CHARLOTTE, N.C. - SPX Corporation announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement to develop a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Tianjin, China. The new operation will be developed in cooperation with Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) and will employ over 200 people dedicated to production of advanced Single-Row Air Cooled Condenser (ACC) technology.
According to the company, the growing Chinese market will consume most of this new manufacturing capacity, with the additional capacity available for the global market. With the new facility, SPX's investment in the Cooling Technologies and Services platform in China is approaching $15 million, including an existing joint venture Multi-Row manufacturing base already in operation at Zhangjiakou, in the Hubei province.