China’s automotive industry is growing rapidly and manufacturing plants are quickly cropping up around China. Germany-based supplier of vibration control technology and plastic solutions for the automotive industry, Boge Rubber & Plastics, is jumping on the bandwagon too, and will start up its Wuxi plant in eastern China, according to Boge’s CEO Dr. Torsten Bremer.
Boge generates around 20% of global sales in China and plans to increase sales by a further EUR100 million with the new plant in Wuxi, The firm already has three production plants in China, namely in Qingpu, Zhuzhou and Wuxi, and employs some 1,200 workers across the country.
Boge is a globally positioned company headquartered in Damme, Germany, with Chinese owners since 2014, and so has a broad and well-founded network in China. The automotive supplier was active in China as part of a majority joint venture until 2007, but started its own plant in Qingpu, near Shanghai, from 2008.
Boge Elastmetall Shanghai is located in Qingpu with sales, development, prototype production, simulation, materials engineering and production. The product portfolio includes rubber-metal components (including noise and vibration damping) for chassis and powertrain as well as plastic components and modules for the global automotive industry – Boge is currently the largest supplier of lightweight pedal modules on the Chinese market.
A second plant in Zhuzhou began operations in 2017 with products for automotive vibration control technology and acoustic insulation components. The production program focuses on the manufacture of rubber-metal components for trucks and buses (commercial vehicle market) – Boge Rubber & Plastics Zhuzhou is engaged in the development, design, manufacture and sale of rubber-metal, plastic, lightweight and fiber composite parts as well as acoustic components for the automotive industry, mobile machinery and the railway industry.
Boge’s Customer Service Centre Asia (CSC Asia) was opened in 2018, also in Zhuzhou. The new CSC Asia will address the requirements of local customers even better, to further increase service quality for customers and to continue to grow in Asia. At CSC Asia, employees from different locations work together in a joint team, further advancing the networking of expertise within the Boge Group.