Daimler has announced plans to export critical engine components from China for use in its Germany-made vehicles as part of a fresh €2bn expansion effort intended to kick-start its business in the world’s largest car market.
Hubertus Troska, a Daimler board member and Beijing-based chairman of the company’s Greater China unit, said yesterday: “There is a recognition [at Daimler] that we need to improve our position in China vis a vis some of our competitors.”
The expansion plans, which will double capacity at Daimler’s passenger car joint venture in Beijing, include construction of the luxury carmaker’s “first fully fledged engine factory outside Germany”.