INDUSTRY NEWS/行業新聞
Brembo Investing $100 Million in New U.S. Plant Brembo投资1亿美元在美国建新厂
Italian brake manufacturer Brembo has announced its $100 million investment in a new cast iron facility near its Homer facilities in Michigan, beginning the process of vertically integrating its production capac- ity in United States. Construction will begin in 2015 and is expected to be completed in 2017, allowing Brembo to bring together all phases of production for greater process efficiency. Once completed, the plant will have an annual output of up to 80,000 tons in brake disc castings and add 250 jobs there and at the company’s Plymouth, Mich., research and develo- ment center and headquarters. The realization of a new foundry in Michigan
reinforces the company’s commitment to the North American market, which has grown substantially over the past five years and is slated to become Brembo’s number one geographic market by the end of 2014. “Following the opening of our Plymouth head-
quarters and R&D center in 2010 and two months away from the completion of the recent Homer plant expansion, we are glad to announce this significant investment approved today, which will reinforce the link between Brembo and the United States, one of the most important automotive markets in the world,” said Alberto Bombassei, chairman, Brembo S.p.A. “The increasing number of global platforms being built by vehicle manufacturers prompts us to seek the best possible integration between the differ- ent stages of the value chain, replicating the inte- grated production model that we have adopted for some time now in our facilities in Italy, and recently in Poland and China.” This investment will be financed with cash flow
generated by the group and will be supported by in- centives from the State of Michigan and the Michi- gan Economic Development Corp. Brembo began its expansion in North America in 1988, but its recent growth was spurred by the purchase of the Hayes- Lemmerz Automotive Brake Component division in November 2007, when it acquired the manufacturing facility in Homer, Mich., as well as one in Apodaca, Mexico.
In 2010, Brembo opened its American headquar- ters and R & D Centre in Plymouth, Mich., and expanded the Homer plant earlier this year. Brembo also has a facility in Mooresville, N.C., near the headquarters of several major racing teams. Brembo’s high performance brake systems have supported F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, Le Mans and MotoGP, among others. ■
意大利制动系统生产商Brembo公司宣布将投 资1亿美元在密歇根州其Homer工厂附近新建铸造 厂，这意味着美国工厂的产能垂直整合的启动。新 工厂的建设将于2015年年初开始，预计将于2017 年竣工，届时将整合Brembo公司的所有生产业 务，以达到更高的生产效率。工厂建成后，刹车盘 铸件的年产量将达到80,000吨，在新工厂、普利茅 斯公司、研发中心和总部共增加250个就业岗位。 新厂的建设将巩固公司在北美的市场地
位。Brembo公司北美市场在过去5年里发展迅 速，到2014年年底，北美市场将发展成为Brembo 公司最大的区域市场。
“2010年，普利茅斯总部和研发中心成立， 两个月后，Homer工厂建成。现在，我们高兴地 宣布这项重要的投资项目已得到了批准，并将强 化Brembo公司与世界最重要的汽车市场之一的 美国市场的关系，” Brembo公司董事长Alberto Bombassei说，“全球汽车市场的繁荣，促使我们 去寻求产业链各环节的最大可能的整合，我们将复 制已经在意大利工厂、以及最近在波兰和中国的工 厂所采用的生产模式。”
该项投资来源于集团的流动资金，并得到 密歇根州政府和密歇根经济发展公司的政策支 持。Brembo早在1988年开始了在北美市场的扩 张，但是，最近的增长是因为受到了2007年11月 收购Hayes-Lemmerz汽车制动零部件业务，以及 收购了密歇根州的Homer工厂和墨西哥州Apo- daca工厂的刺激。 2010年，Brembo公司在密歇根州的普利茅斯 成立美国总部及研发中心，并在今年年初扩大了 Homer工厂规模。Brembo公司的另一个工厂位 于北卡罗来纳州穆尔斯维尔市，与几个主要竞争 对手的总部距离较近。Brembo公司的高性能制动 系统已支持了F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, Le Mans及 MotoGP等诸多赛事。 ■
September 2014
FOUNDRY-PLANET.COM | MODERN CASTING | CHINA FOUNDRY ASSOCIATION | 13
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82