Poland seen top spot for Bosch-Denso diesel particulate filters joint venture

Poland's southwestern region of Lower Silesia is seen as the favorite to land a EUR 65 mln investment by a joint-venture of German Robert Bosch and Japanese Denso in a new plant for development and manufacturing of diesel particulate filters.

According to an unnamed source for the weekly Automotive News Europe, the new factory could be establish near to a Bosch plant for security and chassis systems located in the area of Wroclaw, the principal city of Lower Silesia.

The new plant with 250 new jobs would be accompanied by a research and development center that will offer an additional 50 posts for specialists.
According to official reports, the 50-50 joint venture is to be set up somewhere in Eastern Europe to start operations in 2009.

Rather than producing the more commonly used silicon carbide filters, the two companies plan to made them of cordierite - less expensive and lighter though more prone to damages from high temperatures, according to Bosch.
Source: gielda.wp.pl