Japan Climate Systems, a joint venture involving Visteon, Mazda Motor and Panasonic, has opened an auto air-conditioning system plant in Nanjing. JCS Nanjing will support the needs of Mazda China and other automakers in China, gasgoo.com reported.

The new manufacturing facility, located in Jiangning ETDZ, will specialise in manufacturing various heat exchanger components for vehicle climate control systems. It has the capacity to produce 800,000 evaporators, 300,000 condensers and 300,000 heater cores a year, both for the Chinese market and for export to Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

The plant will involve an initial investment of US$10m and will employ up to 300 workers.