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Magna is expanding its ADAS and electrification footprint with the opening of a new plant in Kechnec, Slovakia. The plant will produce some of the company’s most innovative Level 2 ADAS solutions as well as technologies for the electric vehicle market. The brownfield facility will support two European automakers and new global entrant.
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r (Hungary); Bratislava (Slovakia); Changchun (China); Aurangabad (India); Martorell (Spain); and Jakarta (Indonesia). Audi said that the SUVs will primarily strengthen its position in the North American market. Starting in mid-2016, the plant will produce the successor generation of the successful Audi Q5 SUV.
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