JAC-Navistar Engine Company Begins Production in China

Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) has announced that Anhui Jianghuai Navistar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (JND), the company’s joint venture with Chinese truck maker Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co. Ltd. (JAC), has begun engine production at its new facility in Hefei, China.

The new one-million-square foot facility houses an administrative office, a research and development center, and a machining and assembly facility capable of producing 200,000 Euro IV and Euro V compliant engines per year.

The plant is also designed to reduce energy consumption by 30 percent through the latest in heating and cooling technologies.

JND engine operations were launched in 2013 in an effort to meet the emerging needs of the Chinese commercial truck market by providing JAC with access to Navistar’s emissions compliant engine technology.

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