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Audi inaugurated its first transmission factory in Tianjin
Published on: 2016-08-30
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010Audi has partnered up with Volkswagen Automatic Transmission Tianjin (VWATJ) and inaugurated its first transmission factory in China. It's located in Tianjin and employs over 1000 people at current capacity.


Audi Starts Making Transmissions in China, Tianjin Will Supply the A4 LFrankly, we're surprised it took them so long, considering Audi is the first German automaker to built a stronghold in China with its A8 and A6 models. The Tianjin factory will put together 240,000 twin-clutch gearboxes per year, but capacity can be doubled rapidly if needed.


The automatic gearbox in question is the 7-speed S tronic unit that will be matched to a 2.0 TFSI turbocharged engine and used by the A4 L. The new generation of the premium mid-size sedan will be launched in China in September and features the lowest CO2 of the segment partly due to the gearbox.


012"Volkswagen Automatic Transmission Tianjin creates synergies between the Group brands, further strengthening them. With efficient use of resources we live up to our promise of sustainability at every step along the way," says Dr. Jochem Heizmann, President of Volkswagen Group China.

The Volkswagen Group has been making gearboxes in China since 2014, but they were only for the modular transverse platform (MQB) so they wouldn't match the longitudinally mounted engine of the A4. The DL382 also differs from its Volkswagen sisters through its durability, being able to handle around 500 Nm of torque.

Audi has been selling cars in China since 1988. Its business is split into two broad parts, the FAW-Volkswagen one that produces the A6 L, A4 L, Q5 and Q3 in Changchun and the Foshan factory in the south of the country that puts together the less popular A3 in sedan and hatchback configurations.


011This new Tianjin facility is modular, so it can run more shifts. The project, involving 576.6 million euros of investment, has seen its civil engineering works completed, and the installation, testing and adjustment of electricity equipment will be completed before the Spring Festival.

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