Global automotive supplier DENSO is expanding DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee for the production of gasoline direct injection products . The investment will be $85 million and the expansion area will be 20,800 square meter. The production is planned to start in July 2016. This expansion will result in about 400 new jobs.
Company Profile
1. Name: DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, INC.
2. Location: Athens, Tennessee,
3. President: Youichi Yamashita
4. Established: 2003
5. Capitol: US$100 million (approximately 12 billion yen)
6. Ownership: 100 percent by DENSO Corporation
7. Investment: $85 million (approximately 10 billion yen)
8. Site area: 46,000 square meter
9. Employees: 1,450
10. Products: Injectors (including direct injection), oxygen sensors, stick coils, spark plugs, monolith
* Exchange rate used is 120 yen to the US one dollar, at the end of December 2014 for convenience only.
