# Aisin AW to invest $400M in North Carolina transmission plant

Aisin AW will invest approximately $400 million to expand its AW North Carolina plant to produce automatic and hybrid transmissions for SUVs, adding about 900 employees and 200,000 units/year capacity.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-04-26
- Where: North Carolina, United States
- Value: $400.0M
- Jobs: 900
- Starts operating: Sep 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 200,000 units/year
- Products: automatic transmissions, hybrid transmissions
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Aisin AW](https://endata.com/companies/3198.md)
- [AW North Carolina](https://endata.com/companies/39034.md)

## Sources

- [aisin.com](https://www.aisin.com/en/news/2019/005173.html), 2019-04-26: "Aisin AW determined to make a new investment to enhance the business ability of its automatic transmission (AT) business in the U.S., will reinforce its manufacturing site."
- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5249608/aisin-aw-to-expand-manufacturing-site-in-us-to-produce-automatic-transmissions-hybrid-transmissions), 2019-04-29: "Post expansion, the plant will have production capacity of approximately 200,000 units per year."

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