The Telford factory of the Japanese parts maker DENSO, making heating and cooling units, radiators and engine cooling modules for car makers.
DENSO Manufacturing UK Limited makes automotive parts in Telford, Shropshire. Its products include heating, ventilation and air conditioning units, radiators and engine cooling modules. It works in a just-in-time environment, which means parts are made and delivered close to when its vehicle manufacturer customers need them.
The business was founded in 1990 as NIPPONDENSO Manufacturing Limited and was later renamed. It was built on a greenfield site in Telford to be close to its vehicle customers across the UK, Europe and beyond. The parent company is Japanese, and the UK business is described as DENSO's largest UK-based manufacturing facility.
The site is at Queensway Campus, Hortonwood, Telford. Its processes include plastic moulding, aluminium pressing, heat exchanger production, and pipe and hose components, which feed its own final assembly lines and kitting operations before warehousing and dispatch. An industry jobs page quotes the group as having over 106,000 associates worldwide across 32 countries, but we did not find a UK or Telford headcount.
On culture, the company calls its workforce "associates", and the same page describes them as "teamworkers, involved in the business, not drones". It states a commitment to teamwork, to finding better ways of working, to improving the environment and to helping the communities where it operates. These are the company's own words as shown on a jobs listing. The UK arm was also featured in a Japan-UK friendship project marking 150 years of ties between the countries. The UK arm was also featured in a Japan-UK friendship project marking 150 years of ties between the countries. The Telford site is run so that its parts feed its own final assembly lines and kitting operations, which means many different skills meet under one roof. The Telford site is described as the largest UK-based manufacturing facility for DENSO.
A car-parts plant like this needs production operators and technicians, process and quality engineers, supply-chain and logistics planners, maintenance staff, and finance, IT and HR teams. If you like seeing how everyday car components are made at scale, and you are open to working with a global group, a Telford factory is a practical route into automotive manufacturing.
Website: www.denso.com
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