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June 29, 2018 02:00 AM

Dana acquires majority stake in TM4

Jim Henry
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    MAUMEE, Ohio—Dana Inc. is buying a majority stake in Canada's TM4 Inc. for $127 million, allowing the automotive supplier to become more vertically integrated in producing components for electric vehicles, and to increase its reach in China.

    Dana, based in the Toledo suburb of Maumee, already makes electric gearboxes and thermal-management technologies for batteries, motors, and inverters.

    TM4 is a subsidiary of Canada's largest electricity producer, Hydro-Quebec, based in Montreal. TM4 makes electric motors, power inverters, and control systems for light vehicles as well as for commercial vehicles, marine, mining, rail, motorsports, and recreational-vehicle applications. Hydro-Quebec retains 45 percent of TM4, based in Boucherville, Quebec.

    TM4's current management team and its 130 employees remain in place, the companies said in a joint announcement on June 22.

    The new TM4, a 55-45 joint venture between Dana and Hydro-Quebec, also includes a 50 percent stake in Prestolite E-Propulsion Systems. PEPS is a joint venture in China between TM4 and supplier Prestolite Electric Beijing Ltd. that was formed in 2012.

    The China joint venture makes electric motors, inverters, generators and vehicle control units for electric buses and trucks, plus marine uses. In 2015, Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co. acquired Prestolite Electric, based in Plymouth, Mich.

    On a global basis, buses and medium-duty trucks represent a huge opportunity in terms of electrification, Dana said in a presentation that accompanied the announcement.

    Electric and hybrid powertrains account for about 5 percent of medium-duty trucks today versus an estimated 20 percent come 2023, Dana said. For buses, electrification is expected to grow to 45 percent from 25 percent in the same time frame, the company said.

    At the same time, electrification for passenger cars is expected to grow to around 12 percent from 3 percent today; for light-duty trucks, that number will grow to about 3 percent from less than 1 percent today, Dana said.

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