Cheadle, UK
Cheadle, based in Staffordshire UK, is the larger of two Klarius manufacturing plants in Europe producing over 2 million replacement exhausts and catalytic converters (CATs) for road cars every year. Since acquiring the plant in 2007 it has been transformed into one of the most efficient automotive component development and manufacturing centres in Europe.
Strategic investments in lean manufacturing, training, new production operations and logistics has streamlined processes to reduce waste and became a leaner operation. New processes have enabled the plant to adapt quickly to changes in market and to our customers requirements.
Our state-of-the-art Research and Development Centre and Test Track is also located at Cheadle, in addition to substantial stock-holding of Emission Control products. Over 400 new products per year are designed and launched by the Technical Centre, regular testing is also carried out by the VCA on-site.
Design and operations are certified to ISO 9001:2008.