NILES-SIMMONS delivers further crankshaft production line to BBAC
The Beijing Benz Automotive Corp. (BBAC) officially opened the Step2 of its engine production plant in Beijing on July 9, 2015. At the inauguration participates also representatives of NILES-SIMMONS as suppliers of the crankshaft lines installed in the plant.
The Beijing Benz Automotive Corp. (BBAC) officially opened the Step2 of its engine production plant in Beijing on July 9, 2015. At the inauguration also representatives of NILES-SIMMONS participated as suppliers of the crankshaft lines installed in the plant. With the inauguration the second Flexible Crankshaft Line M270/M274, which was supplied and installed by NILES-SIMMONS as general contractor, was accepted and handed over to production. The first line was successfully transferred to production in 2013.
Plant managers Mr. Liu Xixin and Dr. Markus Keicher underlined the importance of the project for Daimler-Benz in China during the event at the 4th anniversary of the engine plant’s ground-breaking. It was revealed that, for the first time outside Europe, a highly flexible engine plant was built on time and within budget, providing 20,000 engines per month of the highest Daimler quality for the booming Chinese Market.ceremony.
It was revealed that, for the first time outside Europe, a highly flexible engine plant was built on time and within budget, providing 20,000 engines per month of the highest Daimler quality for the booming Chinese Market.