BorgWarner Opens Turbocharger Factory in China

BorgWarner Inc. has opened a 161,500-sq-ft plant in Taicang outside Shanghai to supply turbocharger systems for several carmakers in China.

The company predicts the country's turbo market will jump from 4.2 million units this year to 8.6 million by 2019. The Taicang factory will employ more than 150 people by year-end and as many as 500 by 2018, according to the company.

BorgWarner opened its first turbocharger plant in China in Ningbo eight years ago.