KARIYA, JAPAN, Mar 25, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - DENSO Corporation has formed a 50/50 joint venture with Kingtec Technologies (Heyuan) Co., Ltd. (Kingtec), a Chinese-based company that develops, designs, manufacturers, and sells truck refrigeration in China and other parts of the world.
The joint venture company, named Guangdong KINGTEC DENSO Refrigeration Equipment Co., Ltd, will mainly provide products used in transportation vehicles, including trucks and trailers. It will also explore the possibility of providing products for storage and other services needed for transportation. The new company is capitalized at 30 million yuan or approximately $4.8 million USD, half of which will be financed by DENSO (CHINA) Investment Co., Ltd., DENSO's regional headquarters in China. Production will being in May 2016.
The purpose of the joint venture is to combine Kingtec's diversified product line and cost competitiveness with DENSO's outstanding technologies and unparalleled quality. This will enable DENSO to strengthen its refrigerator development and sales and contribute to improving food safety and reliability in China, as well as acquire the foothold it needs to expand its cold chain business worldwide.
In China, with increasing consumer awareness and concerns about food safety, a better cold chain is required to ensure the temperature control of food products being shipped to consumers after production. Because of this, the refrigerator market, including those for vehicles, is expected to continue to grow.
About Denso
DENSO Corporation, headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan, is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. Its customers include all the world's major carmakers. Worldwide, the company has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions and employs nearly 140,000 people. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014, totaled US$39.8 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 9 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.globaldenso.com, or visit our media website at www.densomediacenter.com.
Source: Denso
Contact:
Sadayoshi Yokoyama DENSO CORPORATION Phone: 81-566-25-5594 Fax: 81-566-25-4509 sadayoshi_yokoyama@denso.co.jp
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