Editing by Kate Yuan

BorgWarner, the world's leading automotive supplier, broke ground on the 2^nd phase of its facility in Suzhou, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, on November 24. It will feature local Viper module (Si IGBT and SiC MOSFET) fabrication and testing capability, making it the company's second-largest global Viper production site after the one in Singapore.

Source: Suzhou Industrial Park

The Phase II of the Suzhou facility will have a two-story production workshop with an annual production capacity of over 1.8 million inverters. It will also include a four-story R&D Center to house 450 people. The center will serve the global markets, focusing on the full range of electronics design, including power electronics, inverters, and DC/DC converters.

According to BorgWarner executives, the company will expand its R&D team in Suzhou and equip the center with more testing equipment to further enhance the design, prototyping, and testing capabilities for new energy electronic control products.

This expansion project has a total construction area of 22,474 square meters. It is expected to be completed in December 2022 and start production in mid-2023. The company aims at building it into a world-class intelligent production site, with an automation level of over 90% and 100% equipment networked.

Headquartered in Michigan, U.S., and founded in 1928, BorgWarner is a globally leading supplier of innovative and sustainable solutions for the vehicle market. The company is committed to working towards a clean and energy-efficient world. Its products comprise key technologies for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles.