• DocumentCode
    1143317
  • Title

    Full of eastern promise [automotive component manufacturing in China]

  • Author

    Davies, Sean

  • Volume
    84
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    16
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    This paper describes how Jack Perkowski, an investment banker by trade, was able to successfully set up an automotive component manufacturing factory in Beijing, China, in 1994. Perkowski established Asimco Technologies, which is now among the top five or six companies in China, with a sales in excess of $400 million in 2005.
  • Keywords
    automobile industry; automotive components; globalisation; socio-economic effects; technology transfer; Asimco Technologies; Beijing; China; automotive component manufacturing; economic growth; global automotive component supplier; manufacturing facilities; technology transfer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Manufacturing Engineer
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0956-9944
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/me:20050302
  • Filename
    1498667