Delphi ramps up domestic operations

Firm boosts localization plans ahead of forecasted GDi growth

Auto spare part supplier Delphi Automotive PLC will start producing injectors for gasoline direct injection engines in its Shanghai plant in July 2015, according to a senior company executive.

The leading auto spare part supplier's Shanghai facility was designed to produce 5 million injectors a year and was part of the company's localization plan, said Kevin Quinlan, vice president of Delphi Powertrain Systems.