Astemo has chosen PICOW Engineering Group for its new £100m expansion in the UK
The company, which is headquartered in Japan, is a large supplier of motor vehicles across the globe.
The new expansion by the UK subsidiary, Astemo UK, will focus on the Horwich facility in Bolton, UK.
The facility expansion will support Astemo’s electronic and powertrain system production, as part of the global electric vehicle (EV) supply chain.
“This expansion will establish the only UK production line for electric vehicle inverters, a major step forward for EV innovation and advanced manufacturing in the UK,” PICOW stated in a LinkedIn post.
Production is scheduled to begin in April 2027
Production is scheduled to begin in April 2027.
PICOW will be a big part of getting the facility up and running. The company’s scope includes the steel superstructure, cleanroom-compliant insulated walls & ceilings, anti-static flooring, precision HVAC with new chillers & AHUs, bespoke lighting, EC&I infrastructure to new automated process lines, as well as external concrete slabs.
James Cryer, Production Engineering Manager at Astemo UK, said: “[It is] great to have the PICOW Engineering team on board with our exciting project!”
Astemo in recent years
In January 2021, Hitachi Automotive Systems, Keihin, Showa, and Nissin Kogyo completed a business merger and began their journey as the global mega-supplier “Hitachi Astemo”.
Hitachi Astemo officially changed its name to Astemo on April 1, 2025.
The company supplies products like automotive powertrain systems, chassis systems, autonomous driving/advanced driving assistance systems (AD/ADAS), and motorcycle systems.
This new expansion initiative, which aims to strengthen Astemo UK’s electrification business, has been approved by the UK Government’s Automotive Transformation Fund in the UK.