COB BEARING INC., established in the year 1992, is specialized in production of sliding bearings, with over 800 employees and land area of 95,000 sq.m. COB bearings are well received by many domestic and overseas OEM.

As a member of the China Sliding Bearing Standardization Technical Committee, COB gets long-term technical supports from two of the most authoritative institutes in China, i.e. Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Research Institute of Materials.

In 2009 the growing company employs a staff of 57 people and its site has 2500 sqm of office space, laboratory and production area.

The Formel D Group is an internationally operating premium service provider for the automotive and supply industry with 1.400 employees at 43 locations worldwide. Customer-oriented service is our strength. Innovative, flexible and future-oriented, we devise market-leading concepts and solutions for complex tasks related to every aspect of the production process. Since 1993, Formel D has grown a reputation for being a professional full service partner in the business areas FLOWing., KNOWing., QUALIFYing. CARing. and CREATing.

Hyundai in Germany is a long-term success story. It started in autumn 1991 with the compact car “Pony” and three other models. Reaching soon a market share of one percent Hyundai achieved one of the best starts on the German automobile market ever. Until today more than 570.000 Hyundai cars have been sold to German consumers, in 2008 alone more than 51.600 new cars. Today, the brand stands for fine quality, a modern design and an attractive price performance ratio. With new models like the i20 and the ix55, highlights like the compact SUV ix35 at the Auto Show in Frankfurt as well as the FIFA Confederations Cup which Hyundai supports as an official partner, the brand will continue its success also in 2009.

International (OE / Tier 1 / Systems Integrator ): ANVIS-Romania/ France (for Renault), F.X.Meiller- Germany

Technyl Star™ AFX – a high flow polyamide, fully recyclable, designed to replace metal and reduce weight in a wide range of automotive applications.

Zeosil® Premium for energy-efficient tires which reduces rolling resistance and helps reduce fuel consumption.

The Schaeffler Group - with its INA, FAG, and LuK brands - is both a leading global supplier of rolling bearings as well as a renowned supplier to the automobile industry. With 66,000 employees in over 180 locations around the world, Schaeffler manufactures and sells precision components and systems for automotive, industrial, and aerospace applications. In 2008, the Schaeffler Group’s revenues totaled €8.9 billion, 60 percent of which were generated in the Automotive division.

Brazil has an autoparts industrial park with a high-technology appeal, highly productive, versatile and competitive. Its capacity meets the sixth largest market for vehicles in the world, which grows 30% annually and it is only behind Japan, China, United States, Germany and South Korea.