KACO GmbH + Co. KG founded their latest subsidiary in Anhui, China at the end of 2014. The newly established plant is a demonstration of the KACO pursuit of their success story in China. The latest member of the KACO group is located in Ningguo City in the Anhui province where the Anhui ZhongDing Group, the new majority shareholder of KACO hold their headquarters. It is a 100% subsidiary of KACO Germany and makes the second production location of the sealing specialist in China alongside the plant in Wuxi which was established in 2008.
With the support of the sales division of ZhongDing KACO shall enter and service the chinese market more intensely than so far. The scope of the production location is to manufacture dynamic sealing parts for engines, gearboxes and ancilliary units on european state-of-the-art production technology and supply them to the local and international automobile industry situated in China. Already, there is an active information and know-how exchange between both KACO plants. Also, several employees from KACO Anhui have come to the german sites of the company in order to receive professional training, i.a. in product development and design. In mid-2015 KACO Anhui employed about 110 people.