# Aisin-Hongda delays launch of aluminium auto parts plant in Taizhou

Zhejiang Aisin-Hongda Auto Parts delayed the launch of its aluminium alloy die-casting automotive parts plant in Taizhou, Zhejiang, to August 2020 due to COVID-19. The plant has a design capacity of 7.7 million units per year and involved an investment of 500 million yuan ($70 million).

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-06-01
- Where: Taizhou, Zhejiang, China
- Value: $70.0M (500.0M CNY)
- Starts operating: Aug 2020
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 7.7 million units/yr
- Products: aluminium alloy die-cast automotive parts, automatic gearbox valve bodies
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Zhejiang Aisin-Hongda Auto Parts](https://endata.com/companies/47613.md)
- [Toyota Tsusho](https://endata.com/companies/3935.md) (investor)
- [Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/18556.md) (investor)
- [Ruifeng Investment](https://endata.com/companies/47614.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [foundry-planet.com](https://www.foundry-planet.com/d/aisin-hongda-delays-launching-al-auto-parts-plant/), 2020-06-01: "Chinese aluminium alloy die-casting company Zhejiang Aisin-Hongda Auto Parts has delayed its plan to launch an aluminium alloy die-casting automotive parts plant to August instead of next month because of work suspensions during China's Covid-19 outbreak."

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