Name and Location
Turbocharger plant project, Indiana, US.

Client
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).

Project Description
The turbocharger plant is MHI’s response to expected growth in demand for turbochargers in the North American market, in line with the trend for vehicles to meet increasingly tighter fuel efficiency standards.

The new plant, situated in Franklin, Indiana, has been established as a production plant of Mitsubishi Engine North America (MENA).

Under a shared factory arrangement, the new dedicated turbocharger production lines have been created in a newly expanded building and an existing building, where compressors for car air-conditioning systems are manufactured for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Climate Control (MCCA).

This arrangement will facilitate the pursuit of increased operating efficiency and other synergy merits.
Besides the final assembly line for turbochargers, the area in the factory exclusively used by MENA also contains storage space for assembly components and finished products.

MENA office facilities have also been incorporated.

The area shared by MENA and MCCA is to be used for inspection, distribution and other work.

On the assembly floor, finished products will be produced by attaching housings and other components to the core cartridges, manufactured primarily at Mitsubishi Turbocharger Asia.

Initially, the new plant will produce 600 000 units, with subsequent capacity increasing to 1.2-million units and more.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
The project was completed in May.

Latest Developments
With the start of full-scale production at the new US plant, MHI has completed its worldwide production base structure for final assembly of turbochargers, targeting global production capacity of ten-million units a year.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
MHI, tel +81 3 6716 3111 or fax +81 3 6716 5800.