CAPSA Manufacturing Plant Visit

October 26, 2016

South China - Shenzhen

Dear Members, Dear Friends, 

The French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China is pleased to invite you to join the visit of the CAPSA manufacturing plant, held on Wednesday, October 26th 2016 from 10:00am to 16:30pm.

Changan PSA Automobiles Co., Ltd (CAPSA) is a joint venture initiated by China Changan Automobile Group (CCAG) and PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA), established in November 2011 with a registered capital of RMB 4 billion, shared equally by the two partners.

The preliminary investment of the joint venture is RMB 8.4 billion. Covering an area of around 1.3 million square meters, CAPSA Shenzhen is composed of two vehicle plants and one engine plant. With an investment of 500 million RMB, the R&D Center under construction will work together with the R&D centers of PSA and CCAG worldwide to share the technology and design resources.

CAPSA realizes mass production in September of 2013, will achieve the annual production capacity of 200,000 vehicles and engines in the future. CAPSA initially introduce the premium car brand - DS, to offer original concept, refinements and technology for well beings to Chinese customer.

There are around 1,500 employees at the end of 2015. The vision of CAPSA is Excel in Global Auto Industry.

Agenda:

10:00: departure by bus from Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building
11:30 : Introduction of CAPSA
12:30 : lunch (French Touch Kitchen)
13:00 : PPE
13:15 : powertrain workshop visit 
13:45 : transfer to welding workshop 
14:00 : welding workshop visit
14:30 : assembly and quality workshops visit
15:15 : conclusion 
15:30 : end of the visit
16:30 : return to Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building (CCIFC Office)

Speakers:

Mr Marc BAUDEN has a total of 25 years of experience in PSA Groupe. He held several operational positions in R&D, Manufacturing and Supply-Chain both in Europe and China. He has managed teams up to 2000 persons and budget of more than 200 million euros. Since end of 2013, he is in charge of Industrial Operations of CAPSA where he launched 4 models for the all new DS brand with a high level of quality. He is currently driving an ambitious performance plan mainly through lean management.

R/T transfer by comfortable and air-conditioned vehicles from Chinese Overseas Scholars Venture Building to CAPSA.

Please register here by email before Monday, October 24^th 2016, 5.00p.m.

Sincerely, 

Bingxin WANG 
Shenzhen Event & Communication Manager