BorgWarner’s Korean subsidiary, BorgWarner DTC (BorgWarner Daegu Technical Center), successfully held the inauguration ceremony for its research and development center for future electric vehicle components in the Daegu National Industrial Complex. BorgWarner DTC is an independent corporation focused on electrified component research. The newly completed DTC has an area of 5,307㎡ and has been operational since April this year. BorgWarner plans to solidify its position in the electrified product business, which includes high-voltage hairpin (HVH), continuous winding stator, inverters, and integrated drive modules (iDM).
Through investment agreements with the city of Daegu and the central government, BorgWarner has established a foreign investment corporation with BorgWarner DTC, investing a total of 62 billion KRW to build research facilities within the Daegu National Industrial Complex, focusing on the development of electrified components and accelerating the transition to future mobility.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by domestic and international officials, including Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo, and featured Guenther Raab, Vice President of BorgWarner’s Power Driving Systems (PDS) global engineering, as well as Jung Ji-won, the representative of BorgWarner DTC. The ceremony included congratulatory remarks from Mayor Hong, a tape-cutting event with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, KOTRA, and tours of the DTC.
Guenther Raab, Vice President of Global Engineering at BorgWarner, stated, “It is a great honor to embark on this journey with the city of Daegu, which has a strong foundation in the field of future mobility, and I express my infinite gratitude for the support provided on all fronts.”
Jung Ji-won, representative of BorgWarner DTC, emphasized, “BorgWarner DTC has an evaluation center equipped with a research building and prototype build line, enabling us to simultaneously conduct research, development, verification, and validation within a single center, establishing a one-stop support system.”
Lee Sang-jin daedusj@autodiary.kr