Expansion of the BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) Plant in Dadong is inaugurated.
15-04-2022 14:27 - MARKET NEWS
After extensive expansion measures, the Dadong plant of the joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. (BBA) now inaugurated. At the same time, production of the BMW X5 with an extended wheelbase, which is being built exclusively for the Chinese market at the Dadong plant in Shenyang, will start there. The production capacities for the globally successful BMW X5, which was previously only manufactured at the BMW Group's US plant in Spartanburg, will thus be expanded globally. With the completion of the conversion measures, the Dadong plant will be based on the principles of the BMW iFACTORY. LEAN. GREEN. DIGITAL. aligned.
The localization of BMW vehicles in China began in 2003 at the BMW Brilliance plant in Dadong. Today, the plant is a pioneer of "Industry 4.0" automobile production and features essential elements of the BMW iFACTORY, the master plan for automobile production of the future. With the completion of the conversion measures, vehicles with combustion engines, plug-in hybrids or fully electric drives can be produced in a completely flexible manner in the plant. This increased flexibility makes it possible to react quickly to future market trends and changing customer needs. Another focus during the expansion was on digitization and sustainability. The ecological footprint is further reduced by innovative manufacturing technologies.
In addition to the newly introduced BMW X5, the BMW 5 Series and X3 will be produced in Dadong for the Chinese market, as well as the all-electric BMW iX3 exclusively for the global market. Together with the second BBA Tiexi plant, more than 700,000 vehicles were manufactured there last year. This makes BBA in Shenyang not only the highest-volume production site in the BMW Group, but also the largest premium manufacturer in China. The BMW 1 Series and 3 Series as well as the BMW X1 and X2 are built in Tiexi. In addition, there will be the new Lydia plant in the summer, which will be home to the new BMW i3, a fully electric 3 Series sedan produced exclusively for the Chinese market. Together with the local engine plant, where both combustion engines and high-voltage batteries are manufactured, there will be four production sites in Shenyang in the future. There are also extensive research and development activities at the site. Since 2010, the joint venture BBA has invested about 83 billion RMB in factories, projects and development activities in Shenyang.