65 million yuan) seatbelt plant in Nanjing that will replace the company's existing factory.
The 66,000 square meter facility will be 50 percent larger than the existing plant. When the factory is finished, it will employ 800 workers, up from 600 employees in the existing plant.
Customers include Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Co., Shanghai General Motors Co., Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automotive Co., Chery Automobile Co., Geely Automobile Co. and SAIC Motor Corp.
The Nanjing project is part of a larger corporate expansion in China. In December, Autoliv announced plans to expand its electronics production by 50 percent, In March, the Swedish airbag producer said it would increase manufacturing capacity in northern China by 25 percent.
Autoliv's ten Chinese facilities employ 5,500 workers.
China generated 11 percent of the company's revenues in 2010, up from 4 percent three years earlier.
