Henniges Automotive, based in

Auburn Hills Auburn Hills is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A northern suburb of Detroit, Auburn Hills is located about north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 24,360. Auburn Hills is home to ...

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is a company producing anti-vibration components and encapsulated glass systems. The company was founded in 1863. In 2015, Henniges Automotives was acquired by AVIC Automotive Systems Holding Co Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of

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's state-owned aerospace and

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conglomerate

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(AVIC). Henniges called the deal "one of the largest acquisitions by a Chinese company of a U.S.-based automotive manufacturing company in history." In August 2019,

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Chairman

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has called on the Treasury Department to investigate

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's 2015 approval of AVIC's acquisition of Henniges, which, since the acquisition, has opened plants in

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; Prudnik, Poland and a European headquarters in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic. The state-run AVIC was involved in stealing sensitive data regarding the

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and later incorporated the stolen data into China's

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and

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fighters. __NOTOC__

Locations

North America

United States

* ''Auburn Hills, Michigan'' *

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Mexico

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Europe

Germany

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Poland

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Czech Republic

* Hranice *

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Asia

China

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Taicang Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong, being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates ...

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Suzhou Suzhou is a major prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province, China. As part of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, it is a major economic center and focal point of trade and commerce. Founded in 514 BC, Suzhou rapidly grew in size by the ...

South America

Brazil

* Jundiai

References

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