OREANDA-NEWS. Pierburg GmbH, a member of the Rheinmetall Group's Automotive component, has booked €375 million in new orders from a well-known Chinese automobile manufacturer. The products are intended for a vehicle series sold in the Chinese domestic market as well as for models marketed worldwide.

The contracts for gasoline and diesel engines include throttle and control valves, differential pressure flaps, electric recirculating water pumps, switchable mechanical water pumps as well as high- and low-pressure exhaust gas recirculation valves.

Production of the relevant models has already started or will do so in the course of 2016. The start of production of further models of this customer for which Pierburg will be supplying parts will take place successively in the period up to 2020.