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Industry
  
Automotive Engineering

Number of employees
  
23,000

Type of business
  
Private

Headquarters
  
Oxford, United Kingdom

Founded
  
2000

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Key people
  
William L. Kozyra, (Chairman of the Board, CEO & President)

Products
  
Automotive fluid systems

CEO
  
William L. (Bill) Kozyra (May 2008–)

Subsidiaries
  
TI Automotive Finance Plc.

Profiles

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TI Automotive develops, manufactures and supplies automotive fluid storage, carrying and delivery systems. The company has 23,000 employees at 130 locations in 28 countries, and supplies all of the world's major automobile manufacturers. TI Automotive serves the automotive aftermarket through Bundy, Walbro and Marwal brands. The company's headquarters are located in Oxford, UK, with Corporate Offices based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. In 2015 TI Automotive was acquired by Bain Capital.

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History

The company was created when Smiths Group divested its newly acquired automotive business in 2000 creating TI Automotive Ltd.

William "Bill" L. Kozyra was named chairman, chief executive officer and president of TI Automotive in May 2008.

In 2009, TI Automotive earned a 2009 Automotive News PACE Award for “ship-in-a-bottle” fuel tank. TI Automotive also won an Automotive News PACE Award for its Duel Channel Single Stage (DCSS) fuel pump.

The company was acquired by Bain Capital in January 2015.

Global Divisions

TI Automotive has five major global product groups, each with a separate focus:

  • Fluid Carrying Systems
  • Powertrain Systems
  • HVAC Fluid Systems"
  • Pump and Module Systems
  • Tank Systems
  • Fluid Carrying Systems

    The TI Automotive Advanced Technology Fluid Carrying Systems Group has two engineering centers in Germany that provide design, development and manufacturing engineering of:

  • Rigid tube technology
  • Flare technology
  • Powertrain technology
  • HVAC fluid carrying systems, including accumulators and dryers
  • Flexible joint technology
  • Flexible tube technology
  • Rigid quick connector and jounce technology
  • Numerical methods and FEA analysis
  • Application and development testing
  • Prototyping
  • Blow molding technology
  • The Fuldabrück location focuses on flexible tube products, while the Heidelberg, location produces rigid tube products.

    Fluid Storage Systems

    The TI Automotive Advanced Technology Storage Systems Group is based in Rastatt, Germany. The team provides global development of core competencies and key capabilities in:

  • Advanced design and development engineering
  • Advanced application engineering
  • Advanced manufacturing process engineering
  • Application and development testing
  • Advanced materials
  • Prototyping
  • This center is co-located with one the company's plastic fuel tank manufacturing operations.

    Fluid Delivery Systems

    The TI Automotive Advanced Technology Fluid Delivery Systems Group, based in Caro, Michigan, USA, provides design and development of:

  • Pump, sensing and module technology
  • Electronics technology
  • Motor technology
  • Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) systems
  • Motor armature and additive systems
  • Manufacturing process engineering
  • Advanced application engineering
  • Application and development testing
  • Prototyping
  • It is co-located with a pump and module manufacturing facility and supports electronics activities in Germany and motor module systems activities in France.

    Fluid Systems Analysis

    The TI Automotive Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA, technology center provides vehicle-level fluid systems analysis and development and also leads global development of:

  • Fluid systems development testing
  • Fluid carrying development testing
  • Technology advancement of global technical business processes
  • References

    TI Automotive Wikipedia