| 1940 |
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Spring
Division established in Bellwood, Illinois, and began production
of diaphragm springs and other precision stampings. |
| 1950 |
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Spring Division introduces the fully-phased
double cage sprag one-way clutch to the automotive
marketplace. |
| 1950 |
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Ford introduces Ford-O-Matic
and Merc-O-Matic automatic transmissions, engineered
and produced by Borg-Warner Gear Division. |
| 1964 |
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NSK-Warner, a joint venture established with NSK Limited in Fujisawa City, Japan, produced automatic
transmission components for the rapidly growing
Japanese automotive market. |
| 1967 |
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Spring Division introduces
FLEX-BAND® Transmission Bands. |
| 1968 |
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Sprag clutch manufacturer
Stieber-Rolkupplung, predecessor of BW-GmbH in Heidelberg,
Germany acquired. |
| 1969 |
|
Aisin-Warner, a joint venture established with Aisin Seiki Limited in
Japan, manufactured BorgWarner designed automatic transmissions
for Toyota and other customers. Today its successor,
Aisin AW Limited, is one of BorgWarner Transmission Systems’
largest global customers. |
| 1970 |
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Brummer Division operations moved
to a new facility in Frankfort, Illinois. |
| 1972 |
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Holley Corporation opens new
plant in Water Valley, Mississippi to manufacture
carburetors. |
| 1980 |
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Stieber Division completes construction of its
second manufacturing facility in Ketsch, Germany. |
| 1981 |
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Spring Division launches the
industry’s first asbestos-free wet friction
materials. |
| 1983 |
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Newly merged Spring / Brummer Division begins
production of light weight MAJI-BAND® transmission
bands in Frankfort. |
| 1989 |
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Production of first transmission
control solenoid module for Chrysler A604 automatic
transaxle. |
| 1990 |
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BorgWarner Transmission Systems-Korea, Inc., a majority owned joint venture in Eumsung,
South Korea, began production of automatic transmission
components for Hyundai Motor Company. |
| 1990 |
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Water Valley plant begins production
of Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) solenoids for Saturn
division of GM. |
| 1991 |
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Water Valley plant launches production of Variable
Force Solenoids (VFS) for application in Ford and
GM Powertrain automatic transmissions. |
| 1992 |
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BorgWarner and NSK Limited dedicate
new engineering and manufacturing facilities in
Fukuroi, Japan. |
| 1992 |
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Water Valley plant launches production of Ford
CD4E transmission control module incorporating Variable
Force, PWM, and On/Off solenoids. |
| 1995 |
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BorgWarner acquires
solenoid manufacturer SUM in Tulle, France. |
| 1996 |
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BorgWarner acquires Original Equipment
products and manufacturing operations of Holley-Coltec,
and merges with Control Systems Division to form
Air/Fluid Systems. |
| 2000 |
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Transmission Systems begins
production of dual wet clutch modules for BorgWarner TorqTransfer
Systems’ Integrated Torque Management –
Two (ITM-II) all wheel drive system for FWD vehicle
platforms introduced in the Acura MDX. |
| 2002 |
|
BorgWarner opens its Powertrain Technical Center
in Auburn Hills, Michigan, co-locating Transmission
Systems’ Headquarters, Friction Material Research,
and Advanced Product Engineering for North America
in a single state-of-the-art facility. |
| 2003 |
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BorgWarner Transmission Systems - Began production of DualTronic™ Wet Clutch and
Mechatronic Control Modules, co-developed with Volkswagen
for its revolutionary new 6-speed Dual Shift Gearbox
(DSG) in Europe. |
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