Eiching, Germany—DENSO Automotive Deutschland GmbH (DNDE) will establish Aachen Engineering Center, a new engineering center for diesel engine components. The center will be located in Wegberg, in west central Germany, near the Netherlands border. It will carry out application design work for diesel engine fuel injection systems. This move represents DENSO’s first overseas engineering center for diesel engine components.

“In Europe, the percentage of diesel engines in passenger cars is as high as 50 percent, and a further increase in demand is expected,” explained Hiromi Takuda, managing officer in charge of DENSO’s Powertrain Control System Group. “This facility can help us meet that demand through application designs as well as performance evaluations. In the future, the facility will engineer power train components.”

In 1994, DNDE established a testing facility for automotive air conditioning systems. The testing facility was expanded in October 2003 when a material evaluation component was added. DENSO is committed to further expanding engineering facilities in Europe to quickly meet customer needs.

In Europe, DENSO employs more than 12,000 people at 32 companies. Currently, operations are located in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Hungary, Sweden, Poland, Belgium, Portugal, Czech Republic and Turkey.