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BorgWarner has started building a second plant for dual-clutch transmissions at its Drivetrain campus in Arnstadt, Germany. When completed in November, it will double the manufacturing area of the current site to more than 10,000m sq.

Total dual-clutch technology applications announced by the firm to date represent over 1.5 million transmissions per year at full production volumes.

BorgWarner Transmission Systems general manager Bernd Mathes said: “Expanding our manufacturing capacity and in Germany will help us meet the needs of new and existing customers.”

BorgWarner was first-to-market with a dual-clutch transmission in 2003, launched on two VW models. BorgWarner has announced five programs with four customers, including VW/Audi, Getrag, another European OEM and SAIC in China.

The firm is investing €26 million to expand the site.