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JTEKT Establish New U.S. Bearing Plant in Tennessee
In order to meet the rising demand for bearings in the United States, JTEKT Corporation (headquartered in Osaka, Japan; president Kohshi Yoshida) has decided to establish a third plant under its U.S. subsidiary Koyo Corporation of U.S.A. (KCU) in an industrial park located on the outskirts of Johnson City, Tennessee. Plans are to start construction by the end of this year and begin production at the facility in July 2008.
Establishment of this third plant will enable KCU to raise its monthly production capacity for tapered roller bearings (TRB)-a high-function type of bearing used in automobiles and other applications?from its current level of one million sets to 1.5 million sets. This new plant will require a total investment of approximately $20 million, or around 2.3 billion yen.
Also in relation to this capacity increase, JTEKT and Japanese bearing component manufacturer Nakatetsu Co., Ltd. will form a new joint venture in the same industrial park, and this new company will have the purpose of supplying early-process (lathed) TRB components to the new KCU plant as well as other customers. Plans are to begin production at this company in April 2008.
The JTEKT Group
| Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
| KBZ12 bearing | 19.05 | 31.75 | 41.28 |
| KBZ10 bearing | 15.88 | 28.58 | 38.1 |