BorgWarner Inc. is a United States-based worldwide automotive industry components and parts supplier.
It is primarily known for its powertrain products, which include manual and automatic transmissions
and transmission components, such as electro-hydraulic control components, transmission control units,
friction materials, and one-way clutches), turbochargers, engine valve timing system
components, along with four-wheel drive system components.
The company has 60 manufacturing facilities across 18 countries, including the U.S., Canada,
Europe, and Asia.
It provides drivetrain components to all three U.S. automakers, as well as a variety of European
and Asian original equipment manufacturer customers.
BorgWarner has diversified into several automotive-related markets, including ignition interlock technology
for preventing impaired operation of vehicles.
Historically, BorgWarner was also known for its ownership of the Norge appliance company.
Company history The original Borg-Warner Corporation was formed
in 1928 by the merger of Warner Gear, which itself was founded by Thomas Warner in 1901,
and Borg & Beck founded by Charles Borg and Marshall Beck in 1903, Marvel Schelber Carburetor
Co founded in 1905 by George Schebler and the Mechanics Universal Joint Co.
The company was best known as the supplier of Warner Gear overdrive units for cars of
the 1930s to the 1970s, and as the developer of Ford's Ford-O-Matic three-speed automatic
transmission introduced in 1950, along with 'Holley' brand Borg & Beck carburetors.
The company is also notable for co-developing a variable-geometry turbocharger with Porsche,
the Variable Turbine Geometry system, used in the 2007 911 Turbo.
BorgWarner claims this technology will reach mainstream cars within 10 years.
From 2002, Peugeot, Ford and Renault became major customers for the company's turbochargers
with the Volkswagen Group on-board since 1999, choosing to exclusively use the BorgWarner
K-Series turbochargers for their then-new 1.8T power plant.
BorgWarner supplies wet clutches and hydraulic modules for dual clutch transmission systems.
With their DualTronic technology, BorgWarner has gained contracts with European automakers
that want to use dual clutch transmissions.
The German automotive concern Volkswagen Group is BorgWarner's largest customer, and Europe
is their largest market.
Light vehicles account for 72% of BorgWarner's total sales.
The company's world headquarters is in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Robert S. Ingersoll formerly served as the company's CEO and Chairman.
BorgWarner's Powertrain Technical Center is also based in Auburn Hills.
The BorgWarner Indianapolis 500 Trophy is presented to the winner of the annual Indianapolis
500 auto racing event; this has been provided by the company since 1936, as a legacy of
Louie Schwitzer who won the first automobile racing event held at the facility, in 1909.
It was announced by the Izod Indycar Series that BorgWarner has been selected as the official
supplier for the turbochargers to be used in the 2.2L turbocharged engine formula for
the series which took effect in 2012.
On Oct 2, 2006, BorgWarner announced the purchase of the European Transmission and Engine Controls
product lines from Eaton Corporation.
Company structure In 2002, BorgWarner Inc. was split into two
key business divisions: BorgWarner Engine Group: This is responsible
for the research and development of the company's internal combustion engine-related components,
along with operational efficiency, including fuel consumption, emissions and performance.
Key products are turbochargers and other related engine operation components.
BorgWarner Drivetrain Group: The fundamental core of this division is its automotive transmission
systems.
These include manual transmissions, automatic transmissions, and the critically acclaimed
DualTronic dual clutch transmission, which is more commonly known as Volkswagen Group's
Direct-Shift Gearbox.
Other responsibilities are its four-wheel drive systems and transmission electronic
control units.
Core products Transmissions
BorgWarner Model DG three-speed automatic transmission
BorgWarner Model 35 aluminum-cased automatic transmission, three-speed
BorgWarner Model 45 four-speed automatic transmission BorgWarner Model 65 three-speed automatic
transmission BorgWarner T-56 six-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-84 three-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-85 three-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-86 three-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-87 three-speed manual transmission
Borg-Warner T-90 three-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-96 three-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-98 four-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-10 four-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-14 three-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-15 three-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-18 four-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-19 four-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-150 three-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-176 four-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner HR-1 four-speed manual transmission BorgWarner SR-4 four-speed manual transmission
BorgWarner T-4 four-speed manual transmission BorgWarner T-5 five-speed manual transmission
Borg-Warner T-50 five-speed manual transmission BorgWarner DualTronic, for series production
in 2003 – more commonly known as Direct-Shift Gearbox
BorgWarner M35 BorgWarner M44 three-speed automatic transmission
BorgWarner M8 three-speed automatic transmission BorgWarner M11 three-speed automatic transmission
BorgWarner M12 three-speed automatic transmission Transfer Cases
BorgWarner 1339 Subsidiary companies
The following are subsidiary companies of the parent, BorgWarner Inc., and/or its primary
divisions, and outline their respective products: BorgWarner Drivetrain Group
Transmission Systems One-way clutches – for Fords' 5R55 transmission
series Dual clutch transmissions
Automatic transmission bands Maji-Band
Uni-Band
Clutch friction plates Engine torsional vibration dampers
Clutch module assemblies Transmission solenoids
Transmission Control Modules Integrated mechatronic control systems
TorqTransfer Systems Gear synchronizers
Transfer cases44-05 Torque-on-Demand for Ford 44-09 4WD transfer case for Mercedes-Benz
Pre-emptive torque managementMulti-plate clutch coupling.
The ITM 3e multi-plate clutch coupling is used in the Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Tucson
and Porsche 911.
In normal conditions, it sends up to 95% of the torque to the front wheels.
In the case of the Hyundais, the system can be locked in a 50:50 split so that you have
a more dedicated off-road system.
The system can be locked with the '4WD LOCK' button.
The ITM 3e uses a multi-plate clutch coupling with magnetic activation
InterActive torque managementAcura's SH-AWD system was also built under the joint-venture
of Honda and Borg-Warner for AWD systems.
It acts like the ITM 3e coupling system, but also features a rear torque-vectoring axle
Aftermarket products BorgWarner Engine Group
Morse TEC Engine timing systems
Variable camshaft valve timing Morse Gemini chain system
Front wheel drive Hy-Vo(R) transmission chain Full and part-time Hy-Vo(R) transfer case
chain Diesel engine timing system
Turbo Systems TurbochargersVariable Turbine Geometry
Regulated Two Stage
Turbo actuators Electronic throttle bodies
Emissions Systems EGR systems
Secondary Air Systems Thermal Systems
Fan drives Polymer fans
Radiator shutters Fluid pumps
Beru AG Diesel cold-start technologies
Glow plugs Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems
Platinum spark plugs PTC auxiliary heaters
HT sensors Ignition coils
Company facilities locations BorgWarner Inc. has the following production
locations: North America, inc United States
Auburn Hills, MI – World Headquarters Addison, IL
Asheville, North Carolina Auburn Hills, MI – Powertrain Technical
Center Bellwood, IL
Cadillac, MI Cortland, NY
Dixon, IL El Salto, Mexico
Fletcher, North Carolina Frankfort, IL
Guadalajara, Mexico Ithaca, NY
Livonia, MI Longview, TX
Marshall, MI Muncie, IN
Seneca, South Carolina Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Water Valley, MS Europe
Arcore, Italy Arnstadt, Germany
Bradford, England Bretten, Germany
Chazelles sur Lyon, France Diss, England
Heidelberg, Germany Ketsch, Germany
Kirchheimbolanden, Germany Landskrona, Sweden
Ludwigsburg, Germany Margam, Wales
Markdorf, Germany Monaco, Monaco
Muggendorf, Germany Neuhaus, Germany
Oroszlany, Hungary Rzeszów, Poland
Tralee, Ireland Tulle, France
Valença, Portugal Vigo, Spain
Vitoria, Spain Asia
Aoyama, Japan Beijing, China
Changwon, South Korea Chennai, India
Chungju, South Korea Dalian, South Korea
Eumsung, South Korea NSK-Warner – Fukuroi, Japan
Kakkalur, India Manesar, India
Nabari City, Japan Ningbo, China
Oochang, Korea Pune, India
Pune, India Pyongtaek, South Korea
Seoul, South Korea Shanghai, China
Sirsi, India South America
Campinas, Brazil Awards
On April 12, 2005, BorgWarner won a 2005 Automotive News PACE Award at a ceremony in Detroit.
The award recognized automotive suppliers for superior innovation, technological advancement
and business performance.
See also Louis Schwitzer Award
References
External links BorgWarner.com official corporate portal
BorgWarner SEC Filings Borg-Warner Corporation Gear-O-Gram magazine