Perkins Opens Plant in China

The company said that the $22 million Wuxi site, which will also include a research and development facility, represents a multi-year investment plan. Phase one involved the production of the Perkins 400 Series range of two-, three- and four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, naturally aspirated and turbocharged indirect injection engines covering a power range of 8.2 kW to 49.6 kW. That will be followed by the Perkins 1100 Series, a family of 3.3, 4.0 and 6.6 L engines with a power range from 36.9 kW to 205 kW.