# Bohai Automotive acquires 75% stake in TRIMET Automotive

Bohai Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. completed the acquisition of a 75% stake in TRIMET Automotive Holding GmbH from TRIMET Aluminium SE, with TRIMET retaining 25%.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-08-08
- Where: Harzgerode and Sömmerda, Germany
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 13 million die-casting components annually
- Products: die-casting components, mechatronic parts, engine blocks, transmission casings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Trimet Automotive](https://endata.com/companies/16960.md) (target)
- [Bohai Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/18922.md) (acquirer)
- [TRIMET Aluminium SE](https://endata.com/companies/18923.md) (partner)
- [TRIMET Aluminium SE](https://endata.com/companies/18923.md) (target)

## Sources

- [auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com](https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/auto-components/germanys-trimet-aluminium-sells-auto-parts-unit-to-chinas-bohai/65323065), 2018-08-08: "The merger provides additional opportunities for Trimet Automotive as a system supplier to the increasingly global operations of automobile manufacturers, thus sustainably strengthening its production sites in Harzgerode and Soemmerda."
- [foundry-planet.com](https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/bohai-acquires-majority-stake-in-trimet-automotive/), 2018-08-08: "Bohai Automotive now holds 75 percent of the shares in TRIMET Automotive Holding GmbH."
- [aluminium-journal.com](https://aluminium-journal.com/bohai-acquires-majority-stake-in-trimet-automotive), 2018-08-13: "Via a German subsidiary, Bohai Automotive now holds 75% of the shares in Trimet Automotive Holding GmbH."

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